Opinion OUR VIEW: Remembering World AIDS Day Staff Report Updated Aug 2, 2025 Last Friday was World AIDS Day, and the month of December is World AIDS Awareness Month. Between all the holiday festivities at the end of the…
News Featured Oskar's Cafe receives tourism superstar award By William Marlow Multimedia Reporter Dec 27, 2022 Tallapoosa County residents are in the midst of a superstar.Â
News Featured Horseshoe Bend switches to virtual learning temporarily as flu cases rise By William Marlow Multimedia Reporter Oct 27, 2022 An outbreak of the flu continues to interfere with in-person learning throughout Tallapoosa County.Â
News Featured Promotion Alex City Schools going virtual temporarily to battle flu By Kaitlin Fleming Managing Editor Kaitlin Fleming Oct 24, 2022 Alexander City Schools announced Monday morning that the school system would switch to remote learning Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Wednesday, Oct. 26…
News Featured Promotion Alexander City Winn-Dixie gets new COVID vaccine By William Marlow Multimedia ReporterUpdated Aug 2, 2025 Beginning this week, one of the country’s largest grocery stores will offer a new COVID-19 vaccine in Alexander City. Â
News Featured COVID-19 cases continue to climb over July Fourth holiday By William Marlow Multimedia Reporter Jul 7, 2022 Tallapoosa County is experiencing high COVID-19 transmissions as part of an ongoing spike that is likely to continue in the wake of July Fourt…
Alexander City Featured Russell Medical warns of high COVID-19 transmissions amid spike By William Marlow Multimedia Reporter Jun 13, 2022 Tallapoosa County once again is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases as Russell Medical Center declared a high-transmission status for the c…
News Featured CDC greenlights second COVID booster for adults over 50, immunocompromised Siri Hedreen Apr 1, 2022 The CDC updated its COVID-19 guidance to recommend a second booster dose for the immunocompromised and adults over 50, allowing those at highe…
News Featured As COVID cases slow, health officials urge use of free tests By William Marlow Multimedia Reporter Mar 16, 2022 American households can now order an additional set of four rapid COVID-19 antigen tests beginning this week as part of the Biden administrati…
News Featured Tallapoosa County Schools rescinds mask mandate Siri Hedreen Feb 15, 2022 Tallapoosa County Schools joins Alexander City Schools in rescinding its mask requirement, effective Tuesday, as COVID-19 cases dwindle county-wide.