Boys Wrestler of the Year
Samuel Higgs
Sports Editor
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A group of Alexander City youth spent the day in Montgomery recently learning about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Editor’s Note: Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. reports these police incidents exactly as they are reported to us.
Southern Preparatory Academy is bringing its agricultural foundation back for its students.Â
Legacy Laundromat is not just another place to wash your clothes.
Markeis Smart, 22, of Dadeville, and Jordan Smart, 19, of Alexander City, were arrested Friday afternoon in connection with the shooting deaths of Fitzgerald Wilson, 19, and Rafiel Riggins, 20…
For three years, Phil Blasingame and his sister Kay Davis gained a following when they had a garden shop on Alabama Highway 63. Now, old customers and new can find them located next to Buck’s …
As April begins, so does Autism Awareness Month. A local organization is focusing its efforts on its upcoming annual Autism Awareness Fun Day on Saturday, April 11 and its advocacy.Â
Every year Alabamians have an opportunity to participate in the statewide 100 Alabama Miles.
Upgrades to the playgrounds for students with special needs at Dadeville Elementary School and Reeltown Elementary School are expected to arrive next school year.Â
Editor’s Note: Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. reports these police incidents exactly as they are reported to us.
To address concerns about stray animals in the City of Dadeville, Mayor Chuck Ledbetter has led the formation of a nuisance animal committee to find solutions.Â
On Saturday, hundreds of history buffs gathered at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park for the 212th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The evening closed out with luminaries on th…
During the last Alexander City council meeting, Mayor Mike Densmore presented a plan to the council to help push the city forward.
CoPACE director Teresa Harrell Moten addressed the Alexander City Schools Board of Education about moving Nathaniel H. Stephens’ name to another school once city schools consolidate for the ne…
The victims of the Monday afternoon shooting in the Avondale area of Alexander City have been identified as Fitzgerald Wilson, 19, and Rafiel Riggins, 20, both of Alexander City, according to …
A little after midnight on Tuesday, a Millbrook man died following a car wreck near Rockford.
Three leaders, one consensus.
In less than a year, a goal Stephanie Southerland set to honor her son is coming to fruition.
With the 2025-26 school year coming to a close, senior student-athletes are making their commitments to continuing their athletic careers at the next level. At Elmore County High School, four …
Bruce Pearl transformed the Auburn basketball program from a doormat in the SEC into one of its most luxurious penthouse apartments over the last decade. They have filled their trophy case wit…
Boys Wrestler of the Year
Three years ago, there was no wrestling team at Dadeville High School.
When someone really cares about something, they dedicate themselves to it whether it be a hobby or a career or something else entirely.Â
When Tra’Mel McCoy first stepped onto the wrestling mats at Tallassee High School, he was just an eighth grader with little to no experience with the sport. It didn’t take much time before Joh…
Brooklyn Cottingham is not the first girls wrestler to walk the halls of Benjamin Russell, and she certainly will not be the last. However, she has built an impressive resume that will be toug…
Wetumpka’s Juliana Eldridge is one of the premier high school wrestlers in the state, and she’s leading the charge for girls wrestling in and around Elmore County. For that reason, and of cour…
After back-to-back second-place finishes at the Class 1A-4A state tournament, Reeltown sophomore Drake Wood knew he was close.
With area play on the horizon, the Elmore County baseball team refused to lose any momentum to the break as they went out to Oxford to try their luck in a spring break experience tournament. …
through the playoffs and to the Sweet 16. Her impact is continuing to send ripples through the state as last week Bailey was recognized as an Alabama Sports Writers Association First Team All-…
Last season, Wetumpka’s baseball team was 16-5 heading into spring break. The Indians finished out area play in the following two weeks, but managed to win only three games in the final weeks …
"It Might as Well Be Spring," by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song eighty years ago this week, in 1946. It was featured in the film musica…
Gather your friends and family and mark your weekend as busy.
I went back and forth about writing this column that’s appearing before you today. I’ve held my tongue for nearly three years about my true thoughts and feelings about the April 15, 2023, mass shooting in Dadeville.Â
The older I get, the more I actually try to figure myself out.
1934 - 2026
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Samuel Howard Miller of Wetumpka, AL, passed on to his Father in heaven on March 22, 2026. H…
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Nikola Jokic scored 40 points to propel the Denver Nuggets to a 136-134 overtime victory ove…
The Los Angeles Lakers were handed another devastating injury blow on Saturday after confirm…
The Artemis astronauts were gearing up Saturday for their long-anticipated lunar flyby, incl…
Roman Burruchaga overpowered friend and fellow Argentinian Thiago Tirante 6-1, 6-1 on Saturd…
Defending champion Jessica Pegula advanced to the final of the WTA Charleston Open tournamen…
The United States' all-conquering 1996 Olympic women's team and stars Candace Parker and Ele…
