Smiths Station News

Lee County authorities arrested a group of Phenix City men suspected in more than 100 car break-ins. Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrested Robert Bryan Haefner, 20, Kevin Dewayne Watson, 22, Kerry David Watson, 20, and Christopher Brian Hammock, 19, on Wednesday.

Scorching heat and the threat of rain didn't keep approximately 7,000 people from attending the Peach Jam Jubilee Friday night in downtown Clanton.

Renee Roberts joined a gym in 2000 and made a commitment to get fit. "I was out of shape and needed help," the Smiths Station, Ala., 39-year-old said.

All Kasey Parker wants to do is get closer to home. She will do that when she leaves Brundidge Friday on her final day as the Pike County Lady Bulldogs volleyball and girlsa basketball coach.

When Auburn's coaches embarked on a weeklong tour of the state of Alabama in a stretch Hummer limousine earlier this month, the primary aim, at least according to Tigers recruiting coordinator Curtis Luper, was simply to introduce Gene Chizik's newly assembled staff to high school coaches they've never interacted with in the most efficient way ...

The Smiths Station City Council will have a work session tonight at 5:30 followed by a regular meeting at 6.One point of discussion at the meeting will be the accepting of a grant from the ADECA Recreational Trails Program to build a recreational trail at the Lee County Park at Smiths Station.

A defense attorney for Courtney L. Lockhart, the Smiths Station man charged with the March 4, 2008 murder of an Auburn University student, asked a judge Wednesday for his client to have access to some of the case's evidence.

Chris Cournoyer will be introduced as Montgomery Academy's new head football coach on Wednesday.

A Smiths Station man turned himself in after a grand jury returned a murder indictment against him.

Jeff Bright says it's important for citizens of Smiths Station, Ala., to attend a town hall meeting tonight.

As Congress began its district work period in early April, I was fortunate to spend the time working with and talking to folks across East Alabama.

The case of a Smiths Station man charged with capital murder in the death of a 14-month-old boy will go to a Lee County grand jury, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Mary Maxine Neel is a free woman. Lee County Circuit Court Judge John Denson overturned a jury's guilty verdict Friday against Mary Maxine Neel of Smiths Station in the death of Glenn Hall, 50.

Published: Friday, April 3, 2009 at 7:03 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 3, 2009 at 7:03 a.m. Federal prosecutors say four Russell County residents are in custody for trafficking in stolen explosives.

Preliminary autopsy results indicated that the death of a 14-month-old boy Sunday was a homicide, according to Lee County Coroner Bill Harris.

A Lee County Circuit Court judge denied bond today for a man accused of causing the death of a 14-month-old boy.

Smiths Station's Whitney Ryles, only a month into a track career, has been signed by Columbus State University to pole vault and throw the javelin.

Lee County Coroner Bill Harris say a fourteen-month-old boy is the county's latest homicide victim.

Lee County authorities are investigating the death of a 14 month old baby. Coroner Bill Harris tells WSFA 12 News preliminary autopsy results of a 14 month old male indicate the baby died as a result of a homicide.

Haley Ates, Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2008, crowns this year's winner Avery Cooper.