Opelika News Archives

A Lee County jury found a former Russell County sheriff's corrections officer Michael Britton not guilty of killing his son-in-law last October, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

Opelika police are investigating a traffic accident that killed one person and sent two others to the hospital Wednesday evening.

"I intend to utilize every means available," Bridges told the Opelika-Auburn News on Wednesday.

The 1978 governor's race between the three heavyweights, former Governor Albert Brewer, Attorney General Bill Baxley, and Lt.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:12 p.m. The Alabama Historical Commission has awarded a 2009 Distinguished Service Award to Downtown Gadsden Inc., Gadsden's Main Street organization.

Auburn University plans to host an Alabama Gubernatorial Forum 2010 on Tuesday, Nov.

An Opelika man has been found innocent in a 2008 shooting death. The jury found 45-year-old Reginald Moffett not guilty Friday after nearly a day of deliberations.

A Lee County Circuit Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of an Opelika man charged with the rape of an elderly woman.

A jury has been selected and the trial for the Opelika man accused of raping a then 90-year-old woman in her home nearly a year ago is expected to conclude by Friday, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

Dramatic testimony was heard late Tuesday afternoon in the murder case of 45-year old Reginald Moffett.

The front-page plate seemingly rolled a little slower, Daily Production Director Randy Dewberry recalled.

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Russell County High School head football coach Rico White has been charged with criminal mischief third-degree for allegedly spray-painting graffiti at the school, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

The man accused of killing a Lee County sheriff's deputy has a long arrest record in Georgia, dating back to 1995, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

Whispering Oaks is located in a large white antebellum converted home with a signature red door in downtown Opelika, Alabama.

The United States Postal Inspection Service continues to investigate the murder of postal worker Tony Harrelson, who was shot and killed at the Camp Hill post office on Oct.

Our first stop along the courthouse route is the old federal courthouse in downtown Montgomery.

State Rep. Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, listens to discussion concerning the public education budget on Wednesday, Feb.

Officials in Auburn are looking into the legality of a clothing store that also sells sex toys.

On Monday, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Opelika Police Department, Auburn Police Division, Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department and the Chambers County Sheriff's Office arrested 25 individuals on drug related arrest warrants associated with methamphetamine drug related charges.

A clothing and sex toy store that has been the subject of a two-day series in the Crimson White University of Alabama student newspaper has now caught the interested eyes of city officials in Auburn.

A three month long drug investigation among multiple East Alabama law enforcement agencies nets 26 arrests.

The hunt for the killer of a contracted postal worker at the Camp Hill post office last Friday is intensifying.

Hoar Construction said it recently started work on a new school in Lee County. The Birmingham-based general contractor will build the new Smiths Station High School in Smiths Station near Opelika, said a news release.

You'll want to mark your calendars for this Thursday. Why? Because the reservation link fro Free Night of Theater goes live.