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Wind Creek State Park is 100 percent booked for Memorial Day weekend, according to park superintendent Bruce Adams.
Rylan Patterson, 8, a second-grader at Jim Pearson Elementary School in Alexander City, was named the winner of a drawing contest held in connection with National Public Works Week.
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New “no wake” buoys at Lake Martin’s Bridge to Nowhere will demand vigilance from boat operators in the high-traffic area north of Chimney Rock this holiday weekend.
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Sun Festival is making some changes this year with a tykes and trucks event instead of a 5K, car show and motorcycle ride.
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While the Alexander City Police Department looks to solve a rash of thefts of exhaust system parts from vans across the city, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department and Dadeville Police Department are investigating thefts of catalytic converters stolen in their districts.
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Can a 12-year-old change Alabama’s state education budget?
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Authorities said an Enterprise woman is conscious and alert after jumping Saturday from Acapulco Rock, known to many as Chimney Rock.
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The Alexander City Police Department said two people were flown to Birmingham hospitals following a Saturday evening accident on U.S. Highway 280.
A Goodwater man was killed in a single-vehicle crash late Friday night on Alabama Highway 9, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
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There is no crime, no litter and the traffic flows so smoothly on streets with no potholes there are no traffic lights. It’s uncongested, perfectly manicured and perpetually green, even the cornfield.
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Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Isaac Whorton joined area officials to help remember fallen law enforcement officers in Tallapoosa County on Thursday in a ceremony in Alexander City.
The Lake Martin Event Center at The Rodeo Club in Dadeville is gearing up to sling cocktails for the Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area from 6 to 8 p.m. May 22.
Benjamin Russell sophomore Nethan Crew placed second in prepared speech at SkillsUSA state competition last month.
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Alexander City police are looking into a rise in thefts at area storage units.
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First responders, educators and medical professionals gathered Wednesday in Dadeville for a tabletop exercise to make sure they are ready in the event of a disaster – in this case an active shooter across three locations.
The Dadeville City Council heard Tuesday night from the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission on applying for a grant for paving and demolition.
The third annual Blues in the Park will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday at Strand Park in downtown Alexander City.
Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Wednesday a bill banning abortions in the state, a move sure to draw nationwide legal challenges supporters hope will result in the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
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Tallapoosa County Schools superintendent Joe Windle announced Monday the schools are starting a partnership with Alexander City Schools, including sharing the Benjamin Russell JROTC program and allowing Alexander City students into Edward Bell Career Technical Center.
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Believing Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives will need Democratic help to pass a lottery amendment, Rep. Pebblin Warren (D-Tuskegee) has introduced a bill to allow the VictoryLand dog track to use the same sort of electronic gaming offered by the Poarch Creek Indians at thei…
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A man from Opelika and a woman from Auburn were arrested Tuesday in the Reeltown area. According to a release, Jeffery Alan Bell, 40, of Opelika, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana first degree and possession of drug paraphernalia. Kay…
A New Site man is in the Chambers County Jail following his arrest during an investigation into a sexual assault in Valley, police said.
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Officers who gave their lives in the service of Tallapoosa County residents will be honored during the 23rd annual Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial.
While the Alabama Department of Public Health announced Friday a 5-month-old girl in St. Clair County originally feared to have measles didn’t have them after all, the state still has 82 open investigations of the virus and reported cases in 23 states have spiked to their highest level in 25 years.
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Alexander City Schools superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford spoke to the Tallapoosa County Commission on Monday in support of the 1-cent sales tax passed by the commission in 2015.
Dr. Joe Summers, the executive director of Auburn University’s Government and Economic Development Institute, will appear in Alexander City on May 23 to speak about quality of life and economic development.
Friday, 105 students graduated from Central Alabama Community College in a ceremony at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center.
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After graduation at Central Alabama Community College Friday, 32 candidates received their nursing pins at a ceremony at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center.
The Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area is actively planning a pilot program of its Goodwater Unit at Central Coosa High School which is tentatively scheduled to open in the fall if there are enough children enrolled to support the extension.
Summer swimming, reading, team building, skating, arts and crafts, bowling and movies are just a few of the activities the Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area summer programs will offer from June 4 through July 28.
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It was an event to remember for special needs students in the Tallapoosa County School System as they attended their own prom Thursday.
It was a circus at the Tallapoosa Baptist Association’s family festival Saturday at Camp Hill Baptist Church’s pavilion.
According to court records, more than 100 cases were cleared from the court system in April in Alexander City.
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Three men from Tallapoosa County have been arrested as part of Operation Southern Impact III, an eight-state, four-month investigation that culminated in three days of actions to include search warrant executions, undercover operations, arrests and sex offender compliance verifaction.
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State investigators believe an Auburn man was killed in the first of two collisions his boat was involved in on Lake Martin Friday night.
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More than 50 Tallapoosa County properties were sold to the highest bidder Friday because of delinquent property taxes.
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Tallapoosa County Schools robotics gifted program held a showcase for parents Friday at Edward Bell Career Technical Center.
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Cheech and Chong are not the spokespersons for the Dyed Pirates Society. No greeny Fleur de Leafs are growing out back of the store on Highway 49 south of Dadeville and smoke doesn’t billow from within when the front door opens. In fact, the establishment that sells products associated with …
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An Auburn resident was killed Friday night in a three-boat collision on Lake Martin, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
An Auburn resident was killed Friday night in a three-boat collision on Lake Martin, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
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A ribbon cutting for the new Sabel Family Learning and Recreation Center was held Wednesday at the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch.
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While only 32 pounds of prescription drugs were collected at Walgreens during Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day in Alexander City, almost five times as much was gathered from three other boxes in Tallapoosa County.
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While some contend the Alexander City real estate market is barely breathing, local agents say a lot is happening under the surface. Meanwhile, those working and living in Auburn and in neighboring Georgia are increasingly coveting property around Dadeville and on Lake Martin.
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Children adorned in bright colors exited limousines Saturday and entered an equally decorated gymnasium during the Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area’s Fairy Tale Ball.
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Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner Eva Middlebrooks spoke about property annexation and its millage rates at the Dadeville Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday.
