Alexander City News

Ita s time to remember our veterans across the county and the nation as Veterans Day approaches on Wednesday and local officials are planning several services to honor our heroes.

The Alexander City Police Department is responding to a possible armed robbery at a Christian bookstore in downtown.

It is an honor for Alexander City to have one of its local businesses recognized as an Alabama Retailer of the Year.

The City of Alexander City unanimously passed a resolution on Monday that annexed the Russell pool and about 30 acres of land from the property formerly owned by Russell Corp.

Rumors of a suspected a oehit lista compiled by an Alexander City Middle School student are unfounded, according to the Alexander City Police Department.

The statewide grassroots movement Save Alabama PACT came to Alexander City Thursday when parents and grandparents who bought in to the statea s struggling prepaid college tuition program met at the gym in the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex.

The Tallapoosa County Health Department used about half of its first shipment of H1N1 influenza vaccinations during a walk-in clinic on Wednesday.

The Alexander City Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Professional Development Summit Thursday.

Dale Liesch has been promoted from staff writer to news editor of The Alexander City Outlook and its sister The Dadeville Record.

The Alexander City School Board learned from a recent state report that the 7.5 percent proration announced earlier this school year would result in a $1.2 million loss in its annual budget.

We'd like to share your thoughts and opinions with the greater Lake Martin community.

Three-year-old Kirklyn Dark sat on the curb in front of JRa s Sports Bar and Grill gripping her small pumpkin while she cheered for her big brother and sister to win the Alexander City Pumpkin Roll Saturday.

JACKSON - State inmate Waylon Lee Strickland who walked away from his work site Sunday is back in state custody.

More life has come to downtown Alexander City in recent weeks. In this weekenda s edition, The Outlook profiled two local businesses that are helping to bring new life to old buildings: DE General and the Wellborn Musclecar Museum.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:12 p.m. The Alabama Historical Commission has awarded a 2009 Distinguished Service Award to Downtown Gadsden Inc., Gadsden's Main Street organization.

John Russell Thomas has been a pillar in business community of Alexander City for many years.

Earlier this week, Lt. Bill Hough of the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department shared a frightening story with students at Alexander City Middle School.

Councilwoman Lottie Wyckoff will hold a town hall meeting for Alexander City residents Wednesday.

Verizon Wireless will complete most customer-related transitions related to its January acquisition of Alltel today as it switches Alltel retail locations to the Verizon name.

The next performance in the Alexander City Arts, Inc. series will give theatergoers a chance to see a famous literary figure up close, well, sort of.