Lee County News

A jury in Lee County will consider imposing the death penalty on a 20-year-old man after convicting him last week of murdering his infant son.

A 12-member jury will meet this morning in Lee County Circuit Court to begin the penalty phase of the trial of Barry Lee Jones, 20, who was convicted Friday of murdering his infant son nearly two years ago.

After an hour of deliberations Friday, a Lee County jury has found Barry Lee Jones guilty of capital murder.

A jury has convicted a Lee County man of killing his 7 month old son. Barry Lee Jones, 20, of Opelika was found guilty of capital murder and will be sentenced on Monday.

Governor Bob Riley is making sure that counties that "Go Green", get recognized for their efforts.

Lee County Sheriff's officers have arrested two men and are looking for a third suspected of robbing a home while armed with machetes and a hatchet.

Opelika police arrested Gredarius Stefan Brooks, 17, of Lanett at 11:30 a.m. Friday and charged him with four counts of robbery, said Opelika police Capt.

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Montgomery police have suspended the search for an infant's body in a Lee County landfill and have turned their attention to a dumpsite in Tallassee.

A search by Montgomery police for an infant's body ended this afternoon at a Lee County landfill in Salem and moved on to a landfill at Tallassee, west of Lee County, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

Opelika police said a passenger killed in a three-car traffic accident Wednesday night has been identified as Sarah Michelle Ware of Opelika.

East Limestone High School may have its badly needed new gym sooner than expected.

A Lee County jury found a former Russell County sheriff's corrections officer Michael Britton not guilty of killing his son-in-law last October, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

One woman is dead and two other victims are injured after a three vehicle accident in Opelika.

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A Lee County Circuit Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of an Opelika man charged with the rape of an elderly woman.

A jury has been selected and the trial for the Opelika man accused of raping a then 90-year-old woman in her home nearly a year ago is expected to conclude by Friday, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

A Florida couple is dead after a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 85 in Auburn on Monday afternoon.

The man accused of killing a Lee County sheriff's deputy has a long arrest record in Georgia, dating back to 1995, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

The man accused of killing a Lee County Sheriff's deputy last month has hired the same defense lawyer as the accused killer of Auburn University coed Lauren Burk.