Russell County News

When a Russell County jury failed to reach a verdict in the first-degree rape trial of James Dix, prosecutors had some disheartening news for the alleged victim in the case.

A Russell County jury will continue deliberations today in the case of a local man charged with sexually abusing a child.

Folks getting a gander at a goose tangled in fishing line are gathering a gaggle of volunteers to save the bird.

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Ivey spoke to an audience of community leaders Monday at Lakepoint in support of the Alabama Forestry Foundation's Black Belt Initiative.

A 75-year-old Hurtsboro man was killed today in a single-vehicle accident on U.S. 431 in Phenix City, authorities said.

COLUMBUS, GA - Without the heart, there is no life and Phenix City says those in their education system are the heart of their community.

A steady drizzle and overcast sky slowed business to a trickle Friday morning at the Fort Mitchell National Historic Landmark.

An eight month operation called "Community Serviced" by the Partners Against Illegal Narcotics Unit has resulted in 37 drug related arrests in Russell County.

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, on Thursday.

An Alabama man was arrested late Wednesday in connection with a video appearing to show someone in a University of Alabama jacket abusing an unconscious Louisiana State University fan after Alabama beat LSU for the BCS football championship.

The Alabama fan who is caught on video assaulting an LSU fan on January 9 is on his way to New Orleans with his attorney to talk with police.

A U.S. District Judge sentenced a Mexican National to 57 months in federal prison Thursday after the man, who was working in Russell County, was found to have illegally re-entered the country.

It happened about 2 a.m. in the parking lot of Car-Mart at the corner of 13th Street and the U.S. 280 bypass.