Phenix City News

Write a good set of patriotic lyrics and your audience will be wiping their eyes with red, white and blue handkerchiefs.

An armed robbery and high-speed chase that started in Phenix City ended in Macon County, Ala., with the arrest of two teens on Wednesday, police said.

Robbin Argo has closed the doors of her Argo's Restaurant on 10th Avenue, in front of the State Farmer's Market.

A Phenix City man died Saturday night in a one-vehicle wreck on Sandfort Road. Frank Smith, 47, was driving near Flynn Hill when his SUV Trailblazer went off the road, said Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr.

Lee County authorities arrested a group of Phenix City men suspected in more than 100 car break-ins. Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrested Robert Bryan Haefner, 20, Kevin Dewayne Watson, 22, Kerry David Watson, 20, and Christopher Brian Hammock, 19, on Wednesday.

A Russell County man intends to sue the county alleging police brutality. Lewis Martin claims he was physically assaulted after being arrested by a Russell County Sheriff's deputy in May at the courthouse.

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Educators and school administrators in Phenix City have good reason for pride today, after the results of a 10-year national study put the city school system on a distinguished Top Ten list.

A Lee County jury returned a guilty verdict Thursday afternoon, convicting Antonio Nixon, 30, of first-degree burglary and attempted rape.

A Phenix City man had his vehicle carjacked early Saturday, police said. The 29-year-old man was outside Glory Days Bar & Grill, 3846 St.

In a 10-year study, Phenix City Schools exceeded the expectations for both the 2006 graduation rate and the change in the rate from 1996 to 2006.

I attended the monthly meeting of the North Alabama Transportation Foundation in Huntsville on Wednesday.

An Auburn University student and a Phenix City man died early Saturday in separate car accidents in Lee County, Ala., and Harris County.

There are plenty of ways to rob an ATM , though most require a degree in engineering or computer programming .

A vote by the majority-white Russell County School board against renewing the contract of the system's second black superintendent has led to allegations that race played a role in the decision.

Renee Roberts joined a gym in 2000 and made a commitment to get fit. "I was out of shape and needed help," the Smiths Station, Ala., 39-year-old said.

PHENIX CITY, Ala. a ' Ripping an ATM from its concrete base isn't easy. Losing it seems even harder.

Here comes the bride, all dressed in camo. Deja Lichty took the most important vows she will ever say with a beer in her hand, wearing a camouflage wedding dress.

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Linton of Luverne, Alabama, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Brandy Michelle, to Mr.

Motorists from LaGrange, Ga., to Phenix City found a house divided in their way Wednesday as a home in two sections was moved from Troup County in Georgia to Russell County in Alabama.