Autaugaville News

Because of a decision made by some person with an apparent small amount of knowledge at the office for senior citizens at the Aging Consor tium in Montgomery, food vouchers were handed out for all in Autauga County who qualified, plus senior citizens, at the office of the Chamber of Commerce in Prattville.

The old saying 'Figures don't lie, but liars do figure' is no more true than in the front-page story blurb in the June 14 Advertiser headlined 'State of Violence.' Reading through the article, I discovered that the so-called 'survey' giving Alabama such a poor record of gun violence was created by none other than the Violence Policy Center, one of ...

As the summer break for Au tauga County's public schools neared its midpoint, members of the school system's governing body continued to fill classroom vacancies in anticipation of the Aug.

Teachers toured farms in Autauga and Elmore counties during the annual Alabama Ag in the Classroom Summer Institute earlier this week.

Autaugaville School will soon be searching for a new principal. During a special called meeting Saturday night, Principal Darryl Pickett told faculty and staff members he will take a new position with the Autauga County Board of Education, as the Special Education Coordinator.

AUTAUGAVILLE The high cost of health care for those who can least afford it was discussed Saturday at the Alabama Conference Branch of the Womens Missionary Society Convention.

AUTAUGAVILLE -- The high cost of health care for those who can least afford it was the sub ject Saturday at the Alabama Conference Branch of the Wom en's Missionary Society Con vention.

The Alabama Historical Commission recently added Cottrell Cemetery near Autaugaville to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register.

Diligence and persistence on the part of three Autauga Coun ty lawmen was cited as the key to solving the months-old bur glary at Autaugaville School and the theft of several thou sand dollars from the school's safe.

First Baptist Church, along with 15 other area churches, will hold a mass choir concert April 26 at 6 p.m. at the church's worship center.

PRATTVILLE -- Authorities in Autauga County continue to rack up charges against a re cently busted theft and burglary ring.

A Prattville woman was fatally injured in a one-vehicle wreck late Sunday night on Alabama 14, the Alabama Department of Public Safety reported.

Residents tend to repair work as land dries and flood waters recede. The recent string of storms pelted Freddie Peoples' Autaugaville home.

While the only suspect in a Sunday arson that destroyed an Autaugaville house allegedly admitted that the set the build ing afire as nothing more than a prank, the owner of the property isn't laughing.

There is simply no way for Deanne Charlton to describe it. Her home in Autaugaville, dating back four generations, was reduced to charred rubble in a matter of minutes Sunday morning.

Shovels and sandbags in hand, Autaugaville residents dug themselves out of the worst flooding in years.

The Autauga County Emergency Management Agency says flooding has become a concern in the Autaugaville area.

Widespread flooding is occurring in parts of Autauga County. Prattville Police officers are now helping members of the New Jericho Missionary Baptist Church remove pews from the sanctuary.

When I was a young boy, my father mentioned, seem ingly endlessly, how one day he was going to build a shop.

Residents of Autauga Coun ty's Fig Tree community have spent the past year working to improve the look of their com munity in an effort to convince state and county officials that they deserve some financial at tention.