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Spring Hill store’s future on the line By MITCH SNEED Editor
The future of an embattled store will be decided today as the Alexander City City Council will hold a license revocation hearing for a business in the Spring Hill community. In a specially called meeting set for 4 p.m. in the upstairs conference room at Alexander City City Hall, information regarding DJ’s One Stop will be considered by the council. The store is located in the 2100 block of County
Road and was the subject of an executive session of the city council in October. During that 20-minute session, concerns about activity near at and around the store were raised by Chief Willie Robinson and the Alexander City Police Department. Videos and other evidence were presented to the council at that meeting. Records indicate that Clarence Cotton Jr. holds a business license for that location. Attempts to See COUNCIL • Page 3
Police don’t rule out additional arrests in Sunday’s deadly shooting as probe continues By MITCH SNEED Editor
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On Wednesday investigators using metal detectors searched for additional evidence in Sunday morning’s murder outside a Spring Hill store.
The investigation into Sunday’s morning deadly shooting near a store in the Spring Hill community continued Wednesday, with investigators continuing to piece together the chaotic events surrounding the incident. Alexander City Police Department Deputy Chief Jay Turner said that while an arrest has been made,
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County schools iron out capital project plans
BRHS students celebrate Dia De La Muertos By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
Benjamin Russell High School students experienced an untraditional approach to a typical lesson in human anatomy and the skull through the Mexican tradition of honoring the dead, known as Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. Mariachi music blared in the darkened classroom lit only by stringed lights, candles and glowing skulls. Students dressed in black with painted faces chauffeured others that mulled from table to table learning about their own skull, and facial bones along with the Day of the Dead and its place in Mexican culture. The ornate and elaborate display was constructed in Room 224, which could have been confused for a sort of traditional themed Mexicanstyle cantina. Mariachi music blared the tune “Cielito lindo” otherwise known as “Canta y no See DEAD • Page 11
he did not rule out additional charges or arrests in the case. Shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday, 28-year-old LaBrandon Lamar Herron of Kellyton was shot multiple times and died from his injuries. It is believed that Herron was actually trying to break up a fight between others when shots started being fired. O’Hennessey Diomonta
District looks for ways to fund projects like an auditorium at Horseshoe Bend By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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DAY OF THE DEAD Above, Todd Sassano and his wife Emily dance in her classroom Benjamin Russell High School Wednesday. Emily is the anatomy teacher and used the Day of the Dead celebration to help teach the bones of the skull. Left, Trianna Lawson explains some of the traditions of the Day of the Dead as the Spanish class helped with the presenations Wednesday morning.
It appears that the Horseshoe Bend School will get a more equitable portion of any capital projects that may come in the future for Tallapoosa County Schools. At Tuesday’s Tallapoosa County Board of Education work session, Superintendent Joe Windle announced that one of the three unfunded projects up for consideration is an auditorium at Horseshoe Bend. “They are the same projects that we had, the gym renovation project at Dadeville, the gym and band room at Reeltown and the auditorium at Horseshoe Bend,” Windle told bold members. “These are projects that have no funds and no planned funds for at this time.” All of these projects would be contingent on getting bonds to finance the projects. Windle explained to members that they would consider going See EDUCATION • Page 3
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By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Members of the Alabama Department of Commerce Workforce Region 5 Council toured industrial plants and education centers in Alexander City Wednesday to learn about workforce development in the area. With 13 counties in the region, Region 5 Council member Alfred Davis thinks it is important to see what others are doing in Region 5 and maybe take little bits and pieces back to there own counties. “We are doing a set of tours through the 13 counties in the region,” Davis said. “We try to group two counties together at a time for the tours and show mem-
bers what is happening in other parts of the region.” The 10 Regional Workforce Development Councils have been established and provide a direct link to the workforce needs of business and industry at the local level. The councils are business-driven and business-led and work with their member counties to develop a regional strategic plan and comprehensive workforce development system that supports local economic and job development activities. The councils make funding recommendations for grant applications submitted, based on the documented needs of the Region as identified in their strategic plans Wednesday, nearly 20 members of the council first stopped See TOUR • Page 3
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