A legal battle is brewing between the city of Wetumpka and local utility companies. City officials want power poles and lines gone from downtown, but a dispute with local utility companies is standing in the way of their planned progress. The city council’s vote to have them removed, was supposed to improve traffic flow for both vehicles and pedestrians and make side…
Several places in Elmore County will open as warming stations for those needing a place to stay out of the cold. In Millbrook, the Millbrook Baptist Church will open Monday through Wednesday. In Deatsville, you can visit the Deatsville fire department community room. That shelter will be open Monday through Wednesday. Eclectic has two locations: the town hall police department…
Fort Toulouse in Wetumpka was built by the French in 1717. “It was the first European outpost north of Mobile,” said Ned Jenkins of the Alabama Historical Commission. This week’s Frontier Days marked Fort Toulouse’s historical significance as a center for trade between French merchants and the Creeks. “This was the first time Indians here had day to day interaction with…
Wetumpka Walmart greeter James Osborne has one mission every time a customer walks through the door. “Make them feel welcome and tell ’em have a good day and all,” said Osborne. Osborne has been with the store since it opened 30 years ago. He recalls a conversation with Walmart founder Sam Walton. “I talked to him on the telephone and…
Alabama News Network is partnering with the Wettermark Keith law firm to honor first responders in the River Region.We’re honoring a Wetumpka fireman who was nominated after finding himself in a mucky situation. Fireman Keith Thomas was nominated by a friend after showing up late and muddy to his baby’s first ultrasound. Luckily he had a pretty good excuse. “On…
We spent the day talking with residents of Wetumpka about what they love about their town, and what they hope the city will be like in the future. Patricia Ogg currently lives in Calhoun county but says she likes to get away to Wetumpka’s Gold Star Park whenever she can. She explains “the people are as warm as the weather down…
Elmore County authorities have released a list of safe places in the county that will be open to residents once a tornado watch has been issued. Those locations include: Deatsville Fire Department – 6930 AL Hwy 143, Deatsville Shoal Creek Baptist Church – 13214 Holtville Road, Deatsville St. James Family Worship – 1005 Nobles Road, Wetumpka First Presbyterian of Wetumpka…
An Alabama woman has been accused of stealing from a trust set up for her ailing son in Nebraska. Omaha television station WOWT reports that 42-year-old Pamela Rawlinson is charged with felony theft by deception. A public phone listing for her couldn’t be found. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press. Court records say Rawlinson…
Authorities say alcohol may have been a factor in the deadly crash in Elmore County. The accident happened Sunday morning on Redland Road east of Wetumpka. Cpl. Jess Thornton tell al.com a car driven by Ryan Patrick Masters, of Tallassee, left the roadway, hit a ditch and overturned. Thornton says Masters was pronounced dead at the scene and he was…
A two-vehicle crash Tuesday, Oct. 18, claimed the life of a Wetumpka woman and injured another. Gloria Grier Allen, 66, was seriously injured when the 2002 Toyota Sequoia in which she was a passenger collided with a 2007 Freightliner tractor trailer. Allen was transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where she died a short time later. The Sequoia’s driver, Sharon…
