It’s “Sunshine Week”, a time when we celebrate one of the bedrocks of American democracy: Open government. It’s timed to coincide with the birthday of James Madison, known as the father of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Madison believed deeply in the importance of access to information in a free society, and in the press as an essential tool for self-governance.

  • Updated

Weather has closed at least one road in the Tallassee area and has caused the Elmore County and Tallassee City schools to delay opening Monday.