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Friday afternoon Denesha Lyles dropped her children off with family in Tallassee.
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Friday afternoon Denesha Lyles dropped her children off with family in Tallassee.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is reminding motorists to use extra caution on Alabama’s roadways this time of year, as deer activity and vehicle-versus-wildlife crashes increase significan…
Friday afternoon Denesha Lyles dropped her children off with family in Tallassee.
The Tallassee Redevelopment Authority has been around for more than decade. Its mission is simple: to help the core business areas of town to grow.
Reeltown High School junior Colton Siggers has been dedicated to the Tallapoosa County Extension Office’s Alabama 4-H program for nine years. Now, he is entering his second year as an Alabama …
The 19th Judicial Circuit district attorney C.J. Robinson is doing more than serving the victims of Elmore, Autauga and Chilton counties. He is now Alabama’s representative to the National Dis…
The Tallapoosa County School Board of Education invited and recognized many Horseshoe Bend School students and staff.
Things are looking a little fresher in downtown Tallassee thanks to grants being awarded by the Tallassee Redevelopment Authority.
Reeltown opened the playoffs with two consecutive opponents it had familiarity with in Highland Home and Cottonwood — winning both. However, this week presents Reeltown with a new challenge: a…
Last season, the Elmore County Panthers fell to Beauregard in the first round of the area tournament. It was a huge disappointment for the Panthers, as they’d beaten the Hornets twice before l…
In the playoffs, you always need your top players to step up to the plate — and JaMarkius Smith answered against Cottonwood.
The Elmore County girls basketball team beat Dadeville 40-18 on Tuesday.
After a 12-game winning streak, the Tallassee Tigers fell for the first and last time this season to Montgomery Catholic, 13-7, in the quarterfinals of the AHSAA Class 1-5A flag football playoffs.
The Walter Traumbauer High School Theatre Festival is a measuring stick for high school theater programs in the state to compete against each other in one-act plays.
The Wetumpka High School Theater Guild is no stranger to competing at the highest levels in the state. The program has had best in state actors and shows at many theater competitions.
Downtown Alexander City was hopping Saturday with another fall festival.
While some county residents may be sad their school is out of the state football playoffs, two local schools have made it to round three.
In W.C. Bryant’s excellent book Hot and His Boys, about the storied career of J.E. “Hot” O’Brien and the success of the athletic programs in Tallassee during the 1940s and 1950s, there is a wonderful line that aptly describes the role of Mount Vernon Mills in the Tallassee community.
1948 - 2025
1945 - 2025
Andrew Preston Hornsby, Jr., a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, for the past 30 years, passe…
Laura Ann Gipson, 65, passed away on October 10, 2025, in Alexander City. She was a devoted …
