Labor Day traditional kick off to campaign season in Alabama for November elections
With summer unofficially over this week and Labor Day soon, election season will really begin in earnest. The November election is just around the corner, which means the candidates are about to spend all of their campaign funds to get out the vote. And with more than 3.8 million voters in Alabama, there is a…
Read MoreCoosa County Ambulance Monthly Call Log – July
Call Volume for the month of July 2024: Total calls: 57 Total transports: 32 Ground: 31 Helicopter: 1 Call types: Sick calls: 15 MVA: 9 Fall/Lift assist: 8 Chest pain: 4 Other trauma: 3 Seizure: 4 AMS: 2 Overdose: 3 DOA: 3 Stroke: 0 Difficulty breathing: 2 Suicidal: 0 Diabetic: 1 Wellness check:…
Read MoreProvidence, Union Baptist churches hold great revival, homecoming
Better luck to the Central Cougars tonight as they play Randolph County at home. Kickoff is 7 p.m. The next four games in September will be away. So come out and support them! Don’t forget this is the weekend for the Richville Volunteer Fire Department Annual Labor Day Boston Butt sale. Pickup on tomorrow,…
Read MoreBuzzy needs…
Buzzy needs a haircut. Buzzy needs to take stuff to the laundromat. Buzzy needs to get a prescription filled, drop off an UPS package, buy some new sneakers, and take an exercise class. And each of these little things requires a half-hour flight going and coming. That takes a big chunk out of a bird’s day. And a…
Read MoreCoosa County Ambulance Monthly Call Log – June
Call Volume for the month of June 2024: Total calls: 54 Total transports: 32 Ground: 30 Helicopter: 2 Call types: Sick calls: 11 MVA: 7 Fall/Lift assist: 11 Chest pain: 10 Other trauma: 2 Seizure: 1 AMS: 0 Overdose: 1 DOA: 3 Stroke: 0 Difficulty breathing: 2 Suicidal: 0 Diabetic: 1 Wellness check:…
Read MoreComfort for those who mourn
Does anyone know the shortest verse in the Bible? If you’re a Bible scholar, you probably already know. Maybe you do a lot of Bible reading, but still aren’t aware that it is John 11:35. When you hear the two words in that verse, you will know. “Jesus wept.” We won’t get into the specific reason Jesus…
Read MoreAugust 19-25, 2024
Jail population as of August 25: 37 inmates Males: 33 Females: 4 ARRESTS On August 24, Deputy Payton arrested Benjamin NMN Maxwell, a citizen of Kellyton, on the charges of Domestic Violence 3rd/Harassment and Resisting Arrest. He was processed into the Coosa County Jail with a $4,000 bond. On August 25, Deputy Payton…
Read MoreCommission discusses potential courthouse annex, hears from firms
By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer The County Commission is gradually taking steps to begin the process of tearing done an old county building and looking into constructing an annex for the courthouse in its place. Since last year the commission has discussed at length the old rock building that formerly housed the County…
Read MoreTrespassers, contraband suspects arrested by ADOC K-9 officers at Bullock facility
Terrance Green Xavionn Truss Contraband hidden in a potato chip can was recovered. Special to the News On Monday, August 19, the Alabama Department of Corrections Easterling and Ventress K-9 units located and detained two trespassers on state property at Bullock Correctional Facility. While tracking the trespassers, agents recovered contraband hidden…
Read MoreCentral Coosa students win big in area Soil, Water Conservation poster contest
Pictured from left, Hannah Huerta Morales and Karissa Crowe, won the poster contest for the fourth through sixth grade and second through third grade categories, respectively. Traci Cox, left, and Jeffery Yates won the poster contest for the tenth through twelfth grade and seventh through ninth grade categories, respectively. Special to the News…
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