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Wetumpka Worker Shortage – Chamber of Commerce Hosts Job Fair

The Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce hosted a job fair to combat the reported worker shortage in their area. Business is booming in Wetumpka following the exposure they have had on HGTV’s Hometown Takeover. Some business owners saying they are getting the kind of business they normally have on Saturdays on Mondays now. The Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce is reporting an…

ASU Athletics: Alabama State wins Magee/Jacket Award, finishes second in Henry Award and Commissioner’s Cup standings

MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The Alabama State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics was awarded the Sadie Magee/Barbara Jacket Award from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon. For more Alabama State News, visit AlabamaNews.Net!

Stolen Confederate Chair Monument Back in Place

SELMA, Ala. (AP) – A Confederate monument that was stolen and became the object of an odd ransom scheme is back in an Alabama cemetery where it once stood. But who took the chair is still in dispute. A Louisiana man charged in the odd disappearance of the so-called Jefferson Davis Chair surrendered to authorities Wednesday and was freed on…