Tallapoosa County News

Ron Sparks, a 2010 gubernatorial candidate for the Democratic primary, spoke in Alexander City Thursday about how he plans to carry the state through the ongoing economic crisis, if elected governor The full story is available now on local news stands.

Tallapoosa County agencies received much needed money from the Alabama Legislature's Community Service Grant program this week.

Richard Scrushy's Vestavia Hills home, seized by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in September, will go on the auction block on Dec.

Montgomery County Board of Education member Charlotte Meadows has been elected a 2009 district director for the Alabama Association of School Boards.

The New Site City Council discussed extending water lines on several roads during its regular meeting Monday.

The Lake Martin area will not be spared as tropical storm Ida makes landfall along the Gulf Coast.

This April 3, 2003 photo shows an aerial view of Richard Scrushy's Lake Martin home near Alexander City, Ala.

A traffic stop by the Tallapoosa County Sheriffa s Department in Dadeville on Monday morning led to the arrest of two men that were wanted in connection with 28 burglaries in the Holiday Shores area.

The Tallapoosa County Health Department used about half of its first shipment of H1N1 influenza vaccinations during a walk-in clinic on Wednesday.

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.

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James Harold Griffith, 37, of Dadeville was charged with manufacturing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime of manufacturing the methamphetamine, simple possession of methamphetamine, using a place to manufacture methamphetamine, and two counts of being a felon in possession of a ...

I dona t think Ia ve ever finished a game of Monopoly. I remember starting several, but the length of the game coupled with my sistera s knack for illegal mergers with other family members usually meant the night ended with a giant earthquake that knocked all the houses and hotels off their cardboard foundations.

Earlier this week, Lt. Bill Hough of the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department shared a frightening story with students at Alexander City Middle School.

As postal inspectors continue to investigate the murder of U.S. Postal Service highway contract route driver Tony Harrelson, they encourage the public to call the U.S. Postal Inspection Service or Tallapoosa County Sheriffa s Department hotline with information.

This is an aerial file photo of Richard Scrushy's Lake Martin house at Willow Point.

Tallapoosa County District Attorney E. Paul Jones accused Alabama Attorney General Troy King of political grandstanding in his decision to dismiss lawsuits filed against CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart and Walgreena s pharmacies.

The United States Postal Inspection Service continues to investigate the murder of postal worker Tony Harrelson, who was shot and killed at the Camp Hill post office on Oct.

Lake Martina s eye in the sky is trying to help keep people from getting high. An aviation unit comprised of the Alabama Department of Public Safety and the Alabama National Guard fly across our area at various times of the year to look for marijuana.

Mike Lucas pled guilty this morning in court to the charge of use of official position or office for personal gain.