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.

Electronic recycling is green, safe, responsible and a low-cost way to dispose of old electronics in closets, cluttering offices and homes.

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.

The November Base exercise, a joint exercise conducted with Autauga County officials, went 'very well' said the Maxwell-Gunter Exercise Evaluation Team chief.

Construction continued this week on the long-anticipated Marbury High School building, shown in this August pho to.

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.

Tropical Depression Ida dumped about 3 to 4 inches of rain over the Montgomery area, and while rivers and streams may rise, no widespread flooding is expected.

Annual Veterans Day observance draws large crowd A contingent of local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts held salutes during the singing of the National Anthem during the Veterans Day observance.

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

Judge Phillip Wood, who has presided over Autauga County District Court for more than 25 years, announced this week that he would retire from the district court bench at the end of the year.

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

PRATTVILLE -- Autauga County District Judge Phillip Wood has decided to retire after 26 years on the bench, but he won't be a stranger around the courthouse.

About two dozen fire trucks and other emergency vehi cles led Doug Jackson's funeral procession as it traveled down Main Street to Old Kingston Methodist Church Cemetery.

A Montgomery man remained behind bars here Thursday, a day after he was arrested in connection with the theft of a crippled car left beside Interstate 65 in Autauga County.

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.

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.

The Internal Revenue Service may owe you money. The IRS is looking for 257 taxpayers in the River Region in order to give rather than to receive.

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.

PRATTVILLE -- Hobbs, the Autauga County Sheriff's Office drug dog, has one more task before he can officially enjoy retirement -- help train his young whippersnapper replacement.

The Autauga County Heritage Association will have its second annual Low Country Boil from 6 to 10 p.m. Nov.