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The Sylacauga City Council has agreed in principle to restore level funding to a number of outside agencies it traditionally funds, although most of those appropriations will not be formalized until the council meets again next month.
Talladega police are investigating a shooting into an occupied residence and an unoccupied vehicle on the 600 block of Swain Street early Monday morning.
A Talladega man has been charged with first-degree assault stemming from an incident in Talladega Downs in February.
A Talladega woman is facing a felony theft charge after allegedly stealing more than $1,000 from Walmart in late 2022.
Registration for the city's archery team is open from April 22 to May 10 at the Spring Street Recreation Center. The cost is $75 per child.
"Talladega has been a really good superspeedway race for us in the last couple of years," Cup driver Erik Jones said. "For whatever reason, we have been in contention for wins there. We have been really close but also given away some close ones.
Talladega Superspeedway fans always will remember Ross Chastain as the watermelon guy, who won at the storied track two years and celebrated by slamming a watermelon into the track. This year, if he wins, maybe he'll come out with a fish?
Sylacauga, Munford and Victory Christian were nominated in the final baseball rankings from the Alabama Sports Writers Association.
Pell City, Oxford and Munford were nominated in the final softball rankings from the Alabama Sports Writers Association.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is retired, but there will be someone with the famous last name racing this weekend at Talladega. Jeffrey Earnhardt will compete in Saturday's Ag-Pro 300, which is an Xfinity Series race.
See all the scores and results from Thursday's baseball playoff games.
Southern football 100 years ago wasn't like Southern football now. The roots of the South's dominance of college football today go all the way back to the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 1926. Alabama scored an upset that still reverberates through the sport.
Crystal Barnett has been a teacher for 22 years. However, that isn’t her only passion, she says.
The college I worked for asked me to go to Washington, D.C., for a seminar with the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. I didn’t have to be asked twice!
