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  Special to the News   Yesterday Gov. Kay Ivey encouraged Alabamians to begin preparing for the upcoming tornado and hurricane seasons by participating in Alabama’s annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, held Friday, February 23, through Sunday, February 25, in accordance with the governor’s recently issued proclamation. Previously recognizing February 19 through February…

  South Carolina. The distant backroads. I am driving in the deep forest, stuck behind an asthmatic pickup. The truck is a ‘78 Ford. F-100. Two-tone. Brown and vanilla. Five liter engine. Probably a three-speed manual. I know this because my old man drove the same truck. The Ford travels 49 mph. The driver is…

  Rocky Pittman stands next to the washed out culvert along County Road 95 just outside of Rockford. The washout occurred following 5 inches of rainfall Sunday and Monday. As of press time the road remained impassable. The road has had two smaller culverts in place for quite some time, and Pittman said that it…

  U.S. Highway 231 through downtown Rockford is to be a three-lane highway with a dedicated turning lane, based on preliminary plans presented by the Alabama Department of Transportation. Additionally, the Rockford Town Council recently voted to make School Street a one-way street.

    Special to the News   I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Matthew Reams, and I am running for circuit clerk of Coosa County. Serving others has always been my passion, but serving Coosa County is nearest to my heart. When I was a young child, my…

    Special to the News   An article in “The Enterprise Chronicle” dated June 7, 1956, page 6, printed the names and photo of four young Black graduates of Coosa County Training School, Clarence Riley, Otis Goggans Jr., Charles Graham, and Elijah Ellington. This was truly a moment in black history. The group enlisted…

  By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   Alabama’s thirteenth annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday will be held next weekend, from 12:01 a.m. Friday, February 23, until midnight Sunday, February 25. This sales tax holiday allows Alabama shoppers the opportunity to stock up, tax free, on common supplies costing less than $60 that…

By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   An Alexander City man died in a two-vehicle wreck in Coosa County Saturday evening following a head-on collision. The crash occurred at approximately 5:25 p.m. February 10. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Jimmy L. Thomas, 67 years old, was fatally injured when the 2011 Chevrolet Impala…