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Students at Eclectic Elementary School brought dots to life as they celebrated International Dot Day.
Cliff Williams
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Students at Eclectic Elementary School brought dots to life as they celebrated International Dot Day.
Art work created by Wetumpka High School students is distributed around the world thanks to a partnership with Great Alabama 650.
The Elmore County Board of Education has a budget for fiscal year 2026 in the amount of $177,915,437. It is an increase of about $13 million over last year.
The City of Wetumpka has a new budget for fiscal year 2026 and the Wetumpka City Council passed it before the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.
There are Eagle Scout projects all around Wetumpka’s Trinity Episcopal Church.
Elmore County has been growing in population forcing needed infrastructure improvements and upgrades and more funding for public safety.
Every week of the high school sports season, there will be a poll to honor the Elmore County area’s top athlete with The Wetumpka Herald Fans’ Choice Player of the Week.
After three straight wins, the Edgewood Academy Wildcats dropped their first game since Week 2 at Banks Academy, 44-14. The Wildcats are now even at 3-3 overall, but remain undefeated and in t…
In a battle for the top of AHSAA Class 6A Region 2, the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs fell short at Russell County, 28-10. With this win, the Russell County Warriors remain undefeated and at the to…
In an absolute thriller, Clay Central prevails at home against the Elmore County Panthers by a final score 21-14.
As they stare into the back-half of region competition, the Holtville Bulldogs will be re-evaluating every aspect of their gameplay. They faltered in a critical region game at Beauregard, losi…
It is the second half of the AISA football season and the Edgewood Wildcats have officially won the same amount of games as their 2024 season total. Their improvements this season under first-…
For 15 years Robert Gunn helped coordinate the Alexander City Jazz Fest.
For three decades, The Front Porch has brightened televisions and radio airwaves each day as people tune in for local stories and community highlights. The feel-good morning show greets each s…
The Dadeville Performing Arts Center hosted a wrygrass reunion on Friday. The live music show had free admission, but the center accepted donations that will go toward the children’s programs.…
Texas conducted an unusual mid-decade redrawing of Congressional districts for the state. California responded in kind with a ballot measure to temporarily suspend their independent-commission-drawn districts. The debate over how the people are to be represented in the people’s House of Repr…
Over the past six decades, Alabama’s Adult Education Programs have been transformed by a quiet revolution that has been extraordinarily successful.
With the start of October, it is also the start of National Bullying Prevention Month.
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Robert Christopher “Chris” Futral, 62, passed away on September 18, 2025. He was born in Cla…
