Alexander City officials and Alabama Municipal Electric Authority are doing their part to go green. A new solar power research facility was commissioned in the city today. The project has 160 solar panels. Electricity is collected from the panels and integrated into the Alexander City power grid. The panels make enough electricity to power 5 homes or 30 apartments. Customers…
Photo from The Alexander City Outlook Alexander City Outlook newspaper editor Mitch Sneed has died following a car crash. Sneed was injured in a two-car wreck Saturday morning and died at a hospital in Birmingham on Sunday night. He was 57. The wreck happened at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Cherokee Road, according to the newspaper. Sneed had worked…
The home security company Safewise says they’ve crunched the most recent FBI crime numbers and come up with the 50 Most Dangerous Cities in America. It lists Anniston Alabama as the most dangerous city in America. Close to Montgomery: Alexander City and Selma are on the list too. #1 Anniston #5 Bessemer #15 Alexander City #22 Selma #30 Prichard #38…
A public interest law firm says it has settled a federal lawsuit over allegations that a central Alabama city operated what amounted to a debtor’s prison. The Southern Poverty Law Center said Tuesday it had reached a preliminary agreement with the town of Alexander City. Attorneys sued the city claiming it was jailing people for being too poor to pay…
Two longtime city leaders in Alexander City are now out of a job. The city council voted Monday night to not reappoint the city’s fire and police chiefs. The two have over 60 years in combined service to the city. Kem Jones, the city’s first female fire chief, worked at the fire department for over 25 years, and Willie Robinson,…
UPDATE: Jim Nabors defeats current mayor Charles Shaw in the runoff race. Nabors received 73.2% of the vote to Shaw’s 26.8%. The mayoral election in Alexander City has gone to a runoff race between Mayor Charles Shaw, the incumbent, and Jim Nabors. Poll workers at a polling location in District 3 tell Alabama News Network that they’ve seen about the…
The Alexander City mayoral election will be going to a runoff between Jim Nabors and the incumbent Charles Shaw. There were four total candidates in the running for mayor. Jim Nabors received 47% of the votes but did not reach a majority. Charles Shaw received 20% of the votes. Both candidates say they expected the election to go to a runoff….
Some city workers in Alexander City have been on strike since Tuesday. The mayor of Alexander City says the strike is because the city’s finance director was reinstated Monday night at the city council meeting. Mayor Charles Shaw fired the finance director July 22nd, after he says he had many issues with her. “It’s just continuously things that go…
On March 8, 2014, Emerson Crayton Jr., a 21-year old black male, was shot and killed in the early morning hours outside of Huddle House in Alexander City by an Alexander City police officer. Suit was filed in the federal court in Montgomery by the administrator of his Estate, Ms. Kolea Burns, and mother of his only child, a two-year…
Courtesy of Alex City Government The mayor of Alex City is facing assault charges after a fist fight Monday night in council chambers. Authorities say the fight happened during a council meeting Monday night between Mayor Shaw, his wife and councilman Tony Goss. The two got into a heated exchange over city finances. Shaw says during the exchange, Goss swore…
