Law enforcement are investigating why one man was shot on H Street.
A resident told the Alexander City City Council there is no time in the new utility billing structure for the elderly and disabled to pay their utility bills.
Mining company Westwater Resources is set to build its flagship processing plant just outside Alexander City in Kellyton after months of back-and-forth between the company, Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance (LMAEDA), local municipalities and the state.
Coosa County's graphite has been waiting in reserve.
As federal investigators are in Butler County trying to determine the cause of Saturday's horrific crash that killed nine children including eight associated with the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch, the Lake Martin Area United Way is managing donations.
The Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch is grieving after the Saturday loss of eight children deeply connected to the ranch. But it is not the first time the Reeltown community, in particular those connected to Reeltown schools, have come together to grieve.
12:30 p.m. UPDATE: Other reports have Alabama Sheriffs Youth Ranches CEO Michael Smith stating one of the victims was a child of the director of the Tallapoosa County Sheriffs Girls Ranch.
A vehicle from the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Girls Ranch was involved in a multiple vehicle accident in the northbound lanes of Interstate 65 in Butler County, reports said, with possible multiple fatalities.
This isn't the first year Woody Woodpecker Childcare & Learning Center has celebrated Juneteenth, but it's the first year they've celebrated it while both a state and federal holiday.
One woman was transported to the hospital after a hit-and-run collision at the intersection of Cherokee Road and Airport Drive Friday.
Following the Juneteenth holiday designations Thursday by federal and state governments, Friday will be declared a holiday by Tallapoosa County and the courthouses of Tallapoosa County will be closed.
Questions still abound but Tallapoosa County should still see a windfall of funds from the American Recovery Plan.
Alexander City Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Dean Road Thursday. One driver was transported for injuries.
Local organization Concerned Parents for Academic and Community Excellence (Co-PACE) is hosting a community outreach event next week which will be open to the public.
Charter Communications subsidiary Spectrum Southeast has pulled out of its broadband expansion project in the Marina Marin development of Lake Martin, despite winning a 35% reimbursement grant from the state.Â
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an apparent drowning at DARE Park.
Parking around the Tallapoosa County Courthouse in Dadeville is about to be easier.
An Eclectic man was found guilty of trafficking methamphetamines Monday.
The last year saw fewer cases of elder abuse being reported to the Tallapoosa County Department of Human Resources.
The Tallapoosa County Board of Education voted to forever release all covenants attached to the old Hackneyville school, giving its owner the Hackneyville Improvement Committee full control over the property.
In 2018, the state created the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund to encourage internet providers to expand to "rural, unserved areas."
The boy scouts and cub scouts of Troop and Pack 67 performed a flag retirement ceremony at St. James Episcopal Church Monday evening.
The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the United Way Day of Action last year but organizers hope volunteers will return this year.
Alexander City Schools is rolling back its virtual academy, limiting it to high school students and bringing it under the purview of the Benjamin Russell High School principal Dr. Anthony Wilkinson.
Customers have been shopping at the Russell Marine Boating & Outdoors Center for a year but Friday, the boating retailer cut the ribbon on its new 150,000-square-foot facility.
Alexander City Schools is using its federal relief funding to hire a new fleet of personnel aimed at tackling the learning loss that resulted in 208 failures this past school year.
Nine percent of Alexander City Schools students failed one or more courses in the 2020-2021 school year, according to data shared by the school district "in an effort to be as transparent as possible." In all, 208 kindergarten through 12th-graders failed, more than four times the number of s…
Lawrence Allen can return to playing rook with his friends as the Alexander City Senior Center at the Bud Porch Center has reopened.
After a dry spell, this week's rain has been well-timed for the first installment of the Pennington Park Farmer's Marketplace this Sunday.
Three sisters in pajamas, along with Stephens Elementary School service dog Leelee, found the Sun Festival Alexander City Wednesday Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Medallion at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex dog park.
Since the October announcement of the location of the new Benjamin Russell High School at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Alabama Highway 63, we have seen many questions about where exactly the school will be. With the council's vote to bring a new retail center development at the s…
Moderate weather, good food, an ebbing river, Cahaba lilies and friends, what more is needed for a great event? To make it annual.
A newly annexed area of Alexander City could get city gas and sewer in the future.
A favorite chicken sandwich and its famed response delivering food should be available in Alexander City by year’s end.
Some people think congressional offices are rife with politics of red and blue.
The Waldrops made quick work of finding the Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Medallion Tuesday.
Tina Britton has been searching for the Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Medallion for years and Monday was her day.
Every year the Barbara Yates Company Dancers head to regionals, but this year Yates is taking her team to the next level.
John Patterson loved his roots.
Local shoppers may not have to travel as far to find goods they currently travel to purchase.
Rev. Andrew Salinas knew it would be a stretch to raise $135,000 in 14 days but figured he'd borrow the rest. Instead, the Pentecostals of Dadeville raised the money for their new church in eight.
The cycle of thieves rummaging through parked cars continues in Alexander City.
Red tomatoes, sweet corn and peas are a summer favorite in the South.
The COVID-19 pandemic altered last year’s Sun Festival but this year will be back close to normal.
Camden, Carter and Chandler McVey are competitive about everything, according to their mother — including the size of their cabbages.
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