Alexander City News Archives

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.

In the fourth meeting of the year between the two schools, the Auburn Lady Tigers finally got the better of Benjamin Russell in Tuesdaya s Class 6A, Area 8 championship final in Alexander City.

The campaign kicked off last Thursday in an effort to get residents to spend more time a oethinking pinka by placing pink ribbons around the medical center and encouraging folks around town to do the same.

George Hardy last visited New Orleans a few days before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.

The Alex City of my childhood had businesses in every building in the downtown area.

Vote in this poll>> Comments Posted by designer09 on October 5, 2009 at 10:57 p.m. Why is everybody trying to change everything? If it works, don't try to fix it.

If you walk into our newsroom on any given afternoon, the first thing you'd notice is probably the different sounds.

The Alexander City seventh and eighth grade football teams both knocked off Beauregard last week in a pair of tough, low-scoring victories.

Danny Lewis, a former manager at Cathedral Caverns, stands next to Goliath, which stands 65' tall and is the largest thought to be discovered.

The Postal Inspector's office confirmed the death to WSFA 12 News. Though the victim has not been identified, the inspector's office tells WSFA 12 News he was a highway contract driver who drove one of the large delivery vehicles.

No teachers likely to be laid off this school year, Coosa considers cutting lights off in classrooms to save money Published Wednesday, September 30, 2009 The Alexander City and Coosa County school systems are looking at another year of limited spending after Gov.

If you're headed downtown for this weekend's Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival , you might just see somebody you know up on the screen.