Rylan Patterson, 8, a second-grader at Jim Pearson Elementary School in Alexander City, was named the winner of a drawing contest held in conn…
It was just a bullet that went through his arm during combat in May 1967, according to Vietnam veteran Ed Jenkins. To him it was not a big deal.
Six students in the Wildcat Entrepreneurship Academy have been awarded $7,000 for their projects by an Alexander City Chamber of Commerce inve…
The grass continues to get greener in Dadeville for Hellas Construction and workers who can say they make fields of dreams for NFL players.
As the spring sports schedule started winding down, I have to admit I got a little bit excited knowing I was going to have some nights to myself without work for a while. Between baseball, sof…
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division (MRD) reminds private vessel anglers Alabama state waters and federal waters will open for red snapper f…
You know how in the old Scooby-Doo cartoons when the gang was chasing the ghost/monster, it almost always ended up in a hallway with a bunch of doors, running in and out of them like crazy and…
A buddy of mine recently returned from vacation to discover what many landowners have been dealing with for the past couple of decades.
Joe Young laces an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Benjamin Russell over Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa during the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.
Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. won 50 awards in the annual Alabama Press Association contest, including 24 first-place honors.
The Alexander City Police Department is seeking the public’s help to solve a Saturday night shooting incident on Thomas Drive.
The Alexander City Street Department on Monday began the process of replacing a Depression-era culvert on Lafayette Street, which will be clos…
Everywhere I look I see cars with “Seniors 2019” marked all over them. You would think these kids are glad to graduate and get on with their lives. There is a lot of pride in having achieved t…
Do you really know anything about the Clean Water Act? It protects our water and at this point in our history we should be very concerned about clean water.
Sun Festival is making some changes this year with a tykes and trucks event instead of a 5K,…
Dramatic change for the better is in the works for Alexander City Schools with superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford’s call for a new $40 million high school, the crown jewel of the system’s capital plan.
Monday marks Memorial Day, the day to remember our veterans who have fallen in battle throughout history. For most, it’s a day off from work and the start of the summer, but we should remember it as more.
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