Elmore County News

With voter registration off the charts, election officials are also processing a record number of absentee ballots for this year's general election.

When the Alabama Wildlife Federa tion took up residency at Lanark in Millbrook, some people may have been familiar with the group's track record of conservation advocacy.

Preliminary reports by Prattville Fire Department in vestigators blamed an electrical malfunction for a Thursday-af ternoon fire that damaged a home in the southernmost reaches of the city.

The Internal Revenue Service estimated more than 5,600 Social Security and Veterans Administration clients in the Montgomery area have not claimed their economic stimulus payments.

An Alabama prison system van carrying job applicants collided with a truck on a rural highway today that killed several people in the van.

Fire Chief Greg Willis begins a descent from the tower on the ropes course as firefighter Andrew McCullers and facilitator and firefighter Ray Mullino look on.

A former Millbrook Police of ficer in jail on charges of a mis demeanor sex charge -- the re sult of a plea bargain on original charges of rape and sexual as sault -- has been freed from jail after serving less ...

Thanks to Bark In The Park, adoptable pets at the Elmore County Humane Shelter can bark a lot louder.

I was unable to attend the Elmore County High School Beta Club induc tion, but Central Office rep resentatives who attended were very impressed with the students of ECHS.

Eighteen members of law enforcement agencies graduated from the Montgomery Police Academy in a ceremony Wednesday morning.

Susan Key has at least three good reasons to help raise mon ey to fill the media room at Red land Elementary.

While living on a farm in rural Elmore County has its share of perks, residents sometimes long for family-friendly entertainment closer to home.

Two suspects charged with the August 2007 murder of a Millbrook man as he left a Wal-Mart store have entered their pleas.

The Elmore County School System recently approved al most $1 million in replacement buses for its fleet.

A round of musical chairs is going on in Elmore County as some schools close, some open and some restructure.

The Elmore County Humane Society will hold its annual Bark in the Park Sept. 28 at Fort Toulouse.

When the county held a budget workshop earlier this week, they were within $15,000 of balancing the $20 million plan, which includes increased fuel costs and a 3% raise for employees.

Lake Martin Resource Association vice president John Thompson presents Sheriff Bill Franklin with a T-shirt in thanks for his help in the Report a Litterer project.

A family argument escalated into physical violence and an attempted murder charge Thursday afternoon on Elmore Road in Wetumpka.

Students and teachers at Elmore County High School received a rare opportunity last week when the C-SPAN Campaign Bus visited their campus.