Chelsea High School senior Curtis Crooks won the first sectional title of his wrestling career Feb.

Miracle Driscol of Tallassee has been named to the 'A-B' honor roll at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind in Talladega for the second nine-week grading period of the year.

Air National Guard Airman Amanda L. Bishop graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Elmore County has decided to close two dumpsites, or transfer stations, that charge residents to dump waste.

A Lee County jury is expected to be selected this week to hear the case against a Tallassee man charged with forcing his way into an Auburn residence and shooting an occupant.

Lee County Circuit County in the case of Jesse Wayne Skipper II of Tallassee, who is accused of forcing his way into an Auburn residence and shooting an occupant, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

The Dec. 29 shooting in which 20-year-old Michael McIntyre of Tallassee was killed was his third run-in with police in two months, a Tallassee Tribune/ Wetumpka Herald investigation has revealed.

Elmore County and Tallassee schools will be open as normal on Friday. School officials are monitoring weather conditions and if anything changes they will alert parents and students to the change.

Just days into 2010, leaders and elected officials from across El more County gathered under one roof this week to make sure they were all on the same page as the El more County Economic Develop ment Authority.

A gun was found near the body of 20-year-old Michael McIntyre, who was shot to death while fleeing police on Tuesday, Tallassee Police Chief Jimmy Rodgers told the Opelika-Auburn News on Wednesday.

Tallassee law enforcement officers shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at them Tuesday, according to the city's police chief.

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is now working a fatal shooting case involving police officers.

A 17-year-old male remains in custody for his involvement in last week's early morning blaze that swept through the city's downtown area and eventually destroyed Hotel Talisi, one of Tallassee's major landmarks, along with another retail establishment.

Elmore County now has un precedented emergency ambu lance service for its residents.

One of Tallasee's most historic landmarks was destroyed by an early-morning blaze that swept through the city's downtown area on Monday.

The Elmore County Emergency Medical Services Board and county commission announced a two-year deal with Haynes Ambulance to provided professional services for all citizens in Coosada, Wetumpka, Elmore, Tallassee and Deatsville.

The Elmore County district attorney's office wants to charge as an adult a juvenile accused of starting the fire that destroyed the historic Hotel Talisi.

Investigators believe a fire that destroyed a landmark hotel in east Alabama was started to hide a burglary in a nearby business.

Fire has heavily damaged a landmark hotel in east Alabama. The Hotel Talisi was destroyed in a blaze that was first reported in the pre-dawn hours Monday.

WSFA 12 News on top of Breaking News from Tallassee. Dozens of fire fighters are trying to get a huge blaze under control.