Sylacauga News Archives

Describing the setting as "truly a beautiful place," she told about attending a rehearsal dinner in the clubhouse of the golf course and later the wedding held in front of the original Pursell homeplace.

SYLACAUGA - A Sylacauga man has been charged with murder in what authorities believe is the city's first homicide since December 2007.

SYLACAUGA - A Sylacauga man has been charged with murder in what authorities believe is the city's first homicide since December 2007.

A high number of students at Sylacauga city schools are reporting being sick, but it appears to be a stomach virus doing most of the damage right now instead of the H1N1 strain of influenza that has worried health officials around the world.

The Tallapoosa Christian Crisis Center usually helps other people in need, but the center had the tables reversed when director Marilyn McCary retired this week.

Each semester, 16 to 18 students meet at the hospital daily to hear lectures from different medical staff and department managers, learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation and attend clinical rotations.

It may be easy to say you know about fiscal responsibility, but you really get put to the test when you begin handling other people's finances.

There were six or seven concerned residents from the Bon Air community at Tuesday's Childersburg Water Works meeting asking for water lines from the city to be extended out to their community.

Sylacauga's Promise Committee reported donations have been pouring in for the Sylacauga Promise School Supply Drive, and there is still time for people or businesses to make a donation.

A Sylacauga man accused of felony securities fraud was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to repay $880,386 in restitution to his victims, Alabama Securities Commissioner Joe Borg said today.

School budgets are tight as thousands of students return to class in Alabama this week.

School budgets are tight as thousands of students return to class in Alabama this week.

School budgets are tight as thousands of students return to class in Alabama this week.

Add another name to the list of music achievers in Alabama. Troy Jones Singer-songwriter Troy Jones of Sylacauga is the cowriter of "People Are Crazy," recorded by Billy Currington .

Sylacauga First Presbyterian Church will have its annual homecoming Saturday and Sunday, Aug.

Mayor Sam Wright opened Wednesday's council meeting by denying allegations that the city indirectly facilitated noxious odors allegedly emitted by REEF Environmental, LLC.

Sylacauga native Joe Melvin Oden said he joined the military for "a change," at the age of 23.

LAFAYETTE, La. - Home health provider LHC Group Inc. has entered into two ventures to expand its services in Washington state and Alabama.

A town hall meeting Monday night invited community members to offer ideas regarding what to do with the old East Highland School property, with the goal of creating a unified vision for the building and land.

The Police Department is hosting the 26th annual National Night Out this Tuesday, Aug.