A Wetumpka woman was killed in a boating accident around midnight Saturday morning on the Alabama River near Wetumpka, according to a release from Capt. Gary Buchanan.
Millions of miles of testing in nearby Lee County will lead to Elmore County making millions of dollars of paving material last longer on its streets, roads and highways.
Most times when police gather in a bank, it’s because of a robbery.
The Elmore County Commission said Monday it has created an email address for residents to report complaints about trash pickup by Advanced Disposal, which is working to add a truck and a driver for the county, according to commission chairman Troy Stubbs.
The bodies of two men who went missing after the boat they were riding on collided with another vessel following a fireworks show Thursday night were retrieved from Lake Jordan Saturday afternoon.
Stacy VanDortrecht knows her bees so well she doesn’t bother with protective clothing from the shoulders down when she takes them out of the hive.
An inmate working at a business in Montgomery County escaped from a job site last Thursday and was captured by Elmore County sheriff’s deputies about 14 hours later, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.
The Wetumpka City Council announced its plan Monday to purchase the Wells Fargo building for the city’s police department.
Willie Rogers Reeves of Elmore is expected to be in front of Elmore County District Court Judge James Goggans next week for preliminary and bond reduction hearings in the death of his wife.
Last Friday morning began as routinely as ever in the City of Wetumpka administration building. In the public works department, that meant taking complaints.
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Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. earned a total of 69 awards in the Alabama Press Association’s 2019 Media Awards, including General Excellence at the APA Summer Convention this weekend in Orange Beach.
Recent Wetumpka graduate and co-salutatorian Owen Tilley has become the most recent Eagle Scout rising from Wetumpka’s Boy Scout Troop 13.
Rural hospital reimbursement, understaffed facilities and regulations must be improved, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones said during a visit to Lake Martin Community Hospital on Tuesday.
After a day of painstakingly examining the murky waters of Lake Jordan between Weoka Creek and Sears Slough, authorities suspended a search for two missing men Friday evening following a collision of two boats Thursday night.
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $150,000 grant to help improve medical services in Elmore County and create 49 jobs.
The Elmore County Board of Education heard at its Monday meeting it could cost $5 million to replace freon in the system’s 717 air conditioning units.
They’re pushing 40 this upcoming year.
Wetumpka recently recognized a second salutatorian after miscalculating a weighted Advanced Placement class after the school’s graduation ceremony.
The Wetumpka Fire Department received a $2,000 check for its firefighters association from Recon Builders on Friday.
While a thunderstorm rattled the building outside, Blakley White showed her poise and character inside on the way to being selected the 2020 Elmore County Distinguished Young Woman on Saturday night.
It may be only June but Wetumpka Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Shellie Whitfield is already dreaming of Christmas.
The Elmore County Commission received at Monday’s meeting a first draft of roads and bridges being recommended for repair in the 2020 fiscal year but commissioners won’t be ready to consider approving them until late July.
A lot of people believe every job in the hospital deals with blood or sick patients.
An HIV awareness meeting will be hosted by the Central Alabama Alliance, Resource & Advocacy Center from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Wetumpka.
Daniel Wallace, the author of “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions,” will make a presentation at 4 p.m. July 27 at the Wetumpka Depot Theatre.
The Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery awarded the first Sylvia McConnell Scholarship for the Arts to 2019 Wetumpka High School graduate Sydney Carmichael.
Two former Central Alabama Community College students, one of which is a man from Wetumpka, have been arrested for their roles in the abuse with a bat and death of a white muscovy duck from the CACC pond, according to authorities.
Wetumpka resident Debbie Herbert’s mystery novel “Cold Waters” spent two weeks on The Washington Post’s bestseller list, three weeks on Amazon Charts top sold and most read list during the same month and was selected as one of six books to be in Amazon Prime’s program in April.
Saturday night, 12 rising senior girls from across Elmore County will participate in the Distinguished Young Women of Elmore County 2020 Scholarship Program.
The Wetumpka City Council unanimously approved Monday a public hearing for changing a zoning ordinance for a new law practice.
Holtville Middle School principal Lee Jackson wants his students to know they are important, loved and protected, even at lunch.
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.
What appeared to be a common case of shoplifting led to a high-speed police chase from Wetumpka to Eclectic on June 5 and the arrests of two people, authorities said.
Alabama Power will close its offices in Alexander City, Tallassee and Wetumpka in August, citing a decline in local traffic and trends among customers to pay their electric bills online.
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.
After serving 38 years in the Army, nothing stirs emotions for Wetumpka’s Gardner Perdue more than disrespect for the American flag or those who desecrate it.
The Wetumpka City Council unanimously authorized Mayor Jerry Willis to execute project development agreements with ALDI on Monday night.
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.
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Anthony Abner Jr. of Wetumpka, a junior at the University of West Alabama, was inducted into Order of Omega, a leadership honor society for members of fraternity and sorority organizations, during the school’s annual Honors Day.
Wetumpka Boy Scout Troup 50/Pack 50 and VFW Post 4572 will hold their annual Flag Day ceremony on June 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Gold Star Park.
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.
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