Master Builders Robotics compete at first Lego League HCMS STEM Qualifier
The Coosa County Schools Master Builders Robotics Team competed in the HCMS STEM Qualifier on Saturday, December 6. The competition consisted of three components: Robot Game, Innovation Project and Robot Design. During the Robot Game, the Master Builders competed head-to-head to complete missions with their robot to score points. They then presented their Innovation Project and Robot Design to…
Read MoreAG Marshall: Alabama makes strong case defending capital punishment system before U.S. Supreme Court
Special to the News Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court in Hamm v. Smith to defend the state’s ability to enforce lawful capital sentences by preventing the unjustified expansion of a limited exception for capital offenders who are truly intellectually disabled. The case addresses the lawful capital conviction of Joseph Clifton Smith for the…
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December 14 Christmas in the Grove will be held December 14, from 1-3 p.m. at the J. D. Thompson Alumni School Building, located at 1854 Coosa County Road 93, Kellyton, 35089. Everyone is cordially invited. Refreshments and fun activities are planned. December 15 The monthly meeting of the Coosa County Soil and Water Conservation…
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I am SO excited to see sunshine! Obviously, I’m writing this Tuesday because Monday was still dreary. It’s one thing to have cool/cold weather, but it’s something else to throw in rain and clouds with it! Probably many of you are also glad to see the change – temporary though it may be –…
Read MoreDecember 1-7, 2025
Jail population as of Dec. 7: 46 inmates Males: 39 Females: 7 ARRESTS On December 1, Deputy Parker arrested Katylyn Marie Kirk, a citizen of Sylacauga, on the charge of Public Intoxication. She was processed in the Coosa County Jail with a $500 bond. On December 2, Deputy Moeser arrested Jerry Wade Mauney, a citizen…
Read MoreEagle Awareness Weekends celebrate 40th anniversary in January
By David Rainer Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources An overflow crowd is expected to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Eagle Awareness Weekends at Lake Guntersville State Park in January, and no one will be more excited about this achievement than Linda Reynolds and Renee Raney. Reynolds was the first naturalist…
Read MoreEnough is enough!
Op-ed by Brent Woodall It’s time to say what too many of us have already known for some time – Alabama’s electricity rates are too high. That is not acceptable. President Trump is working hard at reversing the effects of the high inflation our nation has experienced over the last four years, and it is…
Read MoreDennis the determined
They left him in a dumpster. They just didn’t want him. Simple as that. So they threw him away. Like garbage. He was six weeks old. They could have taken him anywhere. A church. An adoption center. They could’ve left him on a doorstep, for crying out loud. But they put him in the…
Read MorePrioritize what is important
It is crazy how these days creep up on us so fast. By the time you’re reading this, only precious few shopping days remain until Christmas. How can that be?! Thanksgiving was the same. I couldn’t believe it was that time when the annual holiday rolled around on the final Thursday of November. Now,…
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