Pennington pleads guilty in sex abuse case
Gunshots rang out on Old Kellyton Road on Friday afternoon and left one injured.
Pennington pleads guilty in sex abuse case
The Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce is holding a food and supplies drive for the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch through Dec. 15.
Alexander City Police Department officers responded to 60 individuals coming through investigations and the jail Friday morning.
Alexander City Fire Department chief Reese McAlister is trying to make a spark of a different kind, as he is encouraging residents to call the department for address signs and smoke detectors.
Four local high school students were honored for their good citizenship Thursday at the Tohopeka chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) meeting. Benjamin Russell’s Andrew Caldwell, Dadeville’s Kade Harkins, Horseshoe Bend’s Mary Rasbury and Reeltown’s Eryn Wells were named…
The Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area has been helping children for 22 years and counting.
Thanksgiving is a time for families to come together and be thankful for what they have every day, but there are some in the community who may not have the means to put a family meal on the table.
T.C. Russell Field and Mike Smith are one and the same until the end of the month.
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It’s time for area residents to either dress up or don their best denim and get down to some music for a good cause as the eighth annual Denim & Diamonds Charity Ball will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 23.
To better understand the community’s thoughts of what schools need, the Alexander City School System held a focus group meeting Tuesday at Benjamin Russell.
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Officials with the City of Alexander City have learned from contractors renovations at the municipal complex will start next month.
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StillWaters golf course and Copper’s Grill will now be managed by Atlanta-based Bobby Jones Links.
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A Dadeville mother and her son want to see a Dadeville police officer removed from the department or at the very least re-trained after the officer drew his gun on the son during a traffic stop.
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Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth talked workforce development and education at Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber’s quarterly luncheon Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Dadeville.
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Six weeks before Christmas, the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce is giving residents a head start on shopping with its annual Holiday Open House on Sunday.
The Alexander City Police Department has made an arrest following the report and investigation of a June rape.
Local military members were honored for their service Monday at Bill Nichols State Veterans Home’s annual Veterans Day tribute.
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Educational exhibits have been in place since the spring at Smith Mountain and are garnering attention despite no dedication.
Voters have only one option if they want to cast a ballot in a countywide contested race in the March primaries — Republican. No one has qualified for a local race as a Democrat.
Gov. Kay Ivey announced a record number of 731 state foster care adoptions for fiscal year 2019 Thursday and Tallapoosa County had eight of those.
Applications due for Christmas parade
Blue police lights flashed by Maxwell-Gunter Recreation Area, but there was nothing to worry about due to the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department practicing an active shooter drill.
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It was a show of song and dance to honor the military at Jim Pearson Elementary School’s Veterans Day program Friday. The annual program had different classes sing songs to veterans who were seated across from them at the school’s gym.
A new subdivision is coming to the area. Residents of Eclectic met Monday in front of the Eclectic Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss The Oaks which is expected to be built on Highway 63.
Fines can be easily forgiven in the form of food at Adelia M. Russell Library and Mamie’s Place Children’s Library. The libraries are hosting their annual Food for Fines drive where any donated food will remove patrons’ late fines through Dec. 14.
Benjamin Russell’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) agriculture mechanics team made a name for itself this weekend at the National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis. The team received a silver medal but doesn’t know if it’s placed between 13th through 28th in the state, according to FFA…
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There are plenty of local events to recognize Veterans Day this weekend and Monday including car shows, parades and programs.
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With all the programs the organization offers, Goodwater Head Start is helping families in the area.
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There were tons of laughs and more than $20,000 was raised for the Russell Medical Foundation at comedian James Gregory’s show Friday at The Mill Two Eighty.
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Students and veterans gathered together Thursday to celebrate and honor Veterans Day at Radney Elementary School. Residents of Bill Nichols State Veterans Home and the Alexander City Honor Guard, which presented the colors, attended the event with parents.
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Russell Medical in Alexander City has entered into a management agreement to become a member of the UAB Health System following action Tuesday by the respective boards of both organizations.
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Before kindergarten begins, families who are low on resources sometimes need a jump start to get their children prepared.
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The Alexander City Board of Education met briefly Tuesday morning to approve personnel hires.
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Benjamin Russell seniors remembered the dead Tuesday. The dead, however, were dolls they created in teacher Emily Sassano’s Advanced Placement biology class for Dia de los Muertos.
Robert Milton Cozad, 43, of Kellyton was arrested by the Dadeville Police Department Oct. 23 on a grand jury indictment of two counts of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.
Round Room LLC, the nation’s largest Verizon Authorized Wireless Retailer, will recognize veterans at nearly 550 of its TCC stores in honor of Veterans Day including the Alexander City location.
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Come spring, children will have a new place to cool off thanks to the work of City of Alexander City employees and Tallapoosa County commissioner Steve Robinson.
Preserving history and bells themselves is former Alexander City resident Thomas Kaufmann’s mission with his new book “Historic Alabama Bells.” Kaufmann’s book published Monday and he wants readers to understand the importance of the preservation of bells.
Social media was abuzz about a missing child in Alexander City Monday afternoon.
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People have been known to line up for the annual St. James Episcopal Church holiday bazaar and church members take all year to get ready for it.
The Alexander City City Council approved funding for a change order at the Adams Water Treatment Plant and for a demolition project allowing access to sewer lines under a warehouse at its Monday meeting.
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With cold temps and sharp winds to contend with, volunteers with the Lake Martin Resource Association gathered at Wind Creek State Park early Friday morning for the annual Renew Our Rivers cleanup of Lake Martin.
Dedication to her students and others in the Alexander City Schools system paid off for Stephens Elementary School teacher Abby Alexander.
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If Friday was any indication, Renew Our Rivers will once again be successful this year.
Some juveniles convicted of crimes have received prison sentences of life without parole.
A mother returned to the courtroom seeking to keep her 6-year-old daughter’s murderer behind bars.
Pediatric Associates of Alexander City (PAAC) has recently sponsored a safe sleep education project to help parents and other caregivers reduce the high incidence of deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Overall, SIDS is the leading cause of death in all infants under 1 year of ag…
