The last year saw fewer cases of elder abuse being reported to the Tallapoosa County Department of Human Resources.
The boy scouts and cub scouts of Troop and Pack 67 performed a flag retirement ceremony at St. James Episcopal Church Monday evening.
The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the United Way Day of Action last year but organizers hope volunteers will return this year.
Alexander City Schools is rolling back its virtual academy, limiting it to high school students and bringing it under the purview of the Benjamin Russell High School principal Dr. Anthony Wilkinson.
Customers have been shopping at the Russell Marine Boating & Outdoors Center for a year but Friday, the boating retailer cut the ribbon on its new 150,000-square-foot facility.
Alexander City Schools is using its federal relief funding to hire a new fleet of personnel aimed at tackling the learning loss that resulted in 208 failures this past school year.
Nine percent of Alexander City Schools students failed one or more courses in the 2020-2021 school year, according to data shared by the school district "in an effort to be as transparent as possible." In all, 208 kindergarten through 12th-graders failed, more than four times the number of students the previous year.
Lawrence Allen can return to playing rook with his friends as the Alexander City Senior Center at the Bud Porch Center has reopened.
Since the October announcement of the location of the new Benjamin Russell High School at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Alabama Highway 63, we have seen many questions about where exactly the school will be. With the council's vote to bring a new retail center development at the s…
Moderate weather, good food, an ebbing river, Cahaba lilies and friends, what more is needed for a great event? To make it annual.
A newly annexed area of Alexander City could get city gas and sewer in the future.
A favorite chicken sandwich and its famed response delivering food should be available in Alexander City by year’s end.
Some people think congressional offices are rife with politics of red and blue.
The Waldrops made quick work of finding the Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Medallion Tuesday.
A home was reduced to toothpicks and individual bricks after a Monday afternoon explosion.
The cycle of thieves rummaging through parked cars continues in Alexander City.
Red tomatoes, sweet corn and peas are a summer favorite in the South.
The COVID-19 pandemic altered last year’s Sun Festival but this year will be back close to normal.
Camden, Carter and Chandler McVey are competitive about everything, according to their mother — including the size of their cabbages.
The Central Alabama Buffalo Soldiers awarded two scholarships to area graduating seniors.
American Legion Post 143 is fundraising for some much-needed upkeep on its building, which will be rededicated in honor of Dadeville native James J. "Spanky" Harrelson.
A new grocery store will come to Alexander City.
Hispanic dance classes are now being offered at the Cooper Recreation Center.
Mamie's Place Children's Library's summer reading challenge is not meant to be a chore.
Developers have been coming to the Alexander City City Council for years regarding a proposed grocery/retail development at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Highway 63.
Many have had hopes of another grocery store in Alexander City.
Casting a line into the water hoping to catch a fish or waiting for a deer to walk in front of tree stand are pleasures many take for granted.
About a year ago, Scott Railey, the pastor at Hillabee Campground Methodist Church, was approached by a member of his congregation about the state of the church's graveyard.
Drivers get a mild distraction from the mundane four-lane of U.S. Highway 280 as they dip down to Chattasofka Creek in Dadeville.
Will Hadaway and a dozen other residents of the Ripville community of Chambers County were on hand at the Chambers County Commission meeting Monday evening to express concerns with some drilling activity witnessed on a parcel of land located along Chambers County Road 116 and Chambers County…
Coosa County native Levi Leonard has been a gardener most of his life.
A Wetumpka woman will serve 22 months and pay back money she stole from a Prattville employer.
In an average year five DARE essay winners are selected at Radney Elementary but this is no ordinary year.
Students at Jim Pearson Elementary School were treated to a surprise Wednesday afternoon when members of the Benjamin Russell High School Jazz band put on a performance for the first grade classes.
It may have been postponed by the severe storm earlier this month, but Alexander City Schools did not forget to honors its valedictorian, salutatorian and top seniors at the board of education meeting Monday.
The Coosa County Sheriff’s Office is trying to locate Marion Ray Stodghill.
As an extracurricular activity, poultry evaluation hardly shares the name recognition of varsity football — which is a shame, because Benjamin Russell High School's team ranks first in the state.
A grant and loan application will soon be sent to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for extending the New Site Water department’s reach.
The Alexander City City Council held an executive session at its Monday's meeting again.
A nationwide surge in the price of construction materials is forcing Alexander City Schools to table plans for the new Benjamin Russell High School campus.
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