Loachapoka, Alabama

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• Auburn woman dies in shooting
  

  Police in Auburn, Ala., are investigating the shooting of two young women early Saturday that left one dead.

• Woman killed, woman injured in Auburn shooting
  

  Authorities are tracking down an East Alabama man who they say is wanted in connection with a double shooting.

• Easy Loving - Freddie Hart
  

  Country music is full of rags-to-riches stories, but few took longer to unfold than Freddie Hart's -- his chart-topping hit "Easy Loving" arrived nearly 20 years into his recording career.Hart was born Fred ...

• Four indicted in Auburn drug sting
  

  A five-month undercover narcotics investigation by the Auburn Police Department has led to the recent arrest and indictment of alleged drug dealers, police said.

• Medicare help offered
  

  Do you need help with your medicare drug costs? The Lee Russell Council of Governments and the Social Security Adminstration Office will provide application assistance to the Lee County community.

• Coroner: Alcohol, speed may have been factor in fatal wreck
  

  Alcohol and speed may have been factors in a three-car wreck that killed one Auburn University student, left another injured and sent three other people to the hospital Wednesday night, according to a written ...

• Tiger Transit Safety
  

  Tiger Transit Crash: The Auburn City police report indicates last Wednesday's Tiger Transit accident occurred when the transit driver swerved to miss a cyclist.

• One injured in shooting Friday
  

  A 17-year-old was injured after juveniles shot at each other in the parking lot of an Auburn business late Friday night, according to a statement released by Auburn police.

• Family-friendly things to do in Alabama this fall
  

  Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 1, 2008 at 3:56 p.m. The Alabama Tourism Department has compiled a list of free things to do across Alabama this fall.

• Auburn Man Killed in Motorcycle Wreck
  

  A motorcyclist died after being thrown about 275 feet in a head-on collision with a car at an intersection in Loachapoka.

• Motorcycle wreck kills one, injures one
  

  A motorcyclist died after being thrown more than 270 feet in a Sunday night wreck with a sedan at the intersection of Lee Road 188 and Lee Road 4 in Loachapoka, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said.

• Motorcycle wreck in Loachapoka kills 1, injures 1
  

  A motorcyclist died after being thrown about 275 feet in a head-on collision with a car at an intersection in Loachapoka.

• Highway accidents across Alabama kill 3
  

  At least three people were killed in traffic accidents on Alabama roads Sunday. Alabama state troopers said two of the wrecks involved motorcycle riders in Lee and DeKalb counties.

• CCHS grad tapped for principal of Greensboro West High School
  

  The Hale County Board of Education recently approved superintendent Frank Stegall's recommendation of James Davis as the principal of Greensboro West High School.

City Description

Loachapoka is a town in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is located seven miles west of Auburn in west-central Lee County. The population was 165 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area. The name "Loachapoka" means "turtle killing place" in Muskogee. In literature, Lochapoka was the destination of the colonists in James H. Street's 1940 novel Oh, Promised Land. Loachapoka was a Creek Indian town for some decades prior to white settlement. In the last census prior to the Native removal to Oklahoma, Loachapoka was found to have a population of 564. Upon settlement, Loachapoka--temporarily renamed Ball's Fork--became the regional trade center, a position that was reinforced in 1845 when it became the eastern-most point on the railroad to Montgomery. Loachapoka's influence peaked in the early 1870s, when her population reached nearly 1,300. Within a few years, a collapse of trade due to the Panic of 1873 and additional rail lines in the area sent Loachapoka into economic decline. Loachapoka roughly stabilized as a small farming community by the mid-1900s, and by the early 2000s had become a small-town suburb of Auburn. Loachapoka is home to the annual Syrup

City Contained By:

• United States
• Lee County
• Alabama

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 3.1079857324 km squared

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