Marbury News

With the summer reading program in full swing at the Au tauga-Prattville Public Librar ies, plans for the next big read ing event are also in the works, which will include a national, government-funded reading program called Big Read 2010.

Have the Alabama Aging Consor tium folks gone completely bananas? What this normally fine office wants now is for senior citizens from outly ing areas such as Marbury, where I attend senior functions, to somehow travel to Prattville, to the Chamber of Commerce to be exact, to pick up free food vouchers.

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.

Parents from the Booth area attended the Autaugua County Board of Education meeting for the second time this month to oppose rezoning their children from Prattville High School to Marbury High School.

The threat of rezoning had Prattville families in silent out rage at the Autauga County Board of Education special meeting Tuesday evening.

When Nancy Hollon began volunteering at Marbury High School more than 40 years ago, little did she know that so many years later, the impact of her in volvement in the school and the surrounding community would be felt by so many.

ELMORE -- Tanner Dren nan was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and Edgewood coach Bobby Carr registered his 300th victory in Tuesday's 12-1 win over Lakeside.

The Autauga County Board of Education approved water service agreements with the Marbury Water System and took care of several housekeep ing items involving the new school -- including settling on a name for the new middle school there.

People might wonder how a government program started by a past United States president some 50 years ago could make a difference in the lives of local students.

While scholars and others continue to argue over whether or not a full moon has an ad verse effect on humans, officers and employees of the Autauga County Sheriff's Office are con fident in their belief that it ...

The Autauga County Board of Education voted last week to move forward with a water proj ect at the new Marbury High School, a project that will be completed using money antici pated from the federal economic ...

Army Pvt. Timothy S. Barton Sr. has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of Pauline and Andrew Barton of Pratt ville.

The Autauga County Board of Education last week gave fi nal approval to new school zone lines that will affect many stu dents currently enrolled at Prattville High School and Prattville Junior High School.

Autauga County Spelling Bee participants display the certificates they earned by winning their respective schools' competition.

The only major differences in this year's Autauga County Spelling Bee and last year's countywide spell-down was the grade level and school affilia tion of the winner.

An Elmore County school is in mourning. A three car wreck claimed the life of a Holtville High School student Monday.

Finding sufficient funding for the Autauga-Prattville Pub lic Library system and its pro grams has become a struggle due to the sagging economy, di rector Jan Earnest told the Au tauga County Commission this ...