Private Traci Cox, CHS senior   Special to the News   Central High School Coosa County senior Private Traci Cox got a late start to her senior year as she was completing her U.S. Army National Guard Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Traci shared the following, “Once making that final decision of…

    The 2024-2025 Central Coosa Cougars football team and cheerleaders   2024-2025 Lady Cougars Varsity volleyball team   2024-2025 Lady Cougars Junior Varsity volleyball team   The 2024-2025 Central Coosa Marching Cougars’ band members, colorguard and baton twirler     The Central Coosa Cougars are kicking off the 2024-2025 athletic season with home football…

Special to the News   The J. D. Thompson Alumni Association members were able to make some overdue repairs to the elementary building thanks to a $6,000 grant from the Coosa Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council. The funds, which were received earlier this year, were used to replace the front door and make repairs…

  Special to the News Submitted by Wild Alabama   As we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Wilderness Act, we must reflect on both its significance and the complex history it intersects. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964, the Act was a landmark in American environmental policy, creating…

Special to the News   IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) is holding two virtual information sessions on the qualifications, duties and benefits of becoming a special agent, August 20 and 27 on Eventbrite.com. Special agents investigate potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner that fosters confidence in the…

Special to the News   At the request of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, special agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) launched an investigation into an officer-involved shooting involving deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred on Tuesday, August 20, when a deputy attempted to…

  The old man was in Walmart. He was wearing pajama bottoms and an Eagles T-shirt. The band, not the football team. He also wore slippers. I knew they were slippers because they were fuzzy and white. Ballcap, crumpled and stained with sweat and grime. He hadn’t shaved in a while. Gray stubble covered his…

Special to the News   The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) recently acquired 79 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the Beach Club Resort on the Fort Morgan Peninsula. This acquisition adds to extensive acreage that ADCNR and its partners already purchased on the peninsula with Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Funds, including…