Phenix City News

May 22--UPDATE: Thanks for your suggestions, everybody. I've added some items to this list.

When Sierra Pettway started her first year of teaching nine months ago, she didn't give much thought to risks that come with the job.

About 300 senior citizens attended the Phenix City Senior Health Fair & Golf Cart Riverwalk Tour Thursday at the Phenix City Amphitheater.

PHENIX CITY, Alabama -- A Phenix City woman is accused of fighting an employee of a Piggly Wiggly store and deploying pepper spray when she was stopped for shoplifting.

Cook resigned Monday after seven seasons "to spend more time as an administrator in the Phenix City School System," according to a news release from the school.

Phenix City Public Schools Superintendent Larry DiChiara said in an e-mail Tuesday a grand jury has reached a "no bill" verdict in the case of a teacher accused of child abuse for taping two students' arms together.

The top spot in Sylacauga City Schools has a new occupant. Dr. Michael Freeman was unanimously approved for the superintendent position at a called Board of Education meeting Monday morning.

Victory Run for Veterans, sponsored by the American Legion Post 135, is May 18. The race will be around Moon Lake at Idle Hour Park, Garrett-Harrison Stadium and Nature Trail in Phenix City.

Mark Farner, the rock legend formerly of Grand Funk Railroad, performs at 7 p.m. May 25 at the Phenix City Amphitheater.

Another piece of downtown Phenix City’s redevelopment will begin Friday morning with the ground breaking for a 99-room Courtyard Marriott overlooking the Chattahoochee River.

A Phenix City mother probably never thought her 2-month-old baby was in danger when she allowed 31-year-old Sherae Reich to babysit.

Troy University is making 500 new scholarships available to new students in an effort to make college more affordable and to encourage students to complete their degrees quickly.

A Phenix City Emergency Medical Technician responded to a frightening call of an unresponsive baby, once she arrived on the scene, she realized it was her own child that needed help.

The World's Widest Yard sale is returning for its second year to try to boost spending and tourism in the middle of the state.

While seeking a third suspect in Columbus, Russell County authorities Thursday charged with murder the boyfriend of a woman whose husband’s body was found in a ditch Monday.

Montgomery, Alabama -- The World's Widest Yard Sale will take place on May 31 through June 2 along U.S. Highway 80 and other areas of Alabama's Black Belt Region.

The Russell County Sheriff’s Office is looking for suspects in the shooting of a Fort Benning staff sergeant who was found dead in a ditch in Seale, Ala.

Mike Haskey mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com Whitewater Express guides led several trips down the Chattahoochee River Saturday, giving people the chance to experience the river from the put in off 33rd Place in Phenix City to the take out near the Columbus Convention Center and Ironworks.

Pet a snake, listen to SOL Junky's blend of rock and bluegrass, Party on the Lawn and form a human chain to raise awareness for Autism this weekend.

A 150-year-old lumber company in west Georgia has a new owner, but the business will keep its name -- W.T. Harvey Lumber Co.