Chambers County News

Members of several area churches gathered at Union Hill CME Church in the Oak Bowery community to dedicate the new church building after the original was destroyed by arson.

Some residents in Chambers County say a major employer left town with their severance and vacation pay.

On Monday, October 19, 2009, members of the Chambers County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration executed two federal indictments and a search warrant in Lanett.

On Monday, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Opelika Police Department, Auburn Police Division, Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department and the Chambers County Sheriff's Office arrested 25 individuals on drug related arrest warrants associated with methamphetamine drug related charges.

A three month long drug investigation among multiple East Alabama law enforcement agencies nets 26 arrests.

The house on First Avenue is like all the others along this quiet, narrow street.

Trials are scheduled to begin this week for two people charged in Chambers County with capital murder in the killing of a Valley teenager.

West Point, Georgia and the small towns surrounding it are basking in the glow of the national spotlight thanks to the new KIA plant.

Longtime sportswriter and columnist Bill Robinson, known in part for his NASCAR coverage, has died.

CRAGFORD - Miner Mike Finlay follows his long curly beard in the forest as thorny vines brush harmlessly over his denim shirt and jeans.

Valley has no city administrator and only an acting police chief; Lanett has been without a city manager since November; and LaFayette until recently had a vacancy on its City Council.

State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk says a fourth Auburn resident has been charged in connection with three February church fires in Lee and Chambers counties.

Three Auburn residents have been charged with a series of church fires that occurred in Lee and Chambers counties in east Alabama in February.

The Anniston City Council this afternoon narrowed its city manager candidates from 10 to five.

A one-car accident in Chambers County early today has left a Lafayette, Ala., teenager dead.

The Chambers County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force is expected to be renewed under a new name tonight.

More than 14 hours after a standoff between law enforcement and a man inside a Valley house began Friday, acting Valley police Chief James Bryan got his wish - a peaceful end.

HICKORY, NC, April 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Chambers County Board of Education prides itself on operating some of Alabama's most high-tech, state-of-the-art information technology systems.

Coffee County and Chambers County captured the top awards for committees working to bridge the gap between urban and rural residents at the Alabama Farm-City Awards, April 20 at Birmingham's Wynfrey Hotel.

A Lee County man and woman are jailed on arson charges for setting fire to a residence in neighboring Chambers County over the weekend.