Goodwater SRP celebrates United States’ birthday
Special to the News Goodwater and area youth once again enjoyed a fun day at Goodwater Public Library for the weekly Summer Reading Program. Tuesday’s program included talking about the United States of America’s 250th birthday. In addition to the conversation, children enjoyed time doing various crafts and activities to tie in with the special…
Read MoreMitchell, Coosa native, named April Employee of the Month
Special to the News Dalana Mitchell BSN, RN, RN-BC, MSHQS is the daughter of William and Dianne Mitchell and a proud native of Hissop, a community in Coosa County. She proudly fulfills one of her childhood dreams by serving as a registered nurse at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. According to Florence Nightingale,…
Read MoreWestwater Resources submits Section 404 permit application for Coosa Graphite Deposit
Filing represents another important step in advancing Coosa, the largest and most developed graphite deposit in the contiguous U.S. Special to the News On June 15, Westwater Resources Inc., an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company, announced that it has submitted a Section 404 permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of…
Read MoreGoodwater man arrested for meth possession
By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer A Goodwater man was arrested on drug-related charges following an attempt to serve a warrant for another agency. On June 12, Chief Deputy Scott Hammond, deputies Davenport and Payton and Sgt. Rudd responded to Scales Street in Goodwater attempting to serve a warrant for Sylacauga. Hammond reported…
Read MoreKellyton man arrested for multiple drugs
By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer A man from the Kellyton area was arrested on multiple possession charges for a variety of narcotics following a residential search. Chief Deputy Scott Hammond reported that on June 12, Sgt. Ward and the Clay/Coosa Drug Task Force served a narcotics search warrant at a residence on Alabama…
Read MoreStewartville man arrested for escape
By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer A man from the Stewartville area was arrested earlier this month on an escape charge. Chief Deputy Scott Hammond reported that on June 8, the Sheriff’s Office received a call about an individual at Farm Ministries with an escape charge. Sgt. Rudd responded to Farm Ministries in Stewartville. Ultimately…
Read MoreSheriff’s Office makes FTA arrests
By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer The Sheriff’s Office recently picked up two individuals in unrelated cases on outstanding failure-to-appear warrants. On June 5, Deputy Payton went to the Tallapoosa County Jail to pick up 45-year-old Christopher Strawbridge of Goodwater on outstanding warrants. Strawbridge had an FTA for possession of a forged instrument. Also, on…
Read MoreThe quiet weight, eternal reach of a father’s legacy
Op-Ed by Stephanie Smith, API president/CEO This Father’s Day, as we gather around dining room tables and fire up back-porch grills across Alabama, it might be easy to let the holiday blend into the familiar rhythm of summer; signing cards, handing over the gifts, and offering standard words of appreciation. But if we pause to look beneath…
Read MoreDisobeying God
A brief study of the Bible reveals the seriousness of disobeying God. Sadly, many do not understand that there are several different ways of disobeying God. How does one disobey God? Today, let’s notice a couple of ways. One of the most obvious ways of disobeying God is to do what God has expressly…
Read MoreGov. Ivey, AG Marshall statements on halted execution of Jeffery Lee
Special to the News On the evening of June 11, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the state of Alabama the ability to execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee by nitrogen hypoxia, the protocol he initially selected in 2018. The Court did not overturn Lee’s death sentence, thus allowing the state to reschedule his execution on…
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