Oak Grove News

Oak Grove Town Council members graciously bid farewell to Mayor Charles Merkel earlier this week upon his resignation from that office.

After a Thursday decision by Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, to oppose the School Safety Act, a clear difference in opinion exists between civic leaders in Talladega and Childersburg.

Two men have been arrested and charged with capital murder for the death of Floyd Thomas Carlee, a McCalla man reported missing in July 2012 and found in the Warrior River in March , but authorities say there are more arrests likely in this case.