When Ferst Readers of Tallapoosa County president Elaine Toney heard OGS Tournaments had not started signing up fishermen for its annual tournament months in advance, she was worried.
Anybody who ever worked with Ralph Frohsin organizing the Alex City Jazz Fest, knows how passionate he was about bringing the event to residents of the area.
Due to past due utility payments totalling $4.1 million, Alexander City Mayor Mike Densmore told the City of Alexander City City Council collections would have to become more serious.
In a forward-thinking decision several years ago, a partnership between Benjamin Russell High School and Central Alabama Community College is helping students reap big rewards.
Initially thought of as a victim of a crime, Latavian Brownfield, 20, of Sylacauga, is now a convicted murderer after he was found guilty by 12 jurors inside the CJ Coley Courthouse Annex on Wednesday afternoon.
While firemen, paramedics and law enforcement are the face of first responders, there are people behind the scenes that don’t get the same recognition — the dispatchers.
While most residents are familiar with Alabama Power Company, many may not know about Alabama Power Foundation, the company’s nonprofit that gives back to the areas it serves.
Of the two current plans to move Alexander City forward, housing is mentioned in both as the issue falls in the top five of the city’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan.
The jury has all but been set for deliberations in a murder case against Latavian Brownfield, who is charged with the 2024 fatal shooting of Jay’Z’ion Strong and first-degree assault of Justin Shealey.
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, on Monday, March 30.
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 Dairy Quick on the other side of Alexander City.
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 the battlefield representing lives lost. Clockwise f…
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 next school year.
