Phenix City News

A Phenix City, Ala., man pulled from a June 13 fire in Columbus has died from his burns in an Augusta hospital.

Phenix City could receive as much as $1.8 million to help the homeless as part of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Grant, a part of the federal stimulus program.

A federal indictment for felony theft or receipt of stolen mail was returned against two people already serving time in the Alabama prison system for charges in Houston and Coffee counties.

A Phenix City, Ala., man pulled from a June 13 fire in Columbus has died from his burns in an Augusta hospital.

A Phenix City man pulled from a June 13 fire on Alpine Drive died from his burns in Augusta on Monday.

Since the last Phenix City Council meeting, the city has spent more than $200,000 on emergency repairs to its water and sewer system.

Ask Kathryn Bryant why her family wants to settle in Fort Mitchell, Ala., and her reply is straightforward.

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.