After some back-and-forth and just a 4-1 vote of the City of Alexander City City Council, Thomas “Tom” Goree Jr. has been appointed the new city attorney.
A federal judge in Montgomery has sentenced the final defendant in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that funneled narcotics and other contraband into a State of Alabama correctional facility in Elmore. In total, five defendants have now been sen…
Students in Elmore County Schools will receive free breakfast and lunch again this school year under the Community Eligibility Provision under the USDA.
Nothing will change for Edgewood Academy in the way of academics as the school, along with all AISA schools, moves to the newly created Gulf State Independent Athletic Association. Edgewood will still remain with AISA for accreditation and governmental relations and academic competitions.
Last Wednesday, agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Law Enforcement Services Division and K-9 Division assisted the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in locating and apprehending a fugitive wanted by authorities from Arizona. According to an ADOC pre…
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, especially in elementary schools.
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 Stations” on Monday during the times listed below.…
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 Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives…
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 direct loan to support continued development of the c…
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 watching their child at a desk in kindergarten. Others s…
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.
