A new and more highly transmissible COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, has been identified in three Alabama residents.
A familiar face with Alexander City Municipal Court will soon sail into the sunset.
The last few months have stretched the staffs of area funeral homes.
Russell Medical is offering COVID-19 vaccines to teachers and staff of Alexander City Schools.
Starting Jan. 26, the Alexander City Walmart is offering online grocery orders for pickup which customers can purchase through the store's mobile app.
The Tallapoosa County Health Department is now offering COVID-19 vaccinations to qualifying residents out of its Alexander City office, Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announced Tuesday.
Each day at 5:30 p.m., Alexander City resident Cecily Lauderdale drives an hour-long commute to the main USPS facility in Montgomery.
The Alexander City Fire Department put out a fire Monday in Our Town but a homeowner finds himself without his home.
Matt Sheppard grew up playing golf on municipal courses. Today he is giving back to the game that gave him a career.
An Alexander City man was killed early Friday morning in a head-on collision in Pike County.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a few things for income tax filing while many things remain the same.
Tallapoosa County COVID-19 cases rose by 457 Friday, more than seven times its previous single-day record, due to a "backlog of test results," Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) said.
The Lake Martin Area Industrial Development Authority and the City of Alexander City are partnering to showcase industrial property to the public and to offer up surplus goods.
Kenneth Pike is counting his blessings after a fire destroyed his home Thursday night.
Alabama Department of Labor secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate is 3.9%, down from November’s rate of 4.4%, and above December 2019’s rate of 2.7%. December’s rate represents 87,534 unemployed persons, com…
A Thursday Alexander City City Council work session to interview candidates for finance has been cancelled.
Gov. Ivey renewed Alabama's "Safer at Home" order Thursday, extending the statewide mask mandate to Friday, March 5. The order was set to expire Friday.
In March state legislators passed legislation for the distribution of funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Thanks to a transfer last week, Tallapoosa County could be left holding the bag for expenditures expected to be reimbursed under the legislation.
President Joe Biden took the oath of office shortly before noon Wednesday, becoming the 46th president of the United States in a pared down inauguration ceremony amid heightened capital security and pandemic constraints.
Alexander City Schools administrators presented school board members with students' tokens of gratitude at their board meeting Tuesday in honor of January's designated school board appreciation month.
Last month Alexander City celebrated being able to provide $1,000 in hazard pay to first responders thanks to the federal government. Now the city may be left paying the costs because of a decision made by state leaders.
When nursing home Chapman Healthcare Center called Jimmy Peoples earlier this month to tell him his mother tested positive for COVID-19, Peoples had reason to be concerned — Peoples' mother is in her 90s and has had four coronary bypasses.
Alabama ranks 51st out of 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia in percentage of vaccine doses administered, according to data from the CDC and Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH).
This month, Alexander City Virtual Academy opened to everyone but its students.
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Dadeville's Lake Martin Community Hospital has canceled vaccinations for Tallapoosa County Schools employees this week due to its vaccine shipment being delayed, Superintendent Ray Porter said Friday.
Russell Medical is no longer making appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations, the hospital announced in a Facebook post Thursday, the same day it began its senior citizen vaccine rollout.
Justin Kyle Hutcherson was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison two years to the date after ‘obscene and lewd’ images of children known by him and filmed were found on his computer.
The Alexander City Fire Department is still investigating a Wednesday night fire where three victims were flown to trauma centers for treatment of their injuries.
The Alexander City Fire Department was called to a fire on I Street Wednesday evening.
Alexander City Schools will be going remote Tuesday, Jan. 19 through the end of the month, superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford said in a letter sent home with students Wednesday.
Area residents 75 and older can get the COVID-19 vaccine at Russell Medical starting Thursday.
Alexander City Schools and Ivy Creek Healthcare are planning a time for school staff and faculty to receive COVID-19 vaccines at Lake Martin Community Hospital, public relations specialist Jessica Sanford said Wednesday.
Benjamin Russell freshman Jalyiah Glenn has been on a journey since testing positive for COVID-19 Nov. 7.
Parts of Alexander City were briefly without power Tuesday evening.
Marcus Buckner doesn’t remember the Alexander City Fire Department pulling him from his burning home last month but that didn’t stop him from thanking the firefighters who saved his life Tuesday.
Less than two weeks into the new year, and Alexander City residents are once again asking Jesus to take the wheel.
Liscotti Development Corp. has 90 days to decide if it will purchase 2.35 acres from Alexander City.
Teresa Moten and Concerned Parents for Academic and Community Excellence (Co-PACE ) are planning an alternative celebration, ‘Your Time to Dream,’ to the canceled annual MLK Celebration in Alexander City.
Joseph Robinson Jr. may best be known for running Robinson Foundry and Robinson Iron but those close to him remember Robinson as a good friend, mentor and community advocate.
Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announced Friday COVID-19 vaccinations will be available to people 75 years of age and older beginning Jan. 18. But one Alexander City nursing home saw most of its residents get the vaccine Friday.
Russell Medical welcomed the first baby of 2021 Tuesday.
Members of both political parties are calling Wednesday’s demonstration a disgrace.
'I'm still shaken from it': Tallapoosa County reacts to yesterday's storming of the Capitol building
In local bars, Mexican restaurants and social media, Tallapoosa County residents reacted in horror, indignation, and for some, literal disbelief Wednesday as a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol building played out on live television.
Teresa Moten and Concerned Parents for Academic and Community Excellence (Co-PACE ) are planning an alternative celebration to the canceled annual MLK Celebration in Alexander City.
Alexander City Schools will resume brick-and-mortar classes for the time being despite rumors of a switch to virtual learning, superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford confirmed Wednesday morning.
Alexander City Mayor Woody Baird has tested positive for COVID-19.
Russell Medical is adapting its facilities to accommodate increasing COVID-19 cases.
Birmingham-based MainStreet Family Care, which has clinics across Alabama and Georgia including Alexander City, is having to make the choice in some of its clinics between wasting doses and not following ADPH allocation guidelines to the letter.
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