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I would like to thank Mayor Johnny Sharpe and Kellyton Town Council for making a generous donation of $15,000 to the Kellyton Volunteer Fire Department. This donation will pay the KVFD’s insurance premiums for the next year. Kellyton Volunteer Fire Department is an integral service to Coosa County that takes people who are willing to…

  The nameplate over the bus driver’s seat said his name was “B. Love.” Big guy. Broad shoulders. Mid-fifties. Hands the size of supermarket chickens. He was our airport shuttle driver. Our plane had touched down in Hartsfield-Jackson Third World International Airport. We were riding in the shuttle, which airline passengers affectionately call the meat…

Tremaine Dasean Grandison   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A Montgomery man was arrested last Thursday in connection with a homicide that occurred in the Cottage Grove community last month. Sheriff Michael Howell reported that his office arrested 27-year-old Tremaine Dasean Grandison at 3:26 p.m. Thursday, May 30. He was admitted into the…

  Special to the News   It was a day of both tears and laughs as Central Coosa Schools bid farewell to Gail Ezekiel after 44 years of service in the Coosa County school system. Ezekiel began her career in 1980 at Weogufka High School as a cafeteria worker. She recalls that this was a time when, just…

    A highlight of the chamber’s annual member event, the Coosa County Chamber of Commerce unveiled its new colorful logo featuring a scenic waterway and sun, designed by Chelsey Strong with Muscadine Marketing. As the chamber phases out its former logo, this new logo will be featured on the chamber’s printed materials, online platforms…

Special to the News   A multi-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 2:28 p.m. Monday, June 3, has claimed the life of an Eclectic woman. Tina M. McDonald, 54, was critically injured when the 2016 Nissan Versa that she was driving was struck in the rear by the 1999 Lincoln Continental driven by Margaret L.…

  Burt Coffman of Equality shared this old newspaper clipping of his dad, Gordon Faulkner (right), and A. A. Peacock, both Birmingham police officers. Coffman shared that his dad was a Birmingham police officer for 31 years and loved to fish the Coosa River. The clipping is from the October 4, 1957, edition of “The…

Special to the News   On Sunday, June 2, the Alabama Department of Corrections Staton K-9 Unit located and arrested a male trespasser on state property near Staton and Elmore Correctional facilities. A backpack was recovered containing various items of contraband. Suspect Thomas Stinson was transported to the Elmore County Jail by an Elmore County…

Special to the News   A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4:49 p.m. Monday, June 3, has claimed the life of a Birmingham man. James H. Wilson III, 55, of Birmingham, was fatally injured when the 2021 Dodge ProMaster van he was driving collided head-on with the 2024 Volvo tractor-trailer driven by Brian L. Regner, 58, of Anniston.…