BIRMINGHAM – Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) students Levi Patterson of Lineville and Millie Greer of Roanoke were among the 48 students honored by The Alabama Community College System at the 31st Annual All-Alabama Academic Team Recognition Program on Friday at the Embassy Suites Birmingham-Hoover. Each student recognized earned a $1,000 scholarship from the…
The Randolph County Commission’s livestream of its meetings will move to its website randolphcountyal.gov, possibly as soon as the April 23 workshop meeting. The commission has been livestreaming its regular meetings on its Facebook page for several years and recently added a regular livestream of the workshop meetings as well. However, according to county administrator…
County administrator Travis Heard spoke for about 10 minutes at Monday’s meeting of the Randolph County Commission to address one by one the recently published findings of an audit of the county that was conducted by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The auditors’ report revealed five findings from their examination of the…
MONTGOMERY, AL — With worsening drought conditions across the state and low relative humidity, State Forester Rick Oates has issued a statewide Fire Alert effective immediately. Over the past weekend, 50 wildfires burned more than 2,300 acres of forestland across the state. This includes a 500-acre wildfire in Mobile County, one for 412 acres in…
By Erica Thomas – 1819News.com (The original version of this story can be found here.) WEDOWEE — The Wedowee Utilities Board is making improvements after a newly appointed board and new leadership began sifting through documents and working to get a near-bankrupt utility on track. The Water, Sewer & Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee now…
Incidents March 30 – County Road 233, Corinth North area A resident reported unauthorized use of a Kawasaki Mule. March 31 – Evergreen Crest, near Harris Dam A yellow and green Aqua Lily Pad was reported stolen. April 1 – County Road 20, Lime community On Wednesday morning, RCSO responded to a call of a…
If you don’t get out much or don’t listen to the news very often, you may not know about this recent almost shocking claim of some world-renowned scientists. I sure didn’t know about it. The most recent and astonishing proposition by the scientific community is that some of the atoms that make up life here…
By Erica Thomas – 1819News.com (The original version of this story can be read here.) WEDOWEE — A state forensic audit has been completed on the Wedowee Utility Board. The audit was launched following a preliminary local audit report that flagged possible issues with the utility’s bookkeeping. After nine weeks, Wedowee Utility Board chairman Barry…
The bridge over the train tracks on Louina Road will be closed next week as workers plan to replace the runner boards that cars drive on when they cross the bridge. The work will begin on Monday and could be complete by Thursday, but any delays could push the completion of the work into Friday.…