Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) conferred with his Tallapoosa County constituents Saturday at the Homeplate Café in Dadeville – one of more than 1,700 meetings Shelby has held county by county since entering the U.S. Senate.

“I’m here today just to be accessible to you,” Shelby said. “I think it’s healthy for me to come home to every county … and have a conversation with the people.”