Phenix City News

The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that Sumbry was pronounced dead shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday after the blaze on 28th Street.

Troy University officials announced the university has raised more than $167 million toward completion of a $200 million capital campaign that will support continued growth and development at the school.

When a Russell County jury failed to reach a verdict in the first-degree rape trial of James Dix, prosecutors had some disheartening news for the alleged victim in the case.

The Phenix City Parks & Recreation Performing Arts Series kicks off Saturday with a performance of “Jerry & Blue” at the Central Activities Center.

The shooting happened at an unknown location known as the “Backroads,” where the victim had gone for a party earlier that morning.

Federal charges have been filed against two Alabama women accused of trying to smuggle five illegal immigrants into Immokalee on Saturday.

The usually quiet Bridgewater Subdivision has seen more action than usual, as salesmen have been going door-to-door, claiming to be water quality specialists.

TV: News, Weather and Sports for Columbus, GAColumbus residents flock to Phenix City to buy alcohol Super Bowl Sunday Columbus, GA - Some are saying Georgia's lost is Phenix cities gain after many Muscogee county residents traveled into Phenix City to purchase alcohol on Super Bowl Sunday.

A few years ago, for instance, I learned that when a tornado is wrecking a bowling alley off the 280 Bypass in Phenix City and headed east toward downtown Columbus, where I live, I probably should not stand on the front porch and watch.

Some time during the 1800s the indigenous peoples of the United States lost the right to call themselves "American Indians." That privilege is now claimed exclusively by federal and state governments.

A Lee County grand jury has declined to indict Glenwood School substitute teacher Charles "Chuck" Fessenden on charges he made sexual statements to a student, Fessenden's defense attorney said this afternoon.

There's a dimension to the Mill Creek pollution problem and cleanup effort that hasn't received a lot of attention.

A Russell County jury will continue deliberations today in the case of a local man charged with sexually abusing a child.

Folks getting a gander at a goose tangled in fishing line are gathering a gaggle of volunteers to save the bird.

New information has been released in the Ensley murder that left five people dead.

TV: News, Weather and Sports for Columbus, GAPhenix City group works to put a stop on violence and crime "He said, 'They shot him, Mama,' and I said, 'Is he okay? What is he saying?'" He said, 'No. He's not saying anything, Mama.

If you buy us a round / We won’t turn it down / Come on people / Give a hand / To the boys in the band.

The 2012 Miss Alabama U.S.A. was crowned this weekend and it turns out, she is a local girl.

A 75-year-old Hurtsboro man was killed today in a single-vehicle accident on U.S. 431 in Phenix City, authorities said.

COLUMBUS, GA - Without the heart, there is no life and Phenix City says those in their education system are the heart of their community.