Cusseta News

Daedong Hi-Lex of America announced it will build a plant in the Cusseta Industrial Park in Chambers County to supply parts to Kia Motor Manufacturing Georgia.

Alabama State Troopers are investigating a Sunday afternoon wreck that left two dead and three others injured. via Opelika-Auburn News

“But there's a big difference between a funnel cloud and a tornado.”

Funnel clouds were sighted and a tornado warnings were issued, but no structural damage was reported after storms rolled through Lee County Friday evening. via Opelika-Auburn News

“The driver of the BMW was ejected and was killed instantly and did not appear to have on a seat belt”

Officials have identified the two drivers who were killed Tuesday in a three-car accident on I-85 near Exit 57. via Opelika-Auburn News

Authorities are releasing the names of the victims killed in a three car accident Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 85 in Opelika. via WSFA-TV Montgomery

Two companies with ties to Alabama's growing automotive industry will create 700 new jobs in Chambers County. via WVTM-TV Birmingham

Opelika police are investigating a shooting outside Club Roc, 9857 U.S. 29 North, Cusseta, Ala., in which one occupant of a vehicle fired several shots at patrons and at the club, striking one man in the thigh ... via Ledger-Enquirer.com

“To have some spinoffs coming, we're very appreciative of it”

The Alabama cities of Valley and Lanett have lost 1,000 textile jobs over the last year.

But the Chambers County communities, located about 45 minutes north of Columbus, have suddenly made up that lost work force in a big way.

Three Kia Motors auto parts suppliers have committed to the area's Cusseta Industrial Park off Interstate 85. Combined, they represent nearly 800 jobs for the county that, at 6.3 percent, has one of the highest unemployment rates in Alabama.

'It's, in a single word -- hope,' Valley Mayor Arnold Leak said Tuesday, referring to the three parts plants that look to be up and running by late this year or early 2009. Read more

“They want to be pushing trees in three weeks”

Kia Motors suppliers A-Jin Industrial Co. and MP Tech, Inc., announced plans Tuesday to build their first U.S. facilities in the Cusseta Industrial Park in Chambers County, Ala. via LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

The Chambers County Industrial Development Authority announced two KIA suppliers will call the Cusseta Industrial Park home. via WSFA-TV Montgomery

Cusseta Halloween Events Haunt on Courthouse Square Courthouse Square Cusseta, Ga. via WTVM Columbus

Two people were killed and another was seriously injured last night in a two-vehicle accident in Opelika. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

BY HARRY FRANKLIN

hfranklin@ledger-enquirer.com

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Joshua Gilbert is fighting for his life at The Medical Center after an automobile crash Sunday in which his brother and a young woman, both passengers in the car he was driving, were killed. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 29 in Lee County, near the Gilberts' home.

Gilbert, 20, of 6850 U.S. Highway 29, was headed north in a 2003 Toyota Camry about 6:20 p.m., when the car ran off the right side of the road, said a spokesman for the Opelika Post, Alabama State Troopers. When he tried to overcorrect, the car went into the southbound lane. Read more

A Chambers County man is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on child sex charges. via NBC13.com