Although the organization is not located in Lake Martin Area United Way’s coverage area of Tallapoosa and Coosa counties, The Learning Tree of Tallasee’s homes in Tallapoosa County benefit financially from the group.
At the far northern end of Lake Martin near Jacksons Gap sits the Easterseals Camp ASCCA (Alabama’s Special Camp for Children and Adults). A year-round camp designed for people with disabilities and health impairments, Camp ASCCA offers exciting programs and activities for those who attend a…
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Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday she has lung cancer and will soon begin a series of radiation treatments.
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A walk across the lawn reveals crackling brown grass is in desperate need of rain.
Santana Wood was named managing editor for TPI’s newspapers Monday.
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An accident refilling a propane bottle caused the evacuation of the William T. Thweatt Industrial Park in Dadeville Friday.
Jacksons Gap Mayor Jeff Walker was at a loss for words at Tuesday’s council meeting after hearing of the resignation of the town’s police chief.
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The Tallapoosa County Coaches Association requested an athletic supplement increase of $135,000 at the Tallapoosa County Board of Education meeting Monday.
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Lake Martin is not the only place that is experiencing issues with erosion, property damage and wake boats. It is a problem of national proportions.
Labor Day fatal accident still being investigated
Like fireflies trailed by children on a summer evening, large wakes attract other recreation. Going airborne is a thrill for tube riders and personal watercraft (PWC) drivers. Although it’s also against the law for PWCs to jump another boat’s wake, said Capt. Gary Buchanan, Central and South…
While large wakes may accelerate its progress, erosion is a natural process, according to Lake Watch Lake Martin president Eric Reutebuch. As a body of water seeks balance over time, it naturally carves away soil on points as the flow of water cuts across turns and bends, and that soil is de…
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The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department is once again holding a women’s self-defense class.
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In recent months, the cumulative voice of nature enthusiasts, property owners and boaters alike has grown from isolated grumbling to collective, serious concern about boating wakes on Lake Martin. Conservationists are alarmed over the rate at which boat wakes are eroding the shoreline; prope…
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A Jacksons Gap woman died in a Monday afternoon wreck in Tallapoosa County.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) told members of the Alexander City Kiwanis Club division in Washington is nothing new.
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Lake Martin Area United Way executive director Sharon Fuller was grinning ear to ear after Tuesday night’s campaign kickoff.
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Generations of Alabamaians who were seeking to get married have always visited their county courthouse and the probate judge’s office to get a marriage license but that will no longer be possible starting Thursday.
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Exciting things will be reported at Lake Martin Area United Way’s annual campaign kickoff event set to begin 5:30 p.m. Tuesday evening at the Betty Carol Graham Center at Central Alabama Community College.
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Today is National Senior Citizens Day according to National Calendar Day but every day is senior citizen day in Alexander City.
Lake Martin Living magazine has hosted its annual art and photography contest for three decades, and this year the event is growing to incorporate more businesses, more art and more all-day fun.
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There has not been an increase in ad valorem taxes but Tallapoosa County is expecting to haul in more than $1 million in additional property tax revenue according to Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner Eva Middlebrooks.
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The Alexander City Police Department arrested James Michael Crayton, 47, of Jacksons Gap for the rape of a 19-year-old.
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Reader submitted photographs of the first day of school for area schools.
Alabama Elks Lodge leaders donated $50,000 to Camp ASCCA during a tour of the facility in Jacksons Gap on Wednesday.
Last month individuals could purchase firearms in Alabama simply by showing a current concealed carry permit issued by a sheriff according to The Sure Shot owner Woody Baird, but that is no longer the case.
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Former Camp Hill police chief still awaiting trial
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Tommy Tuberville retired from a college football career where he grew accustomed to recruiting teenagers to play for him, but now he is criss-crossing the state recruiting voters for his 2020 U.S. Senate campaign.
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The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department said area residents are getting calls seeking money to take care of an arrest warrant.
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More than 200 people including first responders, contractors and gas line operators filled the auditorium at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center Wednesday to get to know each before an incident might occur on one of the pipelines in the area.
Those considering any work along the shoreline of Lake Martin should start the permit process now, as Alabama Power Company has announced its first permit fee increase since 2005 will become effective on Jan. 1, 2020.
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Fifty years ago today, history was made as the world sat in front of television sets watching as one small step was taken for man and one giant leap was taken for mankind.
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The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Martin is expanding its Coosa County afterschool program to the Hanover and Rockford areas.
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Roping and riding was the focus of 150 cowboys and cowgirls at the Lake Martin Area Rodeo on Friday and Saturday.
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It was a sweet day for the Jr./Sr. Smile-A-Mile campers Friday.
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Summertime means hot weather and days spent at the lake and pool for many but for others it means their home gardens are in full swing. Tomatoes are one of the most popular summer vegetables but as they grow they bring along problems with them.
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Rural hospital reimbursement, understaffed facilities and regulations must be improved, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones said during a visit to Lake Martin Community Hospital on Tuesday.
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After a day of painstakingly examining the murky waters of Lake Jordan between Weoka Creek and Sears Slough, authorities suspended a search for two missing men Friday evening following a collision of two boats Thursday night.
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Ferst Readers of Tallapoosa County has big fish to fry after hosting its first fishing tournament fundraiser.
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With the Fourth of July on Thursday, pet owners may be worried about dealing with their animals getting upset or anxious during fireworks.
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Alternating rain and sun didn’t diminish the popularity of the Hackneyville Fireworks Bash on Saturday. Event attendees brought their tents and umbrellas to watch performers and participate in the bash’s events.
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Pastor Dick Stark concluded the funeral of former Alexander City Mayor Don McClellan on Saturday with a prayer which, like the life of McClellan himself, reached far beyond the sanctuary of Faith Temple Church.
Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. earned a total of 69 awards in the Alabama Press Association’s 2019 Media Awards, including General Excellence, at the APA Summer Convention this weekend in Orange Beach.
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A recent Saturday was like most weekends for Chad Walker. He went fishing with his 15-year-old son Case.
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Don McClellan was known to cut grass on a softball field as mayor and jokingly threaten to cut those who teased him with his pocket knife. He refused to get into the sewer as a matter of political discourse even as he was up to his neck in discharge and drawing the wrath of federal environme…
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Sonny’s Hot Dogs started on a bet four years ago in Alexander City and some would say that’s also when the idea of food trucks began in Tallapoosa County.
Pet owners can have their animals vaccinated against rabies at a discounted rate Saturday as part of Rabies Awareness Day.
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Don McClellan died early Wednesday morning but his life’s blood will continue coursing through Alexander City in the thousands of jobs he helped bring to the area in the wake of Russell Corp.’s collapse as an economic powerhouse, friends and even political opponents said.
The family of former Alexander City Mayor Don McClellan will receive visitors from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Radney Funeral Home and his funeral is scheduled Saturday at 11 a.m. from Faith Temple Church.
