GVACC to host Mayor Moody
The Greater Valley Area Chamber of Com- merce is sponsoring a Lunch & Learn event on August 15, 2018. The event will feature a State of the City address by speaker LaFayette Mayor Barry Moody. The event which is normally re- served for Chamber mem- bers is offering a limited number of seats for the […]
Meet and greet new SUSCC president
Meet and Greets Slated for Incoming SUSCC president Todd Shackett Community members and Friends of Southern Union are invited to attend a meet and greet welcom- ing Southern Union State Community College’s incoming president, Todd Shackett. A drop-in reception will be held at the following locations and are open to any community member: Tuesday, August […]
Inside the Statehouse
The storyline of last week’s GOP Primary run- off was the extremely low turnout. The big surprises to me were the big vic- tories by Steve Marshall for Attorney General and Martha Roby for Con- gress. Their winning was not a surprise; however, their margin of victory was impressive. Going into the runoff my guess […]
Let’s Back Off The Ugliness
Can’t we all just get along? I’ve been a keen watch- er of political discourse since I was 10-years-old and NEVER, I mean NEVER, have I experi- enced such a polarized nation. But beyond the polarization is the posi- tions taken by many from both sides of the aisle that if you don’t take their […]
Unemployment rate rises in Chambers
The Alabama De- partment of Labor has released its preliminary unemployment rates for the month of June. The data compiled by the De- partment of Labor shows Chambers County showed an increase in the month of June over unemploy- ment rates seen in May. The increase is the second straight month the county has seen […]
Valley pedestrian struck by car, dies
A 46-year-old pedes- trian was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Thursday morning along the Fairfax Bypass in the city of Valley. The accident remains under investigation by police, but no charges have been filed against the driver in the accident. Valley Police indicate they were dispatched to an accident along the Fairfax […]
Four arrested in Camp Hill drug raid
Tallapoosa Co. Nar- cotics agents arrest four people on various drug charges including traffick – ing in cocaine and meth On July 19th, the Tal- lapoosa County Narcot- ics Task Force, Camp Hill Police Department, Alexander City Police Department K-9 and ATF executed a search warrant at a residence on Holley Avenue in Camp Hill. […]
Three who robbed Huguley F&M apprehended
On July 24th, 2018 at 1238 PM the Chambers County EMA/911 dispatched a robbery alarm at Farm – ers and Merchants Bank to Lanett PD and surrounding agencies. Lanett Police of – ficers and Chambers County Sheriffs Deputies arrived on the scene. Witnesses provided descriptions of the offenders and a description of the ve – […]