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The winding roads of the region offer some of the most scenic drives in Alabama, but for anyone trying to navigate after a long event or a celebration with friends, they can also present a sig…
Editor’s Note: Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. reports these police incidents exactly as they are reported to us.
For many small business owners, especially those operating independently, the success of the business rests on their shoulders. But what happens when it’s time to step away?
Editor’s Note: Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. reports these police incidents exactly as they are reported to us.
A Tallassee man will serve 36 months of supervised probation for the sale of THC products to children.
Editor’s Note: Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. reports these police incidents exactly as they are reported to us.
The Reeltown High School band is only expanding and as a result so are its needs.
One person has been arrested for the murder of Ronderius Hooks.
The Elmore County Commission is helping with mental health issues.
Zachary Lee has a new bond after bondsmen requested to withdraw as surety on his $1.5 million bond.
Tallassee Mayor Joey Wiginton has been asking everyone for input on what they want to see or done in Tallassee.
On the one hand, Leadership Lake Martin’s blue team chose an important and meaningful project as its class assignment and on the other hand, the members had a great time completing their project.
One condemned building and another that needs a ton of work on the old Russell Corp. land are set to be demolished, a move that city officials are calling a win all around.
Closing out a chapter of Nathaniel H. Stephens Elementary School’s history, a teacher who first walked through the school’s doors as a student is walking out with Teacher of the Year.
The old adage, “If you build it, they will come,” couldn’t be more true for the new office building Commerce Sixty-Three.
An AI rendering floating around Facebook actually has a bit of truth to it.
The Elmore County Emergency Management Agency is urging people to stay off roads unless necessary to let first responders, public works and power companies do their work to clear the roads.
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Benjamin Russell baseball coach Richy Brooks has coached quite a few Lumpkins through his 37 years at the helm. The first of the bunch was Huell, who lettered all four years in high school bef…
Building a program up into a consistent contender is something that takes time, it takes hard work and it takes leadership from above. And it’s safe to say, the Reeltown baseball team has been…
Last week, Heaven Bailey of Stanhope Elmore attended a three-day tryout in Atlanta as one of 15 of the top high school basketball prospects in the country. She was joined by a UCLA commit, a P…
Wetumpka has had a tennis program for many years now, but it has flown mostly under the radar. As one of the so-called “non-revenue” sports — essentially, anything other than men’s basketball,…
Each summer, coaches across the state nominate the best of their junior class to compete in the biggest game of the season: the showdown between athletes from the northern and southern halves …
Hagen Whiteard has grown quite accustomed to how the AHSAA North-South All-Star Softball game goes down. So far in her coach career she’s helped send three to participate for Team South; Reaga…
Throughout his career on the mound for the Benjamin Russell baseball team, pitcher Luke Knight has made a living by sending opposing batters packing. Now, Knight gets to do the exact same thin…
Horseshoe Bend’s softball team has been on quite a run as of late. In 2023, former standout Reagan Taylor was named to the North-South All-Star softball team. Last year, in 2025, Lily Moss was…
Former Elmore County Panther Sean Darnell is poised to play on college baseball’s biggest stage — at Troy’s first-ever Super Regional. Darnell graduated from ECHS back in 2022, after which he …
To a degree, college football will become something else entirely if the social media rumor mills are any indication.
Wetumpka was on the map for entrepreneurs long before HGTV’s Home Town Takeover aired.
Local author Anthony Baldwin enjoys combining folklore with a bit of real fiction.
When living an active life, it can be difficult finding someone who can keep up or someone even willing to take the journey with you, but Lake Martin Animal Shelter has just the companion for the job.
A coworker of mine just retired and started thinking about my own retirement.
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In Los Cabos, luxury means taking time to slow down, eat well, reconnect with nature, and sa…
He began the epic project back in 2009 and has been adding authentic Japanese features ever since.
Both players are regarded as World Cup legends.
“All in all, it was quite a memorable day.”
Chalkbeat reports that superintendents are overwhelmed by marketing emails from ed tech comp…
So far, the drumbeat of AI in the workplace has been about how technology will replace worke…
