The Opelika City Council will have a work session at 6:40 p.m., immediately followed by a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Both will be held in the council chambers at city hall, 204 S. 7th St., and are open to the public.

The Auburn City Council will address whether to raise sewer rates to help fund infrastructure renovations at today’s 7 p.m. council meeting.

The Fredonia community plans to take its fight over the town’s charter to the circuit court.

The Fredonia community plans to take its fight over the town’s charter to the circuit court.

The search for the suspect in Saturday’s fatal shooting continues. Police are looking for David Latravis Pitts, 25, of Auburn, according to a statement released by police.

Years of speculation came to an end Monday when an Auburn developer announced construction will soon begin on a Publix store in south Auburn.

A couple who hadn’t been seen for three days were found dead in their locked bedroom with their crying 9-month-old daughter in an apparent murder-suicide. Three older children had been left out on their own.

Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire Monday and said it won’t stop its crippling 10-day assault until “peace and tranquility” are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.

President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to fill the nation’s top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intelligence gathering surprised the spy community and signaled the Democrat’s intention for a clean break from Bush administration policies.

A prosecutor on Monday asked that Bernard Madoff be jailed pending trial, saying the disgraced financier violated an agreement with the court by mailing watches, jewelry, cufflinks and mittens worth more than $1 million to relatives and friends.