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Homemade cheeseballs made by the women of the First United Methodist Church of Alexander City for the holiday season has been a tradition for many years.
Alex City council meeting set Monday
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Tallapoosa County School System bus driver starting base pay is lower than the starting salaries of other drivers in Clay, Elmore, Coosa and Lee counties’ school systems and Alexander City Schools. It is something county school superintendent Joe Windle said the system is addressing.
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An accident refilling a propane bottle caused the evacuation of the William T. Thweatt Industrial Park in Dadeville Friday.
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Alexander City natives Chad and Kyle Wilson have been writing and playing country music together for 16 years and the awards are starting to stack up.
The search has been canceled for 17-year-old who went missing Wednesday evening as Emalee Stringfellow has been found as of Thursday night, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
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Children’s Harbor turns 30 this year and continues its mission of partnering with other organizations to help children with illnesses relax for free.
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.
The Alexander City Police Department arrested Kelvin Bridges for weekend assault that left a woman with head trauma.
An Eclectic man is being held in the Elmore County Jail on $150,000 cash bond after being charged with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.
An Eclectic man is being held in the Elmore County Jail on $150,000 cash bond after being charged with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.
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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.
The school system plans to be in the black with the largest budget in history as the Tallapoosa County Board of Education approved its 2019-20 fiscal year budget Monday.
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An excavator brought down parts of the old Alabama Food Group building on Franklin Street in an effort to clean up Alexander City.
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At the suggestion of Tallapoosa County EMA director Jason Moran, the Tallapoosa County Commission approved a motion to allow Moran to apply for FEMA grants at Monday’s meeting.
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It’s been less than a week since moving to America, but Father Thomas Reddy Gopu has already performed mass at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church last weekend.
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Ideas can come from anything, including hugs. The idea of dedicating Dadeville High School marching band’s shows to late classmate and drumline member Owen Thomas came from color guard captain Anhiyzjah Thomas hugging Owen’s mother, Beth Ann Blackburn, at his funeral.
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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
Auditions for “A Christmas Carol” begin next week. Alexander City Theatre II will stage the play in early December with a cast of 23 to 30 local townspeople including parts for 11 men and several children of all ages.
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…
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Timber, cotton, corn and even soybeans are seen in farming operations across the area but a farming operation in Reeltown is bringing what seems like an unlikely crop to the area — kiwi.
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…
Boot camp is coming to Benjamin Russell, but this time it’s ACT preparation focused.
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The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department is once again holding a women’s self-defense class.
New Site Mayor Phil Blasingame has been talking about a healthcare clinic in New Site since taking office nearly three years ago.
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A new store will be coming to Market Place on U.S. Highway 280 in the spring.
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Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department director Sonny Wilson told the Alexander City City Council Tallapoosa County commissioner Steve Robinson is giving money to the city to help create activities.
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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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Fans of the lake will have another reason to visit when The Annex on Lake Martin opens in October.
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Thirty new students were made cadets at Southern Preparatory Academy’s scrub graduation Friday.
New Site is one step closer to having healthcare services in town after the Appalachian Regional Commission awarded the town a grant.
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A Jacksons Gap woman died in a Monday afternoon wreck in Tallapoosa County.
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A 17-year-old Horseshoe Bend student has been charged with making a terroristic threat after making threatening comments Tuesday about bringing a weapon to the school and describing a hit list for Wednesday, according to a release from Tallapoosa County sheriff Jimmy Abbett.
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Jim Pearson Elementary School custodian Kinnie Morris has new wheels and plenty of space to drive his grandchildren in a car donated to him by the community.
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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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His classroom comes first and that’s what has probably, in his own words, made history teacher Wes Talton Dadeville High School’s teacher of the year in 2016-17 and 2018-19.
An Alexander City woman has been indicted for assaulting a Tallapoosa County deputy sheriff with bodily fluids.
Alexander City and Tallapoosa County schools are putting funds from the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund (A&T) to use through security cameras, audio enhancement and completing the 1-to-1 initiative.
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The Lake Martin Innovation Center is not even three years old and it is ready to send its first graduates out into the world.
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Lake Martin Area United Way executive director Sharon Fuller was grinning ear to ear after Tuesday night’s campaign kickoff.
Two former Central Alabama Community College students have been indicted on aggravated cruelty to animals following the death of a duck, and an Alexander City woman has been indicted on an aggravated child abuse charge, according to court records Tuesday.
It’s the same school with a different name for Southern Preparatory Academy.
The Dadeville Police Department will say goodbye to chief David Barbour as he retires next month.
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A park that used to be a place for neighborhood children to gather and play but has since become overgrown and ultimately unused is now being revitalized thanks to a local church.
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The Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force has arrested a husband and wife in connection to the meth lab explosion at StillWaters last week.
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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.
Youthful offender status applied for in duck death case
