Smiths Station News

Voters in Smiths Station, Ala., and other rural Lee County communities overwhelmingly approved a 100 percent increase in their annual fire fees Tuesday night.

JIM MUSTIAN jmustian@ledger-enquirer.com Daniel Sexton with the Smiths Station Fire & Rescue.

Changes could soon be on the way for one of the biggest tourist destinations in our area.

The Alabama fan, seen on a video apparently committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship football game, has pleaded not guilty in Orleans Parish Criminal Court.

Callaway Gardens plans to sell nearly a third of its property, 4,000 acres, to settle heavy debt resulting from a steep dip in attendance and projects that have drained revenues over the years.

A two-vehicle crash Saturday night claimed the life of a Smiths Station man, according to an Alabama State Trooper press release.

Identity theft was reported Tuesday at a residence in the 300 Lee Road 931 in Smiths Station after an incident occurred between noon Jan.

Theft property was reported Wednesday at a parking lot in the 19000 U.S. Highway 280 in Smiths Station after a 2006 Yamaha motorcycle was taken between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Brian Downing, who allegedly sexually assaulted a passed out LSU football fan in the French Quarter after the recent BCS Championship college football game, is escorted by detectives for booking on charges of sexual battery and obscenity at the New Orleans Police Department headquarters in New Orleans, Thursday, Jan.

Brian H. Downing, the Alabama fan seen on a video apparently committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship football game, has been indicted.

ROBIN TRIMARCHI/rtrimarchi@ledger-enquirer.comLongtime Columbus photographer Herb Cawthorne stands near the Auburn University football image that won first place for Class A Sports in the 1972 Alabama Associated Press photos of the year.

The Alabama man accused of committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship football game is being sued.