Prattville News

Ella Gardner mourns in the arms of a friend Thursday, moments after Autauga County Coroner Billy Brown in formed her that her son was apparently the victim of an early-morning fire at a vacant house on Easy Court.

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Authorities are on the scene of a fatal house fire on Easy Court in the Sawmill Quarters area of downtown Prattville.

PRATTVILLE -- There was tragic evidence Thursday to support arguments some Prattville residents and officials made that the process of razing condemned or dilapidated buildings needed to be sped up.

PRATTVILLE -- City buildings in Prattville are 'going green' under a new energy savings program.

Traffic was disrupted on Cobbs Ford Road in Prattville for about 2 1/2 hours Wednesday morning when a commercial vehicle hauling wood chips overturned, said Crpl.

Emergency agencies, PHS students take part in mock disaster From left, as smoke billows from a 'crashed' plane and mannequins lay across the tarmac in the background, Kaitlyn Conway and Savannah Renfrow try to revive Amber Chapman, who lay motionless on the runway during Thursday's mock disaster.

Prattville's City Council shot down a change to the city's smoking ordinance by the narrowest of margins Tuesday night.

PRATTVILLE -- Prattville officials are applauding an 'A' credit rating given the city by Standard and Poor's. The company, an internationally recognized provider of credit ratings, uses 12 letter ratings for credit scores, with AAA being the highest and D being the lowest.

While Veterans Day came and went with little fanfare in some areas, Prattville wasn't one of those.

Jose Perez, who owns a local Mexican restaurant, express ed his opposition to a proposal that would expand the scope of Prattville's no-smoking ordinance.

9 at 11:45 p.m., $50 in cash was stolen from a vending machine at a hotel on the 200 block of Interstate Commercial Park Loop.

Barbara Goodson might not be a gambler, but the Prattville woman has certainly beaten the odds by growing fruit-bearing satsuma trees in central Alabama.

Veteran Marvin L. Kindig is accompanied by, at left, Autauga Academy student Jessie Nichols, and at right, Pine Level Elementary student Nichole Bulgrin.

Shayla Pustay, dressed as Pocahontas, assists the Little Mermaid, Randilyn Martin, with the treasure hunt as others gather behind for a chance at gold during Mill brook's first-ever Boo Fest, which was held Saturday at the city's civic center.

A longtime public servant is announcing he'll soon retire. Prattville District Court Judge Phillip Wood announced Monday that after 26 years on the Autauga County District Court bench, he will retire effective December 31st of this year.

County Clerk Sally Hand and Administrator-Treasurer Steve Golsan take notes Tuesday as a local construction official explains the scope of the problems discovered at the county's agriculture office complex.

ANGELIQUE SUZANNE is the staff photographer for the Progress Weeklies. She can be reached at progressphoto@gmail.com or at 334-365-6739. -- Progress Like my colleagues before me, I, too, have had a difficult time trying to decide in which direction to take my first column.

The following incidents were recently reported by the Prattville Police Department: --On Nov.

PRATTVILLE -- An audit shows the city of Prattville is carrying substantial debt on the books but has been able to meet its financial obligations.