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Schools closing the gap, work still to be done By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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State House District 81 candidate Terry Martin, right, checks returns at the Tallapoosa County Courthouse Tuesday night. Ed Oliver, left, garnered nearly 58 percent of the vote and will face Jeremy Jeffcoat in the House District 81 race in November’s general election.
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Ed Oliver garners nearly 58 percent of vote, set to face Jeffcoat in District House 81 race in November
Martin said. “He ran a good race.” In Tallapoosa County, Oliver collected 2,430 votes d Oliver has a history of serving the to Martin’s 1,790. In the district Oliver garnered public through the almost 58 percent of the vote military. The voters called his name and dominated in the southern part of Tallapoosa County but Tuesday, drafting him in the is not ready to rest yet. Republican runoff for State “We will sit here tonight House District 81. and pat ourselves on the “I felt like it was a back a little for a moment,” calling,” Oliver said after Oliver said. “But we have being declared the winner of to get to work. We have to the race over Terry Martin. be ready for another race in “We worked real hard.” Low voter turnout was the November.” Oliver will face Democrat key in the election. Martin Jeremy Jeffcoat in the general said he was disappointed in election. the numbers of voters who Statewide, Attorney turned out, especially in General Steve Marshall Alexander City. “He got his voters out,” See ELECTION • Page A5 By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Voters come and go at the Dadeville Recreation Center to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s runoff election.
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“The more you prepare for this kind of situation, the better prepared you will be.” Tallapoosa County McMichael handed out Sheriff’s Department Chief copies of a guide on how Deputy David McMichael to respond to an active was the special guest speaker shooter situation to those in at last Thursday’s meeting of attendance. Prepared by the the Dadeville Kiwanis Club, Department of Homeland providing the Kiwanians Security and with copies with an education on a available at the sheriff’s nationwide problem: active office, the guide provides shooter situations. details about coping with “We have to keep sharp an active shooter, including and be prepared at all whether it is best to run, hide times,” McMichael said. See SHOOTER • Page A8 By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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Sen. Doug Jones recently took time out of his schedule to speak with media outlets around the state to elaborate on his recently introduced bill, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018, which would Jones make classified documentation from criminal civil rights cases available to the public. “I have been working in a bipartisan way to get this going,” Jones said. “The problem with the See JONES • Page A3
McMichael talks active shooter training with Kiwanis Club
Animal shelter in need of long-term food solution
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Jones speaks about new cold case bill By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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For a decade, the Lake Martin Animal Shelter has enjoyed a wealth of food the animals it cares for. The kittens, puppies, cats and dogs have been able to chow down thanks to damaged bags of food from a local retailer at almost no See SHELTER • Page A8
Tallapoosa County School Superintendent Joe Windle announced the latest graduation rates had arrived for all three high schools in the county at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Tallapoosa County Board of Education. He also reported the percent of students classified as college and career ready by the Alabama Department of Education and the gap between these two numbers. Since the previous numbers were released last summer, the Tallapoosa County School system’s numbers have improved, with the gap between graduation rate and students considered college See GRADUATION • Page A3
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Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy David McMichael spoke to the Dadeville Kiwanis Club last Thursday, educating members on active shooter situations.
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