Area News

  By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   During its relatively short May meeting, the Rockford Utilities Board approved only a small handful of items. Aside from the meeting minutes and monthly financial report, the board approved just two items, both of which related to the board’s new building. Regarding the status of the new…

  Alabama Hiking Trail Society’s Flagg Mountain Chapter members who attended a recent chapter meeting stand with the banner received for Flagg winning a recent poll. From left are Jodi McDade, Emily Campbell, Joe Jones, Coosa Management Specialist Brad Dunham, State Forester Rick Oats, Nathan Wright, Kimm Wright, Delia Wenz, LuAnn Anderson, and Randy Anderson.…

Jameson Mann   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A Childersburg man was arrested last month on two drug-related charges following a traffic stop. Deputy Payton was patrolling in the Weogufka area when he conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Jameson Mann of Childersburg. After making contact with Mann, Payton…

Coosa County Judge of Probate Richard Dean, centered, receives his Certificate of Completion for completing the “Basic Law for Probate Judges Course.” Photo submitted   Coosa County Chief Clerk Pam Weathers, centered, receives her Certificate of Completion from Alabama Law Institute Senior Attorney Michael Hill and President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association Greg Cain…

Eric Landers   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer     A Weogufka man incarcerated at the Talladega County Jail was further arrested last month on warrants from Coosa County. On May 11, 51-year-old Eric Landers was arrested on the charge of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and for two counts of probation violation.…

Special to the News   On Thursday, June 1, at approximately 7:26 a.m. a trooper with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division attempted to stop a 1989 Chevrolet C2500 for a traffic violation. A passenger in the vehicle fled into the woods, which resulted in a foot pursuit and subsequent search of…

    The Rockford Public Library Summer Reading program will begin in June. The dates are as follows: Mondays, June 5, 12, 19, and 26, and July 10 and 17, all at 2 p.m. The “story-time reader,” Mrs Tina Clanton, will be returning this year to provide the summer reading program for our library. Please…

Special to the News   A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 8:45 p.m. Saturday, May 27, has claimed the life of a Sandy Springs, Georgia, woman. Emily J. White, 41, was critically injured when the 2011 Toyota Camry she was driving collided head-on with a 2008 Chevrolet Impala driven by Brandon N. Brown, 43,…

  Jail population as of May 30: 34 inmates Males: 31 Females: 3   ARRESTS On May 22, Captain Hammond arrested Richard Alvin Hayes, a resident of Clanton, for Violation of Release Order and Failure to Appear in Court. He was processed into the Coosa County Jail and is being held without bond. On May…

Special to the News Pursuant to Section 9-12-46, Code of Alabama 1975, the Marine Resources Division (MRD) of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) announced that as of 6 a.m., Thursday, June 1, all inside waters not permanently closed by law or regulation opened for shrimp harvesting. This includes Mobile Bay, Bon…