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BRHS student drowns at Lake Wedowee A group of family and friends gather at a candlelight vigil Sunday to honor BRHS student Devin Kalil Billups, who drowned at Lake Wedowee Saturday. Billups, 17, was a three-year track athlete and was also returning to the football team for his senior year.
Candlelight vigil held for 17-year-old student-athlete Devin Kalil Billups By MITCH SNEED and LIZI ARBOGAST Staff Writers
A 17-year-old Alexander City male lost his life Saturday after going under water in Lake Wedowee while swimming with friends. Randolph County Coroner Terry Sparks confirmed Monday that Devin Kalil Billups, 17, of
Alexander City went missing in the water around 2 p.m. while swimming in an area of the lake near the old Highway 48 Bridge off Randolph County Road 90. Sparks said the body of the Benjamin Russell High School student was recovered at about 4:30 p.m. after multiple firstresponders arrived and joined in See DROWNING • Page 3
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FLOWN AWAY Daring helicopter rescue gets help for ATV crash victim
Council honors city workers, votes on fireworks show By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer Troopers with ALEA’s Aviation Unit perform a long line rescue near Hillabee Creek at Highway 22 Monday morning after two men were injured when an ATV they were riding in flipped and rolled down a hill into a deep ravine. First responders from the Alexander City Fire Department, the Alexander City Police Department, Tallapoosa County EMA, the Alabama State Department of Conservation, New Site Police Department, the Alex City Rescue Squad and LifeSaver joined ALEA’s Aviation Unit in the rescue mission.
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wo men were injured, one critically, when an ATV they were riding in while working in a remote area off Highway 22 flipped and rolled down a hill into a deep ravine Monday morning. To get the men medical attention, firstresponders used four-wheel drive vehicles, ATVs, a long-line rescue featuring the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Aviation Unit and a LifeSaver Air Ambulance. The two men were contractors who make sure that the above ground orange marker poles are in good condition along the gas pipeline. The driver, who suffered some bruises and some knots on his head, said they had placed one marker near the bottom of the hill and were starting up the other side of the 200foot ravine when the grade caused the ATV to roll over before coming to rest at the bottom of the hill. The passenger was the most severely injured. See RESCUE • Page 10
The Alexander City City Council honored city workers and voted to make the Celebrate Freedom fireworks bigger this year at Monday’s meeting. Shelby Richardson and his staff at the Waste Water Treatment facility were recognized for the their efforts in saving the City of Alexander City money by reducing energy usage. Their efforts have seen energy usage reduced by 60 percent at the plant resulting in a savings See COUNCIL • Page 9
Polls open today for primary election STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
— Reese McAlister
Today voters will head to the polls to make a decision on who they want to represent their party in November’s General Election. Voters will be casting their ballot to decide who they want to be Alabama’s next governor, lt. governor and attorney general, state representative, and also who will hold the offices in Tallapoosa County for probate court judge and county commissioners. Polls open at 7 a.m. and voting will continue until 7 p.m. Though polling places remain largely the same, there are just two small changes in polling places for area residents. Beginning with this election, Eagle Creek Voting House has changed to the Eagle Creek Baptist Church at 7680 Horseshoe Bend Road in Dadeville. Also those who previously voted at Mt. Lovely Baptist Church will now vote at the Tallapoosa County Career Tech Center at 251 MLK Street in Camp Hill.
ACFD chief
See VOTE • Page 9
“Those folks from ALEA are incredible ... They are so good at what they do and they showed that for sure on this one.” Today’s
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