Russell County News

Phenix City police charged a Central-Phenix City High School teacher last week on accusations he gave an "inappropriate" note to a 17-year-old student.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Bargain shoppers will have 350 miles of merchandise to browse during the World's Widest Yard Sale along U.S. Highway 80 on Thursday.

Joe Paull jpaull@ledger-enquirer.com This silver Dodge Charger is one of three unmarked police cars used by the Phenix City Police Department.

KEVIN PRICE/kprice@ledger-enquirer.com Roy Dixon sits with his wife, Joy, daughter, Michayla, and son, Brodie, at Central-Phenix City on Friday, when he officially was promoted to head coach of the Red Devils' baseball program during a news conference.

Mercidee McKinney's story is a prime example of Birmingham fire fighters' biggest fear: that the recent fires from abandoned structures will spread to inhabited buildings and hurt innocent bystanders.

Banks have changed a lot in the past few years, and more changes are on the way as the industry... Carlie Suzann Lloyd, 16, of Phenix City was killed when the 2001 Ford F-250 she was driving left the road and struck a tree.

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.

On May 16, 2012 an individual was robbed at gunpoint and assaulted by four black males in Russell County.

A grand jury in Russell County found no cause for criminal charges against the director of a Phenix City homeless shelter suspected of misappropriating federal grant money.

The case against Phenix City Mayor pro-tem Arthur Sumbry Sr. has been pending for more than a year now, and more setbacks on Friday could delay the perjury and forgery case even more.

A motion filed by the Russell County District Attorney's Office requests to delay the trial of Phenix City councilman Authur Sumbry, Sr.

Thanks to some sophisticated technology, a Montgomery cemetery has a hidden past--tied to how many people are buried there.

Riverwalk dignitaries include Dr. Curtis Pitts, Allen Owen, Chancellor, Mayor Jim, Gail Brantley, mayor pro-tem Ray Bush and Arthur Sumbry The proceedings against Arthur L. Sumbry Sr.

WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather & Sports DA's office files motion to delay Phenix City councilman's perjury trial Officials tell us Authur Sumbry, Sr.

Russell County Coroner Arthur L. Sumbry Jr. said 29-year-old Justin Alan Williams, of Phenix City, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:15 a.m. The accident occurred near Highway 80 and Summerville Road.

In late 2003, as voters in Phenix City were considering a change from an appointed city school board to an elected one, a Lee County educator named Larry DiChiara resisted early calls to apply for the superintendency.

Students at Smiths Station High School in Russell County, Alabama created a 12-minute music video which is quickly picking up steam on the Internet.