Coosa County Schools celebrate Constitution Day
Constitution Day is recognized on September 17, the day in which the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia agreed to and signed the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Every year Central High School seniors receive a personal pocket U.S. Constitution to use throughout their government course and to keep as a guidebook in life. After analyzing the meaning of each of the lines…
Read MoreALGOP statement on Trump assassination attempt
Special to the News Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl released the following statement concerning Sunday afternoon’s assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. “Today marks an incredibly sad and heartbreaking day in the history of our nation. It is tragic beyond words that…
Read MoreNeighborhood Watch elects new officers
When the Richville Neighborhood Watch met last week, officers for the next year were elected. Ron Garrison is the new chairman, Wade Brown is vice chairman, and Pinky Reichert stayed as secretary/treasurer. They meet the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. with a potluck supper starting at 6 p.m. Come out and…
Read MoreGeneral election information, quelling rumors
In case you have somehow missed it, we are in a presidential election year! The election will be held on November 5. On the national level, in addition to voting for president and vice president, Coosa Countians will have the opportunity to vote for U.S. House of Representatives District 6. On the Alabama state…
Read MoreSchool choice
Op-Ed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville To Alabama’s students and families: welcome back to school! September rings in a new school year for our state’s more than 821,000 school-age population. Families are back into their routines – setting early alarms, packing lunches, riding the bus, waiting in the car line, attending pep rallies and after-school sports,…
Read MoreIs Christ divided?
In I Corinthians chapter one we read, “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it hath…
Read MoreAlabama Center for Health Statistics announces location change for vital record issuance in Montgomery
Special to the News Effective October 1, the Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics will no longer accept in-person requests for regular certified copies of Alabama vital records at the RSA Tower location in Montgomery. Walk-in requests for regular certified copies of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates will continue to be…
Read MoreMore crosswalks needed
I’ve been perched up watching the town folly lately. The new one-block, one-way street. With parallel parking on the left, facing away from any businesses. How many people learned to parallel park on the left when they were teenagers? And they expect a town full of seniors to learn it now? In a month,…
Read MoreAfter thirty years
Thirty years ago it happened. 30 years ago today. Thirty years ago my whole life changed, and I thought I’d never be okay again. It was a serene, late-summer day. I was a kid, playing outside, when the sheriff’s department cruiser pulled up to our house to deliver the news. I remember my…
Read MoreAlabama construction industry important pillar of state’s economy
Since the pandemic, the Alabama economy has had its ups and downs. However, the good news is that the business climate in Alabama has outperformed other states. One sector of the Alabama business community that has really increased is the construction industry. A recent study by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama showed that between…
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