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F-2 Tornado Path of destruction Saturday, January 19, 2019 The recovery process is moving forward. All departments are back up and in full operation in their temporary locations. The outpouring of support for our city has been fabulous with over 1,200 volunteers and equipment operators coming in to help with relief efforts. Surrounding cities have assisted us in every way possible as we continue our recovery process. We are very thankful to have such support from our neighboring cities. This...
On the afternoon of Saturday, January 19, a powerful tornado hit the City of Wetumpka in Elmore County, ripping through the beautiful downtown area and inflicting heartbreaking and significant damage. By the grace of God, no lives were lost, and only minor injuries have been reported. Still, the destruction is extreme, and the road to recovery is long. The Monday following the tornado, I joined Governor Kay Ivey and other local officials to spend time on the ground with those impacted. I had the...
TROY –Troy University’s Sorrell College of Business now stands as just one of 189 colleges of business worldwide to hold dual accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The accreditation of the School of Accountancy was announced today by AACSB, founded in 1916 and the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools. It is the largest business education network connecting students, educators and businesses worldwide. The Sorrell College rec...
Autauga County Sheriff's Office 162 West Fourth Street Prattville, AL 36067-3049 Phone: (334) 361-2500 Chief Deputy........................................... 334-361-2502 Metro Jail................................................ 334-361-2600 Drug Enforcement.................................... 334-361-2540 Secret Witness....................................... 334-361-3803 Investigation............................................ 334-361-2520 Dispatch...........................
It has been gratifying to see President George H.W. Bush finally receive the recognition he deserves. He was one of the finest men to serve as president and among America's most consequential chief executives. His life was filled with accomplishments that few can claim. Here are some highlights. As one of the youngest Navy aviators at age 18, President Bush flew over 50 combat sorties in the South Pacific. He was the captain of the Yale baseball team and led the Bulldogs to the College World...
Col. Joe Panza serves as the Executive Director of the Air University Foundation at Maxwell Air Force Base. His distinguished military career encompassed 34 years of service in the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Air Force. At age 17, he joined the Navy as a Communications Technician with the Naval Security Group with oversees tours in Hawaii, Okinawa and Japan. After being discharged with the rank of Second Class Petty Officer (E-5), he worked for IBM for one year before graduating from San Jose...
Happy New Year from the Autauga County Sheriff's Office It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Autauga County Sheriff's Office will be hosting another Citizens Academy! The classes will be held two nights a week starting on Thursday, February 21, 2019 beginning at 6:00 pm at the Autauga County Sheriff's Office in the Squad Room. The remaining classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next four consecutive weeks, also beginning at 6:00pm with snacks provided. The Academy is...
Roy McGinnis, was held as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag 17 for 19 months during World War II. On his fourth combat flight as a gunner, Roy's B-17 bomber was shot down over Schweinfurt, an industrial city on the Main River in the German State of Bavaria. Roy survived the crash along with his 10 member crew of airmen, and they were taken to Stalag 17 for imprisonment until Allies liberated Austria and Germany. In 1943, as American air attacks against Germany increased, the Nazis moved the...
Helen Lattal is a veteran of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) having served with 8th Air Force Headquarters at High Wycombe, England. Her three years of service were 1942-1945 during WWII. Not only was she active in the Selma, AL, community for many years, but she also served three terms as the Commander of American Legion Post 20. She is well known in the veteran community and is a very passionate patriot. A special article about Helen was published by the Selma Times-Journal on Wednesday, January 14, 2004. Helen was born in Norwalk, C...
Merry Christmas from the Autauga County Sheriff's Office!...
Showcasing Tallassee, Alabama businesses and activities......
Special Edition - Governor Ivey Canvas...
Honoring all who served in times of war and peace....
BALLOT STATEMENT FOR STATEWIDE AMENDMENT #1 TEN COMMANDMENTS "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, providing for certain religious rights and liberties; authorizing the display of the Ten Commandments on state property and property owned or administrated by a public school or public body; and prohibiting the expenditure of public funds in defense of the constitutionality of this amendment Yes ( ) No ( )" Our state constitution has strong language related to religious...
Under President Trump's foreign policy, we have seen ISIS effectively destroyed, North Korea finally talking to South Korea including a joint bid for the 2032 Olympics, North Korea ending nuclear testing, NATO countries contributing their fair to the alliance and most importantly a move to fair and balanced trade agreements. On the economic front we have seen the biggest tax cut since the Reagan Administration, the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years (including the lowest black unemployment...
By John and Deborah Giles November 6, 2018 is the mid-term election, and in addition to a slate of candidates, Alabamians will be voting on four amendments to the Alabama Constitution. In this article, we will be talking about Amendment Two. If passed, the Alabama Constitution will recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life. Generally, there are three visible sides to this debate: those who want unlimited abortion, those who want to protect the sanctity of all human life from conception...
Oregon recently took back $13 million in tax credits awarded to SolarCity based on inflated costs reported on 14 solar projects. This is just the latest in a long series of legal issues for renewable energy companies. Our governments have encouraged solar and wind energy through tax credits, subsidies from tax dollars, and mandates. But perhaps letting markets and entrepreneurs work might be a better way to develop renewable energy to truly benefit America. One billion in tax dollars were spent...
PIKE ROAD, Ala – On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 & 27, artists from across the State of Alabama and the country will converge in the Town of Pike Road Town Hall for the 7th Annual Pike Road Plein Air Paint Out, a two-day art event presented by the Pike Road Arts Council. In addition to creating one-of-a-kind pieces celebrating the landscapes of our hometown, the Pike Road Arts Council is partnering with the Pike Road Elementary School Art Department to engage students in the event. Through t...
We Looked Into The Face Of Polio Today It was not a face of dread or defeat. It was a face of faith, of hope, of beauty and of unqualified triumph. It was the face of Dr. Susan Barfoot. Dr Barfoot of Montgomery shared her life's story and left all of us spellbound by her amazing strength, grace and accomplishments. In vivid detail she remembered the day she caught a cold, the day her legs stopped moving, the night when she heard the doctor tell her mom her young daughter might not make it to the...
me·nag·er·ie Google defines menagerie as “a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition; a strange or diverse collection of people or things.” And the selection of a Supreme Court justice in the Senate Judiciary Committee today has turned into one. A supposedly straightforward process provided for under the Advice and Consent Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article II, Section 2, Clause 2) by which the president can exercise his exclusive power to appoint Supreme Court judges...
OPEN HOUSE DROP BY AND SAY HELLO! Thursday-OCTOBER 23, 2018 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM...
Hello. I am a millennial. I am 27 years old. I have $130,000 in student loan debt. That's a lot, I know. I work hard, make sacrifices, and have the good fortune to be employed in a profession where I have a reasonable opportunity to pay that money back in the next decade (I am an attorney). Still, I have the pleasure of being routinely lectured by my "elders" for being a lazy millennial. By the way-and this is a point that I and countless others of my peers cannot reinforce strongly enough-KIDS...
On this past August 25, after a long bout with brain cancer, Arizona's senior Senator, John Sidney McCain III, finally lapsed into a Neal Boortz "eternal celestial dirt nap." Flags in Arizona, Washington, D.C. and other places were flown at half mast for several days. Most of the news media wrote glowing eulogies, claiming that he was a great American war hero, and a great American Senator. But was he? McCain's grandfather was a four star Navy admiral, and his father was a four star admiral of...
Some commentators and politicians have proposed regulating Facebook, Twitter, and Google as public utilities. To make sense of this proposal, let's consider the economic role of public utilities. Today's social media giants might meet the popular definition of monopoly, namely having a very large market share. Economists, however, use a much stricter definition, and public utility regulation applied only to the specific type known as "natural" monopoly. Natural monopoly refers to industries...
Alabama will celebrate the bicentennial of its admission to the Union on Dec. 14, 2019. Such anniversary celebrations often lead to an uptick in interest in history. This happened at the national level in 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, with many states funding historians to travel to colonial archives to copy papers and Congress funding publication of the American State Papers series. It happened again in 1876, the Centennial of the U.S.'s birth, with the U.S....
