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Last week ended with a local veteran receiving a timeless gift.
Looking for some fun this Labor Day weekend, but prefer a staycation this year? Tallapoosa County and Lake Martin will be hosting a slew of holiday events.
Labor Day celebrations will be different around Tallapoosa County this year.
The first day of school officially began for Tallapoosa County Schools on Friday, August 19. As the new school year gets underway, The Outlook interviewed Superintendent Ray Porter about his expectations and goals in the months ahead.
Students' faces lit up with glee yesterday as they walked into the new Reeltown Elementary School.
Tallapoosa County Schools is strengthening security at all campuses going into the new school year.
As the new school year approaches, a statewide bus driver shortage is gripping school systems, including Tallapoosa County Schools.
Many high school sports will soon be returning to Tallapoosa County, but game attendees might be facing a higher cost of entry than years prior.
Heading out tonight? Take an umbrella and keep an eye on the weather. Severe storms are possible tonight and Thursday.
Tallapoosa County Schools is announcing a second pre-K class following the school district recently being awarded a large grant.
Construction on the new Reeltown Elementary School is now officially in the final stages with an overhead inspection planned early next week, according to school leaders.
Wes Allen knows Alabama elections and vital documents and wants to bring that experience to the office of Alabama Secretary of State.
Election results for Elmore County are in. Check out how the vote went this time around.
Lew Burdette is tired of seeing Alabama at the bottom of so many categories — like education, healthcare and prisons.
Strong storms are possible from mid-day Friday until the early morning hours of Saturday.
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary and theft in the Yates Lake Community and seeks the public’s help in identifying the suspects.
A Tuskegee man is dead after a Sunday single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 49 and 120 in the Reeltown community.
Much of Tallapoosa and Elmore counties are at marginal risk for severe weather today and Friday, including possible quarter-size hail and high winds, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
The Tallapoosa County Commission now has a little more freedom in how it can spend nearly $8 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) from the federal government.
The Tallapoosa River has presented challenges to county residents in the past.
American households can now order a set of four rapid COVID-19 antigen tests, which ship free starting in late January through the U.S. Postal Service. An online order form can be found here.
A new U.S. Treasury Department ruling on how COVID-19 relief funds can be spent declares the construction of correctional facilities "generally ineligible," but falls short of issuing a clear verdict on Alabama's prison plan.
A total of 605 Elmore County residents tested positive for COVID-19 in the week after Christmas with the omicron variant "spreading like wildfire," according to state health officer Dr. Scott Harris.
According to a press release distributed Wednesday, the Alexander City Walmart is ready to receive and dispense the recently FDA authorized COVID-19 antiviral medications Paxlovid and Molnupiravir, today as supplies allow.
The omicron variant, a shorter incubation period and families gathering for the holidays have combined to create a perfect storm of new COVID-19 cases nationwide.
An active weather system will bring rain and the chance of strong to severe storms to Alabama Wednesday.
It happens twice a year in Alexander City and twice a year in Dadeville — criminal jury trial terms.
Candace Gulley is thankful Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey helped officially dedicate a memorial to eight Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch children Tuesday. But in Gulley’s mind, the memorial took on meaning when her husband Tommy helped design, construct and install the memorial in the months since the …
Three simultaneous construction projects on three Tallapoosa County Schools campuses are expected to wrap up within the next two months.
A brief EF-0 tornado that touched down in Elmore County Friday afternoon is so far the only confirmed tornado to have occurred in Alabama during this past weekend's outbreak.
Tallassee's Willie G Moseley has officially released another new book titled, Bakersfield Guitars: The Illustrated History.
The Montgomery Police Department has officially notified CrimeStoppers that missing person Crystal Collins has been located. Collins was reported missing Friday Nov. 19.
If you are a fan of homemade camp stew, you should go ahead and place your preorders because the Tallassee Community Development Corporation (CDC) will be holding a camp stew sale on Dec 3.
Crystal Collins, a former special Ed teacher at Tallassee Elementary School, has been missing from a medical facility in Montgomery for more than a week and now and her husband says he still has no idea what happened to her after she left the E.R. at Baptist Medical Center South early in the…
Christmas in Tallassee kicks off this weekend
Crystal Collins, a resident of Tallassee, was last seen leaving Baptist Medical Center South after she was released from the hospital around 3 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19. Crystal's husband Jason Collins said there is no place for his wife to go in that area.
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