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Hello December! Happy birthday to all those celebrating this month, but especially the most important birthday of all, Jesus’ birthday on the 25th. Remember that Christmas is much more than Santa, presents and family; without Jesus it’s all nothing. The weather has been constantly changing, but I think it’s about to settle in to being…

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. What are you thankful for? This is my “Thanksgiving.” I thank God I can see, hear and speak. I can walk, move around and do things for myself. I ate today, yesterday and days last week. I made phone calls, turned on a light, stuck a key in a door and…

November 17-23, 2025 Jail population as of November 23: 45 inmates Males: 38 Females: 7 ARRESTS On November 17, Deputy Moeser arrested Toney Lamar Hall, a citizen of Kellyton, on the charge of Domestic Violence 3rd Degree. He was processed into the Coosa County Jail with a $2,500 bond. On November 19, Deputy Kelley arrested…

Last newspaper of November! Wow, where did time go? Thanksgiving was yesterday so today people are shopping, watching ball games, hunting, or cleaning up after all the company (family) leaves. Today when you are reading this, I should be with my daughters doing our annual “Black Friday” shopping. Now it’s a tradition, but with online…

The Alabama Legislature created Coosa County on December 18, 1932, using land obtained through the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta earlier that year on March 24. The county’s original boundaries covered a much larger area than present-day Coosa County, including most of what later became Elmore County in 1866. The act that established Coosa County…

Happy Thanksgiving; I hope you are able to spend time reflecting on all that we can be grateful for. Sometimes in life it can be difficult to see through the trials and be grateful, but there is always something if we look hard enough. According to Harvard Science recent research has pointed to gratitude’s numerous…