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 Polar Plunge is back Cliff Williams / The Outlook Cliff Williams Jan 8, 2022 After taking a break for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lake Martin Young Professionals Polar Plunge is back.
News Featured New coronavirus 'variant of concern' Omicron spurs international travel bans Siri Hedreen Nov 26, 2021 A new coronavirus "variant of concern" referred to as the Greek letter Omicron by the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday has prompted new …
News Featured Pediatric Associates now vaccinating 5- to 11-year-olds for COVID-19 Siri Hedreen Nov 8, 2021 Pediatric Associates of Alexander City is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine for patients ages 5 and up after receiving its first shipment of t…
News Featured COVID-19 vaccinations wane in Alabama alongside the delta variant Siri Hedreen Oct 18, 2021 Daily COVID-19 vaccinations are once again on the decline in Alabama with fewer than 5,000 doses administered per day in the past two weeks, a…
News Featured Alexander City Schools reinstates mask requirement for upcoming school year Siri Hedreen Aug 6, 2021 Alexander City Schools is reinstating its mask requirement ahead of the new school year.
+2 News Featured First-dose vaccinations up 280% in Alabama as Delta variant convinces a few more on the fence Siri Hedreen Aug 4, 2021 The number of Alabamians deciding to get vaccinated each day has nearly quadrupled in the past three weeks as the number of COVID-19 hospitali…
News Featured K-12 schools with mask mandates do not have to quarantine exposed students, ADPH says Siri Hedreen Updated Aug 2, 2025 The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has updated its back-to-school guidance, recommending masks in schools and on buses and 3 feet …
Opinion OUR VIEW: All else staying the same, we need masks back in schools Staff Report Updated Aug 2, 2025 It doesn't have to be like this — but until enough Tallapoosa County residents change their minds about the vaccine, we need masks in schools.
News Featured Local schools weigh new mask policies for August while urging staff to get vaccinated Siri Hedreen Jul 21, 2021 On Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey said she did not think Alabama public schools would need mask mandates, but that didn't stop all five Tallapoosa Coun…