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One killed in fiery Highway 280 crash By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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A Hoover woman was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham and later died from her injuries following a violent two-car accident at the intersection of Highway 280 and Coven Abbett Highway Wednesday evening.
A Hoover woman died following a violent Highway 280 crash after being airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham. Alexander City Police and Fire Departments were called to the intersection of Highway 280 and Coven Abbett Highway just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening in response to a serious two-car accident. Both vehicles were resting in the westbound lanes of Highway 280, while the stop sign from Coven Abbett Highway lay nearby, having been torn away. One of the vehicles, a white Acura SUV, had caught on fire, leaving authorities to extinguish the fire and extract the driver. One of the first witnesses on the
scene said it looked as if there was an explosion when the crash occurred, but was not close enough to see exactly what happened. The driver of a white Pike Electric service truck sustained no apparent injuries, while the female driver of the SUV had to be airlifted to Birmingham. ACPD Chief Jay Turner confirmed at 9 p.m. that the woman had died from her injuries. Units from the Alexander City Police Department, Alexander City Fire Department, Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office and the Alabama Department of Transportation were on the scene following the crash. Capt. Mario Hodge with ACPD said the Alexander City Police Department Traffic Homicide Unit was investigating the incident and more details would be released as they became available.
Judge expected to issue judgment on constables
HORSE ON THE LOOSE:
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Wayward horse corralled after 4-hour odyssey By MITCH SNEED Editor
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t’s National Animal Control Appreciation week and in the middle of an interview with the four Alexander City officers about the wild calls they see and the things that come with the job, a call that perfectly illustrated what all goes into the job came in. A caller reported that a horse was on the loose, running free in Dobbs Road on the edge of town. That’s when officers Ken Vernon, Scott Right, Daniel Lewis and Dave McClanahan See HORSE • Page 9
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Animal control officers, Alexander City Police Department officers, more officials and even residents responded to a horse on the loose in Alexander City on Wednesday afternoon. The horse was roaming town for four hours before being corralled, but finally followed Tubby Hand on his horse to his farm.
Judge Tom Young is expected to issue an order today on whether or not Tallapoosa County will have constables or send the idea of abolishing the office to a public referendum. The issue stems from when the Tallapoosa County Commissioners voted in January 2017 to ask the legislature to enact a bill to abolish the county’s 16 constable positions after the idea was presented by resident John Prophitt. The commissioners voted 4-0-1, with Commissioner John McKelvey abstaining, to approve asking the legislature for the bill. Part of the requirements for a local bill is for it to be advertised. What See CONSTABLES • Page 3
Alex City student artwork to be on display this weekend By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
The Mill Two Eighty will play host to a special event this weekend, welcoming students from every school in the Alexander City School system and showcasing their artwork for the Alexander City Schools Fine Art Showcase. “This event is going to be representative of the whole school system,” Elementary Schools Director Ellen Martin said. “Every child who takes art in our schools will be featured in
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this show,” Stephens Elementary art teacher Debra Griffith added. “We have landscapes, superheroes, animals and a lot more done in all different kinds of mediums. We have mixed media pieces, markers, watercolors, oil pastels, acrylic, many different mediums.” Tuesday afternoon, Martin and Alexander City Schools Education Foundation Executive Director Karen Jennings were hard at work putting teacher’s tape on the back of many of the artworks to be hung on the wall, while Griffith was hanging up some See ART • Page 3
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A handful of monster drawings sit on easels while 3-D representations of the monster rest against a wall at The Mill Two Eighty as preparation for this weekend’s Alexander City Schools Fine Art Showcase continued Tuesday.
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