Senior economic students receive scholarships to play Alabama Stock Market Game
We are thankful that once again this year the senior economic students at Central High School received a scholarship to play the Alabama Stock Market Game. This year our Central teams will be competing against 345 teams in the region. The Central seniors have a little pressure though; for the last two consecutive years a…
Read MoreChurch Briefs
March 23-24 The Rockford Church of Christ is hosting a Spring Revival March 23-24 with Mark Bass of Vermillion, Ohio, doing the preaching. Saturday’s service will be at 7 p.m., and Sunday’s will be at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The church is located at 8997 U.S. Highway 231 in Rockford close to Dollar General.…
Read MoreBorder crisis, impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas
Op-ed by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville When President Biden first took office, he immediately began dismantling our Southern border. And he hasn’t stopped. The president has taken 94 executive actions to destroy our immigration system, ranging from ending the successful “remain-in-Mexico” program to selling taxpayer-funded border wall materials for pennies on the dollar. The radical left-wing…
Read MoreTalladega man killed in crash
Special to the News A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 7:56 p.m. Saturday, March 2, has claimed the life of a Talladega man. Cameron S. Gaston, 32, was fatally injured when the 2009 Ford Focus that he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Gaston was not using a seat…
Read MoreCentral students attend architecture, construction Chew and Chat at Auburn University
Central students had the opportunity to attend one of the most engaging Chew and Chat trips to date thanks to Auburn University’s College of Architecture Design and Construction (CADC) and Facilities Management departments. Coosa County Career Tech Center (CCCTC) was recently awarded a $200,000 grant which helped fund February’s Chew and Chat Series…
Read MoreSome qualities of love: Part 2
Love is more than just words spoken. Love is able to be seen. God, through the apostle Paul, defines love by giving several characteristics or qualities of it. “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own,…
Read MoreGoodwater Community Literacy Event
Literacy and fun were on the menu Monday, February 26, at the first community literacy event for parents and students of Coosa County. The event took place at Ed’s Deli in Goodwater. Participants were served a free meal of spaghetti and sides provided by Donna and Ed Calhoun, owners of Ed’s Deli. Meg Masters,…
Read More2024 primary election: Part deux
THIS JUST IN: Despite a low voter turnout of just over 21%, Alabama went big for Donald Trump! … But of course, most all of y’all already knew that was going to happen. Here in Coosa County former President Trump took in 1,889 votes, while at the state level Trump took in 486,883 votes, forcing…
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Read MoreTriple R Cafe hosts Literacy Event
Triple R Cafe in Rockford hosted the second community literacy event on Monday, March 4. Parents and students were invited to a free spaghetti meal and to participate in literacy activities. Meg Masters, the project director of the Literacy Everywhere grant, coordinated the event with the help of a team of teachers. The literacy activity…
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