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State Legislature Passes Pike Road Property Tax Bill 

Pike Road officials say a new high school for the town is needed but won’t be possible without the community’s support for an increased property tax. On Monday, the Alabama Legislature passed Pike Road’s proposed property tax legislation. Money from the tax would go towards the building of a new high school. “The next step is to go out to…

Pike Road drops first game against Russellville in Championship

MONTGOMERY – Russellville High School senior first baseman Jackson Lindsey stroked two doubles and drove in two runs as the Golden Tigers (41-7) downed Pike Road 3-1 in game one of the AHSAA Class 5A state baseball championship series at Paterson Field Monday. The two teams move to Riverwalk Stadium Tuesday for game two of the 2021 State Championships in…

Pike Road Students Propose Inclusive Playground Before Town Council

A group of Pike Road students are leading the efforts to build a playground accessible to people of all abilities. Pike Road Intermediate School’s SGA president and vice president, Tristan Bradsher and Gunner Gibbs, attended the town council meeting on Monday to present their plans for the inclusive playground. The student leaders came together with the help of special education teacher,…

Pike Road Schools Proposes Property Tax Increase for Capital Improvements, Including New High School

The Pike Road Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution last month proposing the levy of an additional property tax within the city limits. System officials say the proposed public school property tax would provide for the finance of capital improvements to public educational facilities, including the construction of a new high school. The proposed new high school would allow…

Town of Pike Road Announces Tenants in New Publix Shopping Center

New Publix Supermarket in Pike Road/Source: Alabama News Network The Town of Pike Road has released most of the businesses that will soon call the new Shops at Pike Road home. Along with the Publix supermarket, more than a dozen businesses will open at the new retail center at the corner of Pike Road and Vaughn Road. Pike Road officials…

Publix Announces Opening Date for Pike Road Store

Publix Super Markets has announced the date that it will open its new store in Pike Road. The store will be the company’s fifth in Montgomery County. The Pike Road store will open Wednesday, March  24, at 7:00 a.m. in the Shops at Pike Road. The store is part of a new shopping center that includes other retail space near…

Weather Concerns Lead Pike Road Schools to Be All-Virtual on Tuesday

Alabama News Network has confirmed that Pike Road Schools will be all-virtual on Tuesday because of the weather. A spokesperson says the decision was made because due to the EMA’s concerns about the potential of rainfall freezing on roads and bridges around midnight tonight and not melting until afternoon tomorrow, it would be safer to keep students at home for…

House Fire Under Investigation in Pike Road

Authorities in Pike Road are trying to determine why a house went up in flames last night. The fire happened on Flynn Road behind the Pike Road Intermediate School around 9 p.m. No one was in the home. It took firefighters almost an hour to put out the fire. Alabama News Network will keep you updated.   Categories: Montgomery Metro,…

Pay It Forward: Jeannine Lee of Pike Road

Alabama News Network and The Vance Law Firm are honoring Jeannine Lee of Pike Road Her military family has called a few places home. In every new community she wastes no time finding ways to get involved, whether it’s volunteering at her own grandkids’ school or with a youth group at Century Church in Montgomery. Every week she also helps…

LACEUP Highlights – Week Seven

MISSING SCORE 1A Central-Hayneville at Keith, no score AHSAA Football Scoreboard Friday’s Results (Includes Thursday scores) CLASS 7A Albertville 1, Huntsville 0, forfeit Auburn 29, Central-Phenix City 28 Austin 25, Grissom 23 Baker 31, Murphy 14 Colquitt County (GA) 63, Dothan 27, corrected Daphne 42, Alma Bryant 22 Fairhope 45, Mary Montgomery 6 Hoover 29, Hewitt-Trussville 28 James Clemens 1, Florence 0, forfeit Oak…