LaFayette Sun

Rebels light up Evangel, 39-0

Rebels light up Evangel, 39-0

Editorial StaffOct 9, 20243 min read

By Katie McElvy Chambers Academy hosted Evangel Christian-Alabaster for the first time in school history on Friday. Evangel brought a rowdy crowd and a 6-1 record. A member of the ASCA, Evangel is the top team in their division and…

Obituary: Mrs. Charmel Wright

Obituary: Mrs. Charmel Wright

Editorial StaffOct 9, 20242 min read

Mrs. Charmel Wright, 87, of LaFayette, died Monday, September 23, 2024, at Riverside Healthcare Center, Covington, GA. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024, at Vines Funeral Home Chapel at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Rev. Jerone Fannin…

Obituary: Mrs. Linda Gail Wilkes

Obituary: Mrs. Linda Gail Wilkes

Editorial StaffOct 9, 20242 min read

Mrs. Linda Gail Wilkes, 64, of Wadley died Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at East Alabama Medical Center. Opelika. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Pastor William…

Two Main Street façade grants completed

Two Main Street façade grants completed

Editorial StaffOct 9, 20242 min read

Thanks to a Main Street Alabama Project Grant, LaFayette Main Street recently partnered with downtown property and business owners to rehabilitate facades, creating momentum towards further goals of private investment and other developments in the historic district.Centered around design guidelines…

Mike’s Musings: Donate if you can, Helene a monster

Mike’s Musings: Donate if you can, Helene a monster

Editorial StaffOct 9, 20243 min read

We all are too familiar with it now. I am writing about the devastation that we witnessed in western North Carolina last week. Hurricane Helene, which swept through Florida quickly and then motored up to the Carolina’s within a blink…

Mike’s Musings: National debt crisis- here’s one lawmakers solution

Mike’s Musings: National debt crisis- here’s one lawmakers solution

Editorial StaffOct 2, 20243 min read

Readers of this column know I have been an avid proponent of balancing the federal budget. Our leaders simply refuse to turn off the money spending spigot, i.e., one has to only listen to the two presidential candidates and their…

Chambers County escapes full wrath of Hurricane Helene

Chambers County escapes full wrath of Hurricane Helene

Editorial StaffOct 2, 20244 min read

By John BriceCorrespondent Warnings from the National Weather Service office in Birmingham last week alerting Chambers County to the imminent danger posed by Hurricane Helene resulted in school closings and canceled local events out of an abundance of caution.Fortunately for…

CCSD board holds hearing on proposed employee termination

CCSD board holds hearing on proposed employee termination

Editorial StaffOct 2, 20244 min read

CCSD school members contemplate termination of LHS school counselor. By John BriceCorrespondent During the Chambers County School District Board of Education meeting at their offices in LaFayette on Wednesday, September 25th of 2024 there was a public hearing regarding the…

Obituary: Charles Estes Dimon Kendrick-Holmes

Obituary: Charles Estes Dimon Kendrick-Holmes

Editorial StaffSep 25, 20242 min read

Charles Estes Dimon Kendrick-Holmes, 80, of Columbus, Georgia, died at Spring Harbor on Sept. 23, 2024.He was born in Columbus in 1944 to Thomas Clarence Kendrick Jr. and Martha Dimon Kendrick, moving to Zebulon, Ga., after the death of his…

Mike’s Musings: The day Santa was booed

Mike’s Musings: The day Santa was booed

Editorial StaffSep 25, 20243 min read

I would like to thank the dozens of readers that commented on my Bicycle Hippie finds sobriety column from last week. It certainly was a change of pace from my ranting and raving about government overreach, so much so I’m…

Chambers clears path to region title

Chambers clears path to region title

Editorial StaffSep 25, 20243 min read

By Katie McElvy The Chambers Academy Rebels took to the road for the fourth game this season this time to face Bessemer Academy. Luke Tarver didn’t hesitate to find the end zone on the opening drive, and Cameron Gooden picked…

Council swears in Trice as new police chief

Council swears in Trice as new police chief

Editorial StaffSep 25, 20245 min read

By John BriceCorrespondent The LaFayette City Council met on Monday, September 23rd of 2024 at the Chambers County Farmers Federation Agricultural Center at the ALFA building in LaFayette. In attendance were Mayor Kenneth Vines, Councilman Terry G. Mangram, Councilman David…

New police chief visits school

New police chief visits school

Editorial StaffSep 25, 20241 min read

Who needs superheroes when you have police officers? The new LaFayette Chief of Police Christopher Trice paid a visit to Eastside Elementary John P Powell school on last week during the Community Helper Week recognition and gave the students a…

GVAAC names county businesses as the best in 2024

GVAAC names county businesses as the best in 2024

Editorial StaffSep 25, 20241 min read

Small Business of the Year – Gimme Some Sugar & Coffee Industrial Business of the Year – Mr. ICE The Greater Valley Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its 61st Annual Membership meeting at the Burrow Warehouse downtown WestPoint Ga on…

1-year-old dies when Camry struck by Mack truck

Editorial StaffSep 25, 20241 min read

A Friday afternoon crash in Chambers County left a Valley child dead.Alabama State Troopers say the 1-year-old was a passenger in a Toyota Camry that was struck by a Mack tractor trailer driven by 51-year-old Christopher C. Caldwell of Alex…

Bulldogs drop second in a row, 25-6

Editorial StaffSep 18, 20242 min read

By Pamela WhitlowThe Bulldogs competed in their second consecutive regional game of the season last Friday night against the Loachapoka Indians on the road. LaFayette had a rough go, losing 25-6.The Indians who recently made the move from division 1A…

Obituary: Mr. Jerome Royzell “Big G” Russell

Obituary: Mr. Jerome Royzell “Big G” Russell

Editorial StaffSep 18, 20243 min read

Mr. Jerome Royzell “Big G” Russell, 61, of Dadeville died Thursday, September 12, 2024, at the Compassus Bethany House, Auburn.   Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at New Popular Springs Baptist Church, 4853 North Thornton Rd,…