Billingsley News

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.

Jeremy Carter on Thursday was named head football coach and athletic director at Billingsley by the Autauga County Board of Education.

Blue-chip signee Dre Kirkpatrick has yet to enroll at the University of Alabama this summer due to a late snag with academics, the Press-Register has learned.

The Autauga County School System's top administrator in dicated this week that local teachers, especially those most concerned that their jobs might be in jeopardy due to budget cuts, could finally relax and en joy their summer break.

Tenaska Alabama Partners, L.P., owner of the Tenaska Lindsay Hill generating station near Bill ingsley, recently awarded a total of $8,000 in college scholarships to 13 Autauga County high school seniors.

Citing a need to work closer to his family, Billingsley football coach and athletic director Kevin LeSueur resigned to return to Prattville, where he previously served as an assistant coach for six seasons.

High schools in Elmore County, Autauga County and the city of Tallassee held senior graduations last week.

My wife and I have two grand daughters graduating from high school this year. What should have been a joyous occasion for us to cele brate with them turned into a dilem ma.

In less than a week 564 seniors at Chilton County area high schools will graduate.

While browsing news sites this week, I came across a very interesting story written by Joel Kotkin of Forbes.com about the cities and states most at risk, economically, during the recession, as well as which areas are best- and worst-positioned for recovery.

An idea that took root more than a year ago is expected to reach the first stages of maturi ty in three weeks, when the first two of five planned components of the Lady Bird Johnson Wild flower Garden opens to the pub lic.

Area meteorologists and lo cal emergency officials don't ex pect much in the way of bad weather this weekend, and or ganizers of the 23rd annual Prattville CityFest want to be lieve that.

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.

What is the Internal Revenue Service's main tip about your tax returns? File them.

Three Billingsley residents, including an adult and a child who each suffered serious inju ries, required at least some de gree of medical treatment as a result of a violent Monday-after noon traffic mishap.

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Lowndes County officials will be taking 'strict measures' to ensure the county's E-911 emergency generator remains in working order, members of the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors announced during a Friday ...

County lawmen blame Tuesday's full moon, partly ob scured by clouds in this photo, for a rash of out-of-the-ordinary incidents they investigated this week.

Senator Wendell Mitchell made a big hit in Billingsley Monday night. The Democrat presented the coaching staff of Billingsley High School with a check for $70,000 that will be used toward completion of the ...

Dallas County overcame an early 3-0 deficit to knock off Billingsley 8-6 on Friday.