Smiths Station News

Lee County Crime Stoppers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are offering a reward for information after a Smiths Station postal worker was found locked in a postal vehicle.

Two East Alabama schools will be starting off the school year with new principals, while one high school is still looking for a leader.

Courtney Lockhart, 23, of Smiths Station, has pleaded not guilty in the March 4 slaying of 18-year-old Lauren Burk of Marietta, Ga.

Bob Sawyer, a member of the first Smiths Station City Council, has decided that two terms is enough.

An east Alabama judge wants an update on the status of a mental evaluation he ordered for the man charged in the March slaying of an Auburn University student from Georgia.

Courtney L. Lockhart's defense attorneys requested the right to amend any of the not-guilty pleas entered, pending the results of a mental evaluation.

A second person at the scene of an accident that claimed the life of the driver of a tractor-trailer last Wednesday on U.S. Highway 280/431 in Smiths Station has come forward, according to the Alabama State ...

Defense attorneys for Courtney L. Lockhart requested the right to amend any of the not-guilty pleas entered Wednesday in Lee County Circuit Court, pending the results of a mental evaluation.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions easily won renomination in Alabama's Republican primary on Tuesday night, and state Sen.

Strong voice on attendance zone major concern The Lee County School System has experienced rapid growth throughout the last several years, especially in the Smiths Station, Ala., attendance zone.

The clean up continues after a tanker truck wrecked, spilling gasoline on a Lee County highway.

EARL MACK GAVIN Hometown: Smiths Station Age: 67, born March 11, 1941 Education: Auburn University, B.A. speech communications, 1970 Political experience: A frequent statewide Democratic candidate Occupation: ...

You would never know it given the level of activity, but state voters go to the polls in a week to cast ballots for candidates seeking their party's nomination for the U.S. Senate.

State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures of Mobile picked up another major endorsement Saturday in her race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.

“Anything going before the grand jury is secret until an indictment is returned and (the individual) is arrested”

The murder of Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk and the death of an infant discovered in a drainage ditch earlier this year in Opelika could be among the cases to be presented to the current Lee County ... via Opelika-Auburn News

No action was taken Wednesday morning at the Lee County Courthouse in the case against a Smiths Station man accused of killing Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk. via Opelika-Auburn News

“Just seeing them has made me, as a student, feel safer, definitely since the incident with Lauren Burk”

In just four weeks, the campus of Auburn University has changed. It's not because of construction, but rather how university and law enforcement officials have increased the level of security in the wake of the ... via Alabama Live

“Had we known that we would have come up with something”

Voters trying to pick a U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama can choose between a "Choo-Choo" and a "No NCAA" who used to be known as "Rodeo Clown." There are also more traditional names, such as Jeff, Johnny and ... via Alabama Live

“The congregation's in high spirits.”

One of the four east Alabama churches hit by arson and vandalism around the beginning of the year expects to resume its worship services sometime in April, its pastor said Tuesday. via Alabama Live

“I'm getting about four calls a day. I'm already getting emails and already getting resumes”

Shawn Peek has been named the interim head football coach at North Jackson. North Jackson principal Sam Houston said Peek will lead the program on an interim basis as the Chiefs begin the process of filling ... via Daily Sentinel