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Tallapoosa County Ranch Girls Given Opportunity for a ‘Shop with a Cop’ Shopping Spree

Academy Sports + Outdoors held a special shopping spree for some local children. The children selected this year were from the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch. On December 8, the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch were given the opportunity to have a surprise holiday Shop with a Cop. Molly Gray, who is the Communications Coordinator for the Alabama Sheriff’s Youth Ranches, had…

Deadly Crash Began when Tractor-Trailer Hit Vehicles

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A crash that killed 10 people — including nine children — on a rain-slicked Alabama interstate happened after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into vehicles that had slowed down because of minor crashes, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday. The National Highway Safety Board’s initial findings on the fiery June 19 crash that involved 12 vehicles…

Youth Home Exec Says ‘Words Cannot Explain’ Crash

CAMP HILL, Ala. (AP) — Girls have often lived a life of abuse, abandonment or neglect by the time they land at a Christian youth home in rural Alabama, but an annual trip to the beach with the director and her family offered them a bright spot in otherwise tough times. This year’s trip to the Gulf Coast ended in…