
An Opelika woman was sentenced to 11 years behind bars in a commercial sex trafficking scheme that involved a minor.

The City of Opelika is warning citizens of an email scam after receiving numerous reports.

The city of Opelika will keep Mayor Gary Fuller around as an unpaid consultant after his term in office ends in November.

A former Opelika mayoral candidate is facing a second-degree perjury charge for lying on his campaign application, the Lee County District Attorney’s Office claimed.

The state of Alabama has the honor of hosting the traveling exhibit remembering the 9/11 attack Sept. 11-16 in Opelika.

The re-born bottling plant in Opelika has been sold but will continue to operate as an event venue.

A Lee County man is currently being held on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold after being charged with first-degree rape for allegedly assaulting woman who was “incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless or mentally incapacitated.”

An Opelika teacher has been arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship with a student, which allegedly occurred eight years ago.

Eddie Smith is still running to be the next mayor of Opelika despite a recent cancer diagnosis.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating a fatal crash involving a special needs bus in Lee County.

A 14-year-old Montgomery juvenile has been arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat against Opelika High School after the campus was locked down while police cleared the area on Tuesday.

The Opelika High School is still on lockdown over an hour after law enforcement responded to the school after the School Resource Officer called the police over a “possible external threat.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed a Guatemalan arrested for reckless murder of a Columbus, Ga. surgeon on Monday is an illegal alien.

12-year-old Opelika boy Bryson McGlynn won "MasterChef Junior." He wins $100,000 and the start of a culinary career.

Opelika native Dusty Slay once lived in a trailer park and worked at Western Sizzlin. Now, he tells jokes for a living.

Opelika native, former real estate agent and Dothan elementary Spanish teacher Anessa Sewell Kent is about to release her debut novel, “The Bitter and the Sweet,” a Character-driven historical fiction drama set in 20th-century Alabama.

Opelika native, Auburn Tiger fan and lifelong stutterer Jody Fuller has not only written multiple books and served four tours in the military, but he makes people laugh too.