Tallassee News

World War II veterans from Autauga and Elmore counties -- along with the people who accompanied them -- were among the throng who attended Sunday's reunion for River Region Honor Flight participants.

Montgomery police have labeled the search for a missing baby as a death investigation.

School officials in Elmore and Autauga counties know they have to get thousands of children to and from their respective county's public schools each day.

The old saying "Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink" couldn't ring more true for the majority of citizens in Tallassee.

Donald and Lisa Adair of Wetumpka are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Michelle Adair to Matthew Daniel Arledge of Montgomery.

Several Macon County residents are under arrest on of distributing drugs, trafficking in cocaine, and conspiracy to commit various drug crimes, as well as failing to affix tax stamps to various illegal drugs.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. TUSCALOOSA Newspaper publisher and longtime mental health advocate Paul Davis resigned from the Alabama Department of Mental Health's board of trustees Thursday.

Members of the 158th maintenance company filed off the buses and into the arms of their loved ones Sunday morning.

Approximately 185 members of the Alabama Army National Guard's 158th Maintenance Company from Tallassee and Tuskegee will return to their home armories Sunday, October 25, 2009 after nearly a year in Iraq.

About 190 members of the Alabama Army National Guard's 158th Maintenance Company from Tallassee and Tuskegee will return to their home armories Sunday morning after nearly a year in Iraq.

For information on these and other volunteer opportunities, contact the Volunteer and In formation Center at 264-4636, ex tension 1, or log on to www.clickvic.org. If your group or organization needs volun teers for a special event or ongo ing need, call or visit the cen ter's Web site.

Overall, tri-county area school systems met federal education standards for the 2008-2009 school year, but high schools remain a trouble spot.

Traffic Alert: Troopers have cleared a single vehicle accident on Interstate 85 northbound around mile marker 25.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ EAST, Iraq, July 23, 2009 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Hershel L. Mayfield is a Vietnam veteran with 39 years of service.

Photo credit Staff Sgt. Martonio Patterson Capt. Irvin Morris presents Sgt. 1st Class Hershel Mayfield, 158th Maintenance Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, with a certificate of re-enlistment at Contingency Operating Site Marez-East, Iraq, July 7. Mayfield, a native of Tallassee, Ala., has been serving in ...

Mr. and Mrs. William Earl Barranco of Montgomery are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Ashley Barranco, to James Clinton Whitaker, son of Mrs.

From the courthouse lawn to the end of Court Street, residents and visitors to downtown Wetumpka crowded the streets Friday night to listen to a free concert in celebration of Wetumpka's 175th birthday.

A Tallassee resident turned himself over to local authorities last Tuesday for his involve ment in a shooting incident that occurred within the city limits of Auburn.

Three boaters have died when their boat overturned on a fishing pond in Macon County on Monday afternoon.

Ms. Judith Carden of Tallassee, Alabama announces the engagement of her daughter, Ryan Suzanne Alred of Montgomery, Alabama to Jacob Karl Kirkland of Montgomery, Alabama, son of Dr.