The Alexander City Fire Department has announced three promotions. The newest lieutenants will lead the three shifts at Station 3. Mason Hallman will lead the A shift; Travis Lahr, the B shift…
While the Alabama Men’s 55+ tennis team came close to qualifying for the United States Tennis Association national championship, they fell short with Kentucky winning the Southern Championship.
A fresh professional title is getting added to Trey Fetner’s list. Serving as the head baseball coach, assistant football coach and previously a science teacher at Reeltown High School, Fetner…
Two people from east Alabama were arrested for drug trafficking in May. During a preliminary and bond hearing last week, one is taking the rap for everything.
As one of the biggest milestones in American history arrives this weekend, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is expecting a surge of visitors to the Lake Martin area and officials want everyo…
Here in America, we are constantly debating about our greatest athletes: Lebron or Michael in basketball, as Victor Wembanyama quickly builds his case; Brady or Montana or Jim Thorpe in footba…
After leading Edgewood Academy to the state championship in his first season as head coach, Justin Chandler was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s AISA baseball Coach of the Year.
On a hot and sunny Saturday morning in Tallassee, more than 200 kids from ages 5 to 14 flooded J.E. “Hot” O’Brien Stadium, bringing high energy, enthusiasm and a competitive spirit to the annu…
While the Alabama Men’s 55+ tennis team came close to qualifying for the United States Tennis Association national championship, they fell short with Kentucky winning the Southern Championship.
Debates over whether or not cheerleading should be considered a sport are pervasive, and have been for years. At Edgewood Academy, however, there’s no question. Cheerleaders attend events for …
Football season is full of ups and downs — good weeks, bad weeks, injuries, setbacks and victories. Winning a championship means navigating those ups and downs while continuing the push toward…
Confidence is vitally important to success in any sport, but especially football. When you’ve got 11 guys on the field at any given time, and each of them has to compete with the confidence th…
Wetumpka has had hundreds of incredible athletes pass through its halls over the years. Right now, one of those athletes is seeing his stock rise quickly. Pitcher Jaxon Shineflew, a 2023 gradu…
On Friday night, Wetumpka hosted its fourth annual Battle for the County 7-on-7 tournament. It was a mid-summer preview of what Friday nights will look like this fall, and the Wetumpka Sports…
When he took the job of football coach and athletic director, Eric Folmar knew he’d have to make some changes to Tallassee’s athletic department and its facilities to show the community he is …
At this point in the offseason, the only goal is to improve day-in and day-out. As much as Stanhope Elmore’s football team prides itself on winning, 7-on-7 tournaments are far more about build…
Here in America, we are constantly debating about our greatest athletes: Lebron or Michael in basketball, as Victor Wembanyama quickly builds his case; Brady or Montana or Jim Thorpe in football; Babe Ruth or Barry Bonds in baseball.
If you were to ask me in middle school if I was a reader, my response would have been “Of course not.” In high school I stayed away from Korean pop music like the plague, so when the K-pop band BTS was gaining national attention in the summer of 2017, I was confused about why news outlets we…
