Lee County, AL

Sunisa Lee made magic again. The Auburn gymnastics signee soared on bars then nailed the beam on Sunday in Tokyo, coming back in the final rotation to take one of Team USA’s two bids to the all-around finals. Lee surged up the all-around standings late in the round, scoring a...

LEE COUNTY, Ala. – Tuesday, a Lee County jury found Brian Askew guilty of First Degree Human Trafficking in the first case of its kind to be tried in Lee County. Evidence presented at trial showed for several days, Askew caused a 13-year-old girl to be repeatedly raped and sodomized by multiple men in Auburn, Alabama.

Before Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker sentenced an Auburn man to life in prison with the possibility of parole, the victim’s father stood up and talked about the trauma his child had to go through with tears in his eyes. “Every element of this case ripped away a piece...

Sunisa Lee stands a step away from the mountaintop at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, a few flips from a dream come true. Half a world away on the Plains, her new family of Auburn men and women are cheering her on. She’s becoming a star in Tokyo and her...

LANETT — State Representative Debbie Wood of Valley will be up for reelection next year. She was elected to her first term in November 2018 and has since served on the House County and Municipal Government Committee, the Lee County Legislation Committee, the House Ways and Means Education Committee and the Urban and Rural Development Committee. She had previously served as a Chambers County commissioner and as president of the Alabama Association of County Commissioners.

Auburn gymnastics signee Sunisa Lee is in Tokyo, a few flips from a dream. According to the media, the odds are she won’t be leaving the Olympics empty handed. The Associated Press predicts Lee will win gold with Team USA in the team finals and win individual gold on bars in the event finals, as the organization released predictions from its beat writers this week before the opening ceremonies got under way Friday.

In all my 58 years, I have lived in small towns. For the first 27 years of my life, I lived in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals). From ages 27 to 52, I resided in LaGrange, Georgia. Then, in November 2015, my husband Mike and I moved to...

Sunisa Lee can’t medal just yet. No matter how well the Auburn gymnastics signee performs in the preliminaries, she won’t be able to grab gold this weekend. There’ll be no medal stand on Sunday in the empty gymnastics arena in Tokyo. But there will be pressure. This weekend, Lee competes...

Emergency Housing, Utility Assistance Program Launched for Unincorporated Lee County. The Lee County Commission and Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM) are excited to announce the launch of an Emergency Housing and Utility Assistance Program — a new program that will provide rental, mortgage and utility assistance to those citizens affected by COVID-19. The official launch date for the Emergency Housing and Utility Assistance Program is July 26, 2021.

AUBURN, Ala. – Sunisa Lee has yet to take her first class at Auburn, yet to compete in her first gymnastics meet or stick her first dismount, and still the Auburn Family has rallied behind her as one of their own heading into the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Look no...

Do you have the urge to create while making memories with like-minded, creative people? AR Workshop Auburn is the place in Lee County that will foster your inhibitions. AR Workshop Auburn is a do-it-yourself (DIY) workshop located at Ogletree Village in Auburn. The workshop specializes in working with and supplying raw materials for people to create their own home décor, according to AR Workshop Auburn Owner Kimeran Keahey.

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - A man is dead and woman is injured after a single-vehicle crash in Lee County late Monday night. 25-year-old Marquez D. Thomas, of Salem, and another passenger were traveling north on AL Hwy. 51 in south Lee County when he apparently ran off the roadway and overturned at the intersection of AL Hwy. 51 and Lee Road 38, according to Lee County Coroner Bill Harris.

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - East Alabama Medical Center and EAMC-Lanier have seen the number of COVID-19 patients they’re treating double in a week, according to hospital spokesman John Atkinson. Last week, the two facilities had a combined 11 total hospitalizations over a five consecutive day period. Since Friday, though,...

On July 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Lee County and The Knee High Foundation came together to throw its “Back 2 School” celebration. Kids were able to get bookbags, a haircut and grub out on lots of food. Right now, the Boys and Girls Club hopes to raise money for new, high-tech equipment. Donate to bgcleeco.org and help equip kids for a brighter future.

BEAUREGARD, Ala. (WIAT) — A 25-year-old man has died in Lee County following a car accident Tuesday afternoon, according to the county coroner’s office. The Salem man, identified as Marquez D. Thomas, died while in the intensive care unit of Piedmont Regional Midtown Hospital. Thomas and a female passenger were...

Alabama Rural Ministry and the Lee County Commission announced plans to provide mortgage, rental and utility bill assistance to residents in Lee County adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic beginning July 26. Lisa Pierce, the founder of Alabama Rural Ministry, said Director of the Emergency Management Agency of Lee County...