Students in Elmore County Schools will receive free breakfast and lunch again this school year under the Community Eligibility Provision under the USDA.
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The National Weather Service in Birmingham has placed Elmore County under an extreme heat warning for Monday. Elmore County EMA has identified the following locations will be open as “Cooling …
Editor’s Note: Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. reports these police incidents exactly as they are reported to us.
Elmore County Schools saw a number of retirements after the last school year. It meant a lot of work for the school system to find and hire new teachers to fill many openings across the system…
The Elmore County Commission approved one of the largest budgets ever at its Monday meeting.
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The National Weather Service in Birmingham has placed Elmore County under an extreme heat warning for Monday. Elmore County EMA has identified the following locations will be open as “Cooling …
Dottie Carnes and Beulah Baptist Church have been working to support teachers in Reeltown, Tallassee and beyond for 17 years now.
Hard working, loyal, compassionate, patient. They are words used by Elmore County Schools transportation director Ray Mullino used to describe bus driver Alexandra Fermin.
Even within the Democratic party, there are different viewpoints and angles of looking at things. But there are four things all Democrats agree on — at least according to Lee McInnis, the Demo…
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A Reeltown High School senior can see her future approaching. As she prepares, she is taking every opportunity she can to help her get there.
With the 2027 fiscal year budget right around the corner, the Coosa County Commission has started the planning process with roads and appropriations topping the agenda during August’s monthly …
Westwater Resources, Inc., an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company, announced Monday the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“EXIM”) has approved a $25 million dir…
Teachers welcomed students back to school Monday for the first day of the new school year. It was a day likely harder on parents and teachers than the students. Some parents shed a tear watchi…
When Shan Greggs first started her business, she had $476 and her grandmother’s kitchen in which to work. She took that money and invested it in supplies for making candles.
Summer reading is done, but the Dadeville Public Library is not slowing down.
It’s a site that has been well established along the western bank of the Tallapoosa River and near downtown Tallassee.
Elmore County’s football program is in the fifth year of the Caldwell era and the Panthers are coming off of their best run since 2011. That means expectations in Eclectic are as high as they’…
Dear Elmore County, my time has come. This is my final week with TPI as the Elmore County sports reporter. I will be heading back to my home state of Texas to continue to pursue sports writing.
There were some bumps in the road, but none of which truly derailed the Reeltown football team from another great year last season. The Rebels finished 2025 in the Class 2A semifinal and an ov…
This year is already shaping up to be different for the Edgewood volleyball team. Plenty of returning starters make their way back to the court, with new faces poised to make their mark; all t…
It took just a few minutes to see how much different the energy was at the Dadeville football practice on Tuesday.
As much as the conversation around the AISA is in relation to the new GSIAA league created, there is an underlying storyline emerging. For the first time in over four decades, Southern Prep is…
For as long as football has been in the limelight, offense has taken center stage. Everyone has their eyes on the quarterback, the pass catchers who light up the scoreboard or the running back…
The summer break was had, vacations were taken and progress was made in the weight room. The Reeltown football team can be a testament to that, but now it's all business with the start of fall camp.
Tallassee’s flag football team now heads into its third season after finding immense success through the first two years of the program. Year 1 was in the fall of 2024, when the Tiger cruised …
To build a championship-winning team, it does not happen overnight. It doesn’t take a week, a month or heck, even a year. It’s a slow burn that starts in the offseason, in the weightroom and w…
Auburn finished up its first week of fall camp last Saturday and coach Alex Golesh seemed pleased with the status of his team through only a handful of practices.
When Dadeville was in search of a boys basketball coach to lead the program, it did not have to look very far.
Tallassee is under new leadership this season, and that means that fans should expect the unexpected this season. Expectations and projections will be tough to make until after the start of th…
According to Lake Martin Living editor Shaylee Beck Moore, nobody is quite certain when the magazine’s first official art and photo contest began, but she is sure it’s a much-loved annual event.
How much do you know about the Statue of Liberty?
If you’re looking for an excuse to make the drive to Montgomery, a local artist’s work is on display there.
People ask all the time what it has been like to have a house full of teen-agers at the same time – all in various stages of growing up, worried about grades (well … most of them did), somebody always learning how to drive, or maybe figuring out how to stitch together a broken heart.
Dear Elmore County, my time has come. This is my final week with TPI as the Elmore County sports reporter. I will be heading back to my home state of Texas to continue to pursue sports writing.
Teacher shortages are not a new issue, especially in the state of Alabama. While many of our recent staff opinions have focused on ensuring you have the best summer possible before school starts or getting your student back in the academic mindset before they walk through those doors again, …
1947 - 2026
Leah Marjorie Neal Tucker, age 98, passed away on August 9, 2026 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Lowell Ledbetter, a devoted servant of God, loving husband and family man, faithful pastor, …
David Franklin Hill, 66, of New Site, Alabama, Passed away at home on July 31, 2026. He was …
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