Tionette Lewis has made it her mission to make sure nobody dies the way her son did five years ago and that is why life jackets are draped around mannequins in the window of Market Shoppes in downtown Wetumpka.
The Elmore County Board of Education passed a resolution June 4 allowing superintendent Richard Dennis to prepare a written policy to manage the school system’s debt, a recommended step to get bond funding for new construction projects.
The 2019 Save the Tatas benefit motorcycle ride to benefit breast cancer research is scheduled July 20.
River Financial Corp. and Trinity Bancorp Inc. have agreed on a merger which will result in a combined $1.275 billion in total assets, $875 million in total loans and $1 billion in total deposits with 17 locations across Alabama.
Free meals will be provided this summer to eligible children through the Elmore County Board of Education School Nutrition Program.
An inmate at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore was stabbed to death June 5 and an inmate serving 20 years on a first-degree robbery charge now faces a murder charge, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.
The Elmore County Commission ended years of indecision Monday by agreeing to sell the former Thames Pharmacy building to the City of Wetumpka for $130,000.
A first love led Airport Road Intermediate School principal Dr. Marcia Stephens to where she is today.
This weekend’s Wetumpka Herald Facebook poll on broadband service in Elmore County drew complaints across the board about the service from those who commented.
The Millbrook Parks and Recreation Department is starting Tunes on the Green, a series of free outdoor concerts, this month.
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State Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) said the recently completed regular session of the Alabama Legislature ranks as one of the seminal efforts in state history to pass meaningful laws concerning abortion, a lottery and the gas tax, and he has another foundation-altering proposal for 2020.
Needing a short-term job before going to dental school led to a career for Holtville High School principal Kyle Futral.
The most prevalent complaint Elmore County commissioners and other officials hear isn’t about crime, potholes on streets or garbage pickup.
Elmore County residents should be literally seeing signs of which road and bridge projects the Alabama gas tax increase is paying for by late summer.
Local WoodmenLife Chapter 025 invites all first responders of Elmore County to attend an appreciation lunch on May 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Gold Star Park in Wetumpka.
The chairman of the Educate Wetumpka Committee asked the Elmore County school board on Monday to support efforts that could lead to public referendums on raising taxes for construction of new athletic facilities in the Wetumpka and Redland school districts.
Elmore County District Court Judge Glenn Goggans left Steven Sarandon Barnes’ bond set at $10 million cash Tuesday after hearing more details about charges Barnes raped a 5-year-old girl.
Class of 2019 graduates held their graduation ceremony at the Acadome on the campus of Alabama State University Monday.
The Millbrook Police Department arrested Ted Carr Jr., 60, of Millbrook on two counts of possession of obscene matter containing visual depictions of persons under 17 years of age.
Elmore County Schools superintendent Richard Dennis told the board of education at a special-called meeting Thursday the system has two possible properties to locate a middle school in Redland and the Elmore County Technical Center.
Tallassee’s Emma Grace Qiaowei Coyle and Eclectic’s James Allen Singleton Jr. have joined the elite club of those who have won the Joe Sewell Memorial Award and John Sewell Scholarship.
The Joe Sewell Memorial Award Banquet was held Tuesday night at the Wetumpka Civic Center.
A bill to virtually make abortion illegal and challenge a U.S. Supreme Court ruling is making its way through the Alabama Senate after being passed by the Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday.
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A Montgomery man died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon near Millbrook, according to the Alabama State Troopers.
The Elmore County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Central Alabama Community Foundation, kicked off scholarship season Thursday by awarding $37,200 in scholarships to 23 Wetumpka High School seniors.
Former University of Alabama star running back Siran Stacy will be the keynote speaker at the 15th annual Joe Sewell Memorial Award Banquet May 7 at 6 p.m. at the Wetumpka Civic Center.
Alabamians are hungering for a lottery and will approve it if they get a chance to vote on it, according to the man who authored the bill that passed the Senate on Thursday.
A district court judge imposed a $10 million cash bond Monday after Steven Sarandon Barnes, 28, was arrested by Millbrook police on charges of first-degree rape of a 5-year-old child in connection to a sexual assault that required surgery in Birmingham, according to law enforcement.
A Montgomery man was arrested Thursday by law enforcement officials in Millbrook on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor and an official said more victims may emerge.
With actions taken by the Elmore County Commission at its meeting Monday night, work can soon begin on replacing portions of the roof at the Elmore County Courthouse and repairing the roof at the Elmore County Jail.
Millbrook police recovered a stolen vehicle in the possession of two juvenile suspects after it was involved in a collision at the intersection of Highway 143 South and Cobbs Ford Road on March 4.
Students throughout Elmore County have another option to improve their educational standing after Sylvan Learning Center expanded into Prattville.
Four students, a teacher and two administrators from Millbrook Middle School were among the more than 1,100 guests in attendance at a recent conference in Indianapolis hosted by Project Lead the Way.
The Millbrook Police Department is appealing to the public to help provide information about the death of a man in an apparent hit-and-run March 2 on Highway 14.
Main Street in Millbrook was the place to be last weekend as the city held its annual Mardi Gras festival and parade Saturday.
When the next superintendent of the Elmore County Board of Education takes over in January 2021, he or she will receive an increased salary of $138,000 yearly, which is in line with other similar school systems across Alabama.
Working to meet the latest regulations set forth by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the Elmore County Commission approved Monday a bid of $178,360 to complete work on the county’s diesel and unleaded fuel storage tanks.
Four students were the top winners among 132 fourth-graders in Holtville Elementary School’s recent science fair.
Ivy Creek Healthcare announced Tuesday it was closing a Butler County hospital but said its Elmore and Tallapoosa county facilities will remain open.
Although the 2020 elections are still two years away, the Elmore County Board of Education took time to look at potentially approving a raise for superintendent Richard Dennis during the Jan. 28 meeting.
A Millbrook woman who admitted shooting her uncle was found not guilty of murder and not guilty of manslaughter last week in an Elmore County courtroom.
Millbrook city officials and representatives from Ram Hotels were among the many guests present in mid-January to celebrate the grand opening of SpringHill Suites located just off I-65 in Millbrook.
A Millbrook murder suspect is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing to determine if criminal proceedings will continue after claiming he killed a man in self-defense.
A Montgomery man was fatally shot by a police officer Thursday after authorities said he led them on a high-speed chase through Millbrook.Jae Wesley Hardy, 27, of Montgomery was pronounced dead at the scene after colliding with other vehicles and showing a handgun when officers approached h…
Millbrook Mayor Al Kelley said he is proud of the city’s financial condition entering the new year.
More than 400 deceased military veterans were honored at Brookside Memorial Gardens in Millbrook Saturday morning during a Wreaths Across America ceremony.
Police recently took a 20-year-old Millbrook man into custody on multiple felony kidnapping and robbery charges.
Police recently took a 20-year-old Millbrook man into custody on multiple felony kidnapping and robbery charges.
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