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Portraits of Honor recognize six LaFayette women

Portraits of Honor recognize six LaFayette women

Editorial StaffMar 8, 20238 min read

March is National Women’s History Month and LaFayette is honoring six women whose legacy and history helped shape the town with the Portraits of Honor. On Wednesday, March 1, the…

Valley basketball state championship win celebrated

Valley basketball state championship win celebrated

Editorial StaffMar 8, 20233 min read

Valley Rams Camron Dooley MVPCongratulations! Valley Rams Brandon ThomasAll-Tournament TeamCongratulations! Congratulations Valley Rams Coach Marshon Harper for a perfect 33-0 basketball season By John BriceCorrespondent Valley High School’s Boys Basketball…

Mike’s Musings: DAZED and CONFUSED, or JUST GROWING OLD

Mike’s Musings: DAZED and CONFUSED, or JUST GROWING OLD

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20233 min read

Growing can be a real pain, sometimes. What you once remembered with ease, you now forget.Case in point occurred last weekend. My significant other and I had booked a concert…

CA boys win baseball championship

CA boys win baseball championship

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20231 min read

Five Chambers Academy boys, known as the Fab 5, traveled to Charleston, SC to bring home the Championship with their Beehive travel baseball team.The Fab 5 are fifth graders Cohen…

Obituary: Mr. Peter Shealey

Obituary: Mr. Peter Shealey

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20232 min read

Mr. Peter Shealey, 78 of Lanett, AL passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at EAMC-Lanier Hospital in Valley, AL.Public Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, from…

Obituary: Mr. Charles E. Finley “Flap”

Obituary: Mr. Charles E. Finley “Flap”

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20232 min read

Mr. Charles E. Finley “Flap”, 81 of LaFayette, AL passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.Public Visitation was held on Sunday, February 26, 2023, from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM…

Obituary: Mrs. Gina Jackson Robinson

Obituary: Mrs. Gina Jackson Robinson

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20231 min read

Mrs. Gina Jackson Robinson, 54, of Dadeville died Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Elmore Community Hospital, Wetumpka, AL. Graveside services were held Saturday, February 25, 2023, at Dadeville City Cemetery,…

Abatement Board Meets to Consider Demolishing Houses

Abatement Board Meets to Consider Demolishing Houses

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20235 min read

Dilapidated house on Alabama Avenue East. Shattered dreams of what was once a home on 1st Ave SW. By John BriceCorrespondent The Municipal Housing Code Abatement Board of the City…

Woman arrested for overdue trash bill vindicated in court

Woman arrested for overdue trash bill vindicated in court

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20234 min read

Nortasha Jackson, center, stands with SPLC Senior Staff Attorney Micah West, left, and SPLC Senior Investigator Sakeena White, right, outside the Chambers County Courthouse in Lafayette, Alabama, on Feb. 22,…

Opelika man arrested for alleged shooting in county

Opelika man arrested for alleged shooting in county

Editorial StaffMar 1, 20231 min read

Chambers County Sheriff Jeff Nelson reports that on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at approximately 9:45 pm Deputies responded to the 3000 block of Chambers County Road 267 in reference to…

Mike’s Musings: Release January 6 tapes, Epstein list

Mike’s Musings: Release January 6 tapes, Epstein list

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20233 min read

Our government seems to enjoy keeping sensitive information from you and I, even though we pay their salaries and place them in the positions they are in. I believe the…

Obituary: Judy Clack Felsenstein

Obituary: Judy Clack Felsenstein

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20231 min read

Judy was born in 1944 in Lafayette, AL to Virginia and George Clack. She obtained her RN in Birmingham, and moved to Miami in 1966, where she had a successful…

Chambers softball, baseball start season with wins

Chambers softball, baseball start season with wins

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20234 min read

Carley Forbus slides into third after slamming a triple in the Lady Rebels’ 15-9 win in the season opener. By Katie McElvy Chambers Softball 15, Calvary Christian 9 The Chambers…

Obituary: Mr. Fred Herman Phillips Jr.

Obituary: Mr. Fred Herman Phillips Jr.

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20232 min read

Mr. Fred Herman Phillips, Jr., age 72, of Lafayette, Alabama passed away on Sunday, February 12th, 2023 at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Georgia. Fred was born 14 January 1951…

Obituary: Mr. John Eddie Burton (Shorty)

Obituary: Mr. John Eddie Burton (Shorty)

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20231 min read

Mr. John Eddie Burton “Shorty”, 88 of LaFayette, AL passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at LaFayette Nursing Home.Public Visitation will be Friday, February 17, 2023, 12:00 PM until…

Obituary: Helen Carolyn Jarrell

Obituary: Helen Carolyn Jarrell

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20231 min read

Helen Carolyn Jarrell, age 80 of Lafayette, Alabama passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at the Lineville Health and Rehab. There are no public services at this time.Mrs. Jarrell…

Obituary: Ms. Rosiland A. Meadows

Obituary: Ms. Rosiland A. Meadows

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20231 min read

Ms. Rosiland A. Meadows, 59 of Waverly, AL passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2023.Public Visitation will be held on Friday, February 17, 2023, from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM…

LaFayette’s new Telehealth Center open for demonstrations

LaFayette’s new Telehealth Center open for demonstrations

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20234 min read

Reception desk and a fully refurbished facility prepared to serve the public. Renovated interiors and a newly furnished waiting room at the center. The OnMed Telehealth Station By John BriceCorrespondent…

Cold Case ID confirmation causes strong reaction

Cold Case ID confirmation causes strong reaction

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20233 min read

By John BriceCorrespondentIn the aftermath of the Troup County Coroner’s Office February 19th, 2023 press release announcing the positive identification of remains recovered by Chambers County Sheriff deputies in December…

Burton arrested for attempted murder

Burton arrested for attempted murder

Editorial StaffFeb 22, 20231 min read

On Thursday, February 16, Deperriez Akeem Rashaud Burton, 28, was arrested on charges of attempted murder, shooting in to an occupied vehicle, reckless endangerment, discharging a firearm in the city…