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Search of lake for Ga. man continues By MITCH SNEED Editor
The search of Lake Martin for a missing Georgia man expanded Tuesday afternoon and through the night as officials tried to locate a man who was swimming with friends early Monday evening and didn’t resurface. The ALEA Marine Division and the Alexander City / Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad were called to an area of Lake Martin not far from Camp ASCCA to investigate
and search for a boater at about 6:30 p.m. Monday. The missing man was with a group of four others on a pontoon boat when they parked the boat in quiet waters to go for a swim, according to Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett. “That’s about all we know at this time,” Mitch Sneed / The Outlook Abbett said. “They were swimming and the rest of the group realized that he Members of the Alexander City / Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad head out to join the search See SEARCH • Page 6 for a missing Georgia man who was swimming with friends Monday and never resurfaced.
Camp Hill officer’s termination stands
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Camp Hill Police Officer Derrick Coley was terminated by at Monday’s Camp Hill meeting by Mayor Ezell Smith without a vote or conformation by the council. This comes on the heels of a rocky relationship between former and now Police Chief Johnny Potts and Smith. Smith had alleged Coley called her and members of the town staff a derogatory name, a conversation recorded by Coley presented by Coley’s Opelika attorney Courtney Murchinson. The approximately 10-minute recording was played for the council. It recorded Coley cursing about five times but not directed at anyone person and he is also shown as saying he apologized for the language. “I am sorry Keisha,” Coley is heard saying in the recording. The conversation stemmed from Coley trying to collect overtime pay.
Tuskegee man sentenced for 10 robberies, 3 in our area STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
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The gift of knowledge Above: Lauren Tuck, wife of former NFL great Justin Tuck, reads to children at the V. Robinson Head Start Center Tuesday. The Tucks made the library possible last year at V. Robinson and the Goodwater Headstart by providing materials and books. Left: Students reacted to the stories read by Tuck.
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Exhibits like this one from the Smithsonian Institute will fill the lobby of AlexSee SMITHSONIAN • Page 11 ander City City Hall for about a month, from Oct. 5 to Nov. 7, this fall.
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Thanks to a combined partnership between the Smithsonian Institute and the Alabama Humanities Foundation, MainStreet Alexander City will bring a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian to town. Between Oct. 5 and Nov. 7, the exhibit, “Water/Ways,” will be set up for the public to view inside city hall. “It’s going to be inside on the main floor of city hall,” said MainStreet Executive Director Bre Smith. “It’ll be
A Tuskegee man who was convicted of robbing 10 businesses including locations in Camp Hill, Dadeville and Tallassee will be spending a long, long time in jail. Tariq Khalil Jones, 35, of Tuskegee, was sentenced Tuesday to life in federal prison plus 282 years for committing numerous armed robberies and a carjacking, announced A. Clark Morris, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. His crime spree began on January 16, 2016, and ended May 4, 2016, and included the following 10 businesses: • Family Dollar on Broadnax Street in Dadeville. See SENTENCING • Page 6
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The community room at the New Site Town Hall building was filled with visitors at Monday night’s town council meeting. Horseshoe Bend Principal James Aulner, along with members of the basketball, volleyball and crosscountry coaching staffs came before the council, bringing with them requests they felt the See NEW SITE • Page 11
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