Community Calendar
July 26 The Rockford Public Library is proud to announce its Summer Reading Program schedule. Join us on July 26 for reading fun and activities. The Summer Reading Program will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the library with snacks furnished. Come and join the fun! July 27 Bibb Graves Community Center in Millerville…
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July 28 Unity Presbyterian Church, PCA, would like to invite everyone to join us for Homecoming on Sunday, July 28. Sunday School is held at 9:45 a.m. and church at 11 a.m., followed with a covered dish lunch. Rev. Wright Draper of Southeast Alabama Presbytery and Eastwood PCA church in Montgomery and attends Westminister Seminary…
Read MoreBuzzy returns
Whoop! Who else is glad they finally finished the re-paving in Rockford? I thought they were going to drag it out through next year. Yeah! No more scurrying down the back streets trying to avoid the traffic stops. And doesn’t it look and feel great? I feel for those flagmen. What a hot, dull…
Read MoreAG Marshall calls on Congress to safeguard election integrity
Coalition adamant Americans want SAVE Act to protect elections from illegal voters Special to the News On Tuesday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and the attorneys general of 21 other states urged the U.S. Senate to join the U.S. House and immediately support the Safeguard American Voter and Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The AGs…
Read MoreWait on God: Things get worse before they get better
The anticipation was likely mounting for Moses, Aaron and the other Hebrews. This would be their day of deliverance from Egyptian bondage. After all, God had commissioned Moses to deliver God’s people, and Moses returned to Egypt after a miraculous experience with God that included the fiery bush that didn’t burn and God promising…
Read MoreCommission approves ARPA fund agreements, more
By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer Over the course of its last two monthly meetings, the County Commission approved multiple American Rescue Plan Act funding agreements and other matters during relatively short meetings. At its June meeting, with District 4 Commissioner Ronnie Joiner absent, the commission unanimously approved two ARPA funding agreements pertaining to…
Read MoreBack-to-School Sales Tax Holiday next weekend
Dollar General stores and other retailers throughout Coosa County will not charge local or state sales taxes on many back-to-school items next weekend during the state’s annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday. Photo by Christa Jennings By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer Those preparing for a new school year can take…
Read MoreCoosa’s Day of Action to be held at CHS next Friday
By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer Coosa County’s annual Day of Action will be held next Friday at Central High School Coosa County, and volunteers and sponsors are still needed for the event. Each year the Lake Martin Area United Way joins with other United Ways across the country to participate in a…
Read MoreALEA troopers investigate 9 traffic fatalities, 3 drownings, 0 boating fatalities during record-breaking Fourth of July travel period
Special to the News Over the course of an extended five-day enforcement period, troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) investigated a total of nine traffic fatalities and three non-boating fatalities (drownings). However, this was the third year in a row where the state experienced zero boating-related fatalities on Alabama waterways. The official…
Read MoreLincoln man dies in Talladega County crash
Special to the News A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 8, has claimed the life of a Lincoln man. Anthony McCreary, 64, was critically injured when the 2016 Jeep Wrangler 4×4 he was driving left the roadway, struck the cable barrier and overturned. McCreary was transported to Citizens Baptist…
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