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Graphic details surface in McDaniel trial Family and friends talk with Clate McDaniel’s defense attorney Davis Whittelsey, top left, as spectators and others leave the Tallapoosa County Courthouse after opening statements in a murder trial that began Monday.
State rests case in murder trial; trial continues today
17, 2016 shooting death of Norman Dean Crayton after hunters found Crayton’s body in a wooded area off Barron’s Bridge Road south of The state has rested in Clate Dadeville. McDaniel’s murder trial – a case that Prosecutors called several witnesses prosecutors have painted as a coldto the stand Wednesday morning as blooded killing with an attempt to the trial restarted, trying to paint a destroy evidence and cover up a crime, picture of the mindset of McDaniel while the defense want the jury to McDaniel and Crayton, a timeline of events and believe it was a man who feared for his life after being threatened by a “coked up” the forensics. Tracy Evans was the last to see McDaniel drunk with a gun defending himself, McDaniel is accused of murder in the Jan. See MCDANIEL • Page A8 By CLIFF WILLIAMS and MITCH SNEED Staff Writers
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Commissioners approve bid for Dadeville track
CHANGES TO CITY ORDINANCES? Dadeville City Council talks potential changes at meeting
By MITCH SNEED Editor
A bid was awarded to get the track at Dadeville High School paved and the county will not participate in the annual “Back to School Tax Holiday” after votes by the Tallapoosa County Commissioners Monday morning. The commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the award of a bid for paving of the Dadeville track to Gary Ingram Paving and Grading. Ingram came in with the lowest bid of about $177,000 “I know this is something we have been working on for a long time and with the grant and now this, it looks like it is about to get done pretty quickly,” County Administrator Blake Beck said. “We have what I thought was a very good price and we are excited to see it moving forward.” The county traditionally has not participated in the Back To School Sales Tax Holiday after consulting the Tallapoosa County School Board. The commissioners voted 5-0 to again pass on the special weekend that would give residents a tax break on See COMMISSIONERS • Page A5
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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Dean Bonner presents Jack Jarrell with a proclamation from the Town of Camp Hill honoring his service to the community as a firefighter.
‘THE EXTRA MILE’ Camp Hill Fire Department honors former volunteers By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Volunteer fire departments are staffed with a special breed of people. The Camp Hill Fire Department honored several of its former volunteers who have either passed away or have had to give up
County school board updates policy and student handbook
• 260,000 acres of corn planted this year, up 4 percent from 2017 • 470,000 acres of cotton planted this year, up 8 percent from 2017 • 160,000 acres of peanuts planted this year, down 18 percent from 2017 • 350,000 acres of soybeans planted this year, no change from 2017 • Winter wheat planted for 2018 is up 27 percent from 2017
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BOE also honors students, hears from parents at meeting During Monday night’s meeting, the Tallapoosa County Board of Education reviewed policy changes and the latest edition of the student handbook, while also recognizing the achievements of several students and hearing from parents and their
their duties for medical reasons Monday night. “Volunteers and first responders, people don’t realize all that you do,” Rev. Craig Guy said at the ceremony in the truck bay of the Camp Hill Fire Department. “People don’t
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New Site’s Toby Hanson is happy with his corn crop so far, despite it getting in the ground some three weeks late due to the unpredictable weather this year.
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As the Dadeville City Council continues to plan for future progress throughout the city, the council members heard from city building inspector Michael Richardson on a number of topics at Tuesday night’s meeting. Richardson reported the city zoning board held a public hearing Monday night to rezone property at 1016 Young’s Ferry Road, allowing for the site to be used for boat storage. The board voted to recommend that the city council approve rezoning the property. After a motion to suspend the rules to vote on the matter was passed, the council voted to go along with the zoning board’s recommendation and approved the rezoning. An adjacent property was also mentioned as a candidate for rezoning in order to clean up any zoning issues in the area, but any action on this property would have to wait until after another public hearing. Richardson briefly talked about how the zoning board discussed adding a lodging tax for the city, especially if new hotel developments came to town. City Attorney Robin Reynolds said this would require having to amend the business license ordinance. See COUNCIL • Page A3
Weather has created issues for area farmers, gardeners this year By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Farming depends on weather and this year’s weather, while good for local farmers currently, has presented challenges. The cold and snow in January, the mild and somewhat dry spring and instant summer created challenges for farmers across Tallapoosa County. “We were dry to start with,” New Site’s Toby Hanson said. “It held us off for three weeks especially with corn and hay.” The unusually cold freezes in January mixed with unusually warm temperatures created another problem for the Southeast Kiwi Farming Cooperative and Clint Hill in Reeltown. See FARMING • Page A5