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Gardening organically might be a harder row to hoe, but it can be done, say those in the field.

Pet owners in Lee County are being asked to be sure their dogs and cats have been vaccinated against rabies.

Rosemary Latrice Newsome, 28, was found not guilty Wednesday in connection with the Aug.

A Lee County woman was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of a man she called her common-law husband, and she fainted when the verdict was returned.

MONTGOMERY -- The Southern Development Council announced that Jennifer Seymour recently joined the company as business development officer for Central and South Alabama.

The trial for Rosemary L. Newsome began Monday afternoon in Lee County Circuit Court with Judge Jacob A. Walker III presiding.

Specialists performed a horticultural version of "Extreme Makeover" on Auburn's "Toomer's Corner" live oaks.

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.

Criminal proceedings in the capital murder case against Courtney Lockhart have been suspended because of questions about his mental health, according to court documents.

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.

Opelika police are investigating two shootings that occurred early Sunday morning.

Police are investigating two early morning shootings that left one mad dead and another in the hospital.

An east Alabama man faces 10 years in prison for a string of church arsons and vandalism in Lee and Russell counties.

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.

The Smiths Station man accused of killing Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk on March 4 is scheduled to enter his plea in the case against him this afternoon in Lee County Circuit Court.

A single-vehicle accident on Lee Road 10 left a 23-year-old man dead Friday. Lee County Chief Deputy Coroner Gene Manning pronounced Cortez Gates, from Macon County, dead at the scene of the accident at 10:35 ...

Officials have now released the name of the truck driver who died in an accident Wednesday afternoon on Highway 280.

An Opelika man charged with capital murder and attempted murder in June of 2006 agreed to a plea agreement Friday morning in Lee County Circuit Court.

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