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Special to the News   On Wednesday, April 24, the Alabama Department of Corrections, or ADOC, Law Enforcement Services Division, or LESD, executed an arrest warrant on ADOC Correctional Security Guard Tyree Lynette Hoyle at Kilby Correctional Facility. She was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility and charged with use of official position for…

  The Birmingham Zoo’s new baby giraffe’s name is revealed with dad, Jalil. Photo submitted   Special to the News   Between April 26 and 28, more than 8,200 Birmingham Zoo friends across the region voted on the zoo’s social media sites and selected “Mopane” as the baby giraffe’s name.  Pronounced “Mo-Paw-Nee,” the name represents an African…

  Before any ground work occurred on our 32 acres I wanted to establish a Facebook group for the community. This group would be geared towards bartering and trading of goods and services. I named it Equality/Rockford area Community Barter. As of today we have 70 members. We anticipated a bountiful harvest from our garden.…

  I love you. Maybe you need to hear that. If so, allow me to be the one to say it. I love you. You don’t have to believe me. You don’t have to trust me. You don’t even have to keep reading this; I’m not going to. Just know that someone loves you. Namely,…

By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   Following last Tuesday’s primary runoff election, at 12 p.m. Tuesday provisional ballots were counted and added to the county’s election results, finalizing the process to make the results official. The Canvassing Board; consisting of Judge of Probate Richard Dean, Circuit Clerk Anita Spivey and Sheriff Michael Howell; met…

       Special to the News   Jim Hardy, founder of Outdoor Friends Forever, or OFF, invited Coosa County SPED students for a day of fishing and enjoying the outdoors last Friday. In a wheelchair himself, it is Hardy’s mission to see students with disabilities be able to hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors. Thousands…

Special to the News   Central Alabama Electric Cooperative was recently awarded seven broadband grants totaling $22.9 million through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) from the Capital Projects Fund allocation, which will further spread high-speed internet through fiber projects in areas of central Alabama. The Capital Projects Fund will include work…

By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   AltaPointe Health and The Stepping Up Initiative are partnering together to sponsor the Stepping up for Mental Health event in recognition of May being Mental Health Awareness Month. The event will be held at Blue Bell Park in Sylacauga, located at 436-498 North Norton Avenue, on Saturday, May…

  The tombstone for Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Townsend, who is buried in a local cemetery in Equality. Photo submitted   Special to the News By Earl Gillian Jr.   The General John Archer Elmore SAR, or Sons of the American Revolution, Chapter is proud to share a brief story of Revolutionary War soldier Samuel…

  I didn’t believe him. I thought he was pulling my leg or similar appendage. I was at the airport bar. He told me April 18 was National Columnists’ Day. “Surely you’re joking,” I said. “Nope,” he said. “And don’t call me Shirley.” The bartender pulled us a couple to celebrate. Except, of course, the…