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THE LOCAL, PAGE 2 Home lost to fire in Ray community
SPORTS, PAGE 12
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Despite loss, Dadeville sees improvement on the mat
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Superintendent contract approved The contract includes a base salary of $148,000 per year, along with a stipend to help Lankford move to Alexander Dr. Daniel Keith Lankford is now one City and a car allowance for official step closer to becoming superintendent business. of the Alexander City School System Board president Michael Ransaw said after the board of education officially after the meeting the contract is similar approved his contract during a specialto those offered any new school-system called meeting Wednesday morning. employee. The moving stipend and car By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
allowance are relatively common in contracts for superintendents, according to Ransaw. Lankford’s first day on the job will be Jan. 1, although board member Kelly Waldrop said Lankford and outgoing superintendent Dr. Darrell Cooper have met several times over the past few weeks in preparation for the transition.
Waldrop also said while Cooper will be retired, he will still be available as a resource for Lankford until March. After approving the contract, board members were reminded of the reception for Cooper on Dec. 13. The next meeting of the Alexander City Board of Education will be 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
Goodwater shooting leaves 1 man injured By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
One man was injured and another taken into custody Wednesday after a shooting near downtown Goodwater, authorities said. “Two males had an altercation,” Goodwater police chief Gerald Whetstone said. “One was shot and transported to Russell Medical. He was conscious. We also have one in custody.” The Goodwater Police Department and other first responders responded to shots fired and a gunshot victim at McCoy’s Trailer Park on Weogufka Street Wednesday around noon. Whetstone maintained a perimeter around the scene Wednesday afternoon while interviewing witnesses about the incident. Onlookers gathered on Weogufka Street to see what was going on less than a half-mile from downtown Goodwater. Crime tape stretched around a yard, but no one commented on what happened. Police could be seen searching the pockets of a suspect who was wearing handcuffs before being put into a police vehicle. Whetstone did not the victim or the suspect.
Cops, musclecar owners team up for area children By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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he Alexander City Police Department is getting ready for its annual Shop with a Cop program and the Wellborn Musclecar Museum made things a little bit easier with a donation Tuesday morning. “We had a car show here with the Birmingham Mopar Owners Club a few months ago,” Tim Wellborn said. “There is always a charity involved with a car show. We decided we would bring toys for this program.” The museum and car club teamed up to make a donation See COPS • Page 3
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Top: Tim Wellborn unbags a toy the Wellborn Museum and the Birmingham MOPAR Club were donating to the Alexander City Police Department’s Shop with a Cop program. Above: Cpl. Sheronda Cross helps carry out some of the toy donations.
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Goodwater police search a suspect Wednesday.
Government operations in Russell Sales Office? We want to know what you think By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor
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