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Alabama Governor (1951–1955) Gordon Persons. On July 22, 1954, a limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, by Governor Gordon Persons.The county, particularly Phenix City, had become lawless, and Persons lost faith in the local law enforcement, which had been implicated in illegal gambling syndicates, political corruption, and the murder of Albert Patterson, the ...
The Phenix City Police Department is asking the public for any information have regarding the incident. A 26-year-old man is dead after shooting in Alabama. Police seek help in solving crime
The body has been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science in Montgomery for an autopsy, the coroner said. House fire in Phenix City leaves 76-year-old man dead, coroner says Skip to ...
Phenix City is located at (32.472822, −85.020121 It is the easternmost settlement in the state of Alabama as well as the Central Time Zone, but it and some other nearby areas unofficially observe Eastern Time, as these areas are part of the metropolitan area of the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia, which is in the Eastern Time Zone and adjacent to the city across the ...
A few of the members were from Phenix City, Alabama, having been displaced from that town when martial law was declared by the Governor and the Alabama National Guard attempted to clean the town up. The organization owned and operated motels, restaurants, and clubs at the Mississippi–Tennessee state line and in the northern portion of Alcorn ...
Dirty water from the Phenix City waste water treatment plant flowing into the Chattahoochee has allegedly exceeded allowed contamination levels on and off for years.
Hugh A. Bentley (1909–1984) is known for launching a cleanup drive to get rid of crime and corruption in Phenix City, Alabama, in the early 1950s. [1] [2] He was beaten, and survived an assassination attempt with a dynamite bomb. [3]
On March 7, Lockhart was pulled over by Phenix City police officer Dale Richards after speeding through a construction zone on Alabama Highway 80. After calling in Lockhart's information, Officer Richards learned that investigators wanted to speak with him. Richards asked Lockhart to exit the vehicle, but Lockhart resisted.