It took just over 24 hours for authorities to locate a drowning victim in the Parker Creek area of Lake Martin.
UPDATE 5:30 p.m. : Coosa County sheriff Michael Howell said Vazquez Israel Saavedra, 20, of Mississippi who fell from a canoe Thursday was recovered from the waters of Lake Martin in the Parker Creek area just after 5 p.m. Friday.
Changes for Alexander City utility billing go into effect Monday but city leaders are already seeing results.
It is a small unassuming freezer set up in the pharmacy of the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home but provides hope of normalcy
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about masks and other recommendations over the last year to fend off the new virus.
By all accounts, former Dadeville High School football star Anfernee Jennings left his mark — not in his talk but in his walk.
The Tallapoosa County Board of Education approved a bundle of new hires, retirements, resignations and transfers Monday, including a new Dadeville Elementary principal, two new Horseshoe Bend assistant principals and one Reeltown assistant principal.
Tallapoosa County Schools will now see a portion of sales tax collected on purchases made at online giants Amazon, Walmart and more.
Tallapoosa County Department of Human Resources director Brenda Floyd is cautiously optimistic about child abuse in the last year.
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The Dadeville Police Department is requesting assistance in locating a missing woman who was last seen on Saturday.
Three separate investigations recently took 147 grams of ecstasy, 25 grams of methamphetamine, 88 grams of marijuana, 4 grams of crack and 4 grams of synthetic marijuana off the streets of Tallapoosa County.
Tallapoosa County Schools superintendent Ray Porter said all three capital spending projects were "moving along well" during a school board work session Tuesday, adding he'd give the full update at next week's regular board of education meeting.
Alabama's mask mandate will expire Friday, April 9 at 5 p.m. at which point the state will move to a more relaxed "Safer Apart" health order, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday.
Tallapoosa County is changing up how it does property tax sales.
Local providers are gearing up for increased COVID-19 vaccine demand now that, as of Monday morning, anyone deemed safe to be vaccinated by the CDC — individuals 16 and up — is eligible to receive it.
Russell Medical Wound Care Center has won another award but not just another award.
Rev. Eddie Hunter’s widow saw the effects of COVID-19 and encourages all to get COVID-19 vaccination
Television shows often glamourize the medical specialities. They show a cardiologist performing open heart surgery or a neurosurgeon removing part of a skull.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) will extend COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to individuals age 16 and older beginning April 5, Gov. Kay Ivey said during a visit to the Alabama National Guard mobile vaccination clinic in Wilcox County Friday.
UPDATE: Found Safe
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is still gleaming five weeks after the group Concerned Women for America gave Alabama’s election system the highest integrity rating in the country.
In two months the Alabama legislature has met for 15 of its 30 days of regular session.
There's no law saying one can't walk around barefoot, but that can't stop shops and restaurants from declaring 'No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service."
Tallapoosa County could soon have the ability for a mobile vaccination and testing capabilities thanks to a grant.
Russell Medical started mass COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday.
Look around and residents can spot them — native azaleas.
Russell Medical is starting mass COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a new program last week to ease some of the stress and financial burden wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) moved to its next phase of vaccine eligibility, opening up COVID-19 vaccines to more than half of Alabama adults, according to state health officer Dr. Scott Harris.
It’s not a scam but property owners are receiving notices that say property deeds and property assessment profiles are available for $95.
Waves of storms Wednesday left a path of destruction across Alabama but Tallapoosa and Coosa counties saw limited effects of multiple storm cells.
All five Tallapoosa County storm shelters, originally set to open at 6 p.m. Wednesday, are now open to the public.
Whatever happens Wednesday night, Alabamians can depend on the 2-1-1 hotline for real-time information says Lake Martin Area United Way, a partner of the 2-1-1 initiative.
The Tallapoosa County Board of Education approved the appointment of one principal and the transfer of two others Monday, all of which will take effect after spring break.
UPDATE: Tallapoosa County Schools is now dismissing at 1 p.m. Wednesday (Updated Wed 8 a.m.)
Weather can surprise almost anyone but with possible bad weather on the way, area residents can do a few things to be ready especially with predicted Wednesday night weather.
Everyone does it — plan for disaster.
Alabama Department of Labor secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted January 2021 unemployment rate is 4.3%, down from December 2020’s revised rate of 4.7%*, and above January 2020’s rate of 2.7%. January’s rate represents 97,726 unemplo…
Residents in Camp Hill and Union will soon have a safe place to shelter in for inclement weather.
Alabama's statewide mask mandate will expire on April 9, Gov. Ivey announced in a live press briefing Thursday.
Tallapoosa County commissioner John Mckelvey is hoping roadways will become a little cleaner.
After a cross-continental drive, six months spent renovating and thousands of dollars invested, Autumn and Cody Buzby were ready to move into their 1920s farmhouse by Friday. Those plans went up in smoke in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It’s a big sigh of relief for healthcare workers at Russell Medical.
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