The City of Wetumpka was recently awarded a $175,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. These funds will be used to construct a 10-foot wide pedestrian bridge planned as part of Phase 2 of thebWetumpka Riverwalk, which will extend the path from Wetumpka Memorial Park to the Wetumpka Sports Complex. The City will match these funds for a total possible cost…
A Wetumpka woman has been missing for nearly a month. Law enforcement and friends of the missing woman are working to find new leads in the case. Starr Mulder was reported missing June 20th and was last seen on June 11th. The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office says Mulder told her ex-husband she wanted to get medical treatment from a hospital…
The Wetumpka Police Department has been the subject of a viral video produced by Bama Camera operator Lynwood Keith Golden. On June 2, Mr. Golden came to the Wetumpka Police Department and began filming the building with multiple cameras. Mr. Golden had no visible identification and officers approached Mr. Golden to ask who he was and to request his purpose of filming the department….
Months of work by Wetumpka Downtown, a non-profit corporation forming to help revitalize Wetumpka’s historic downtown area, paid off today when the city was one of four communities in the state chosen by the Main Street Alabama selection committee to be a Designated Main Street community. “This is one of the best things to happen to Wetumpka, and not just…
A two-vehicle crash, claimed the lives of Wetumpka siblings . The driver of a 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis, Broderick Lewis, 20, and a passenger, Brea Lewis, 22, were killed when their vehicle collided with a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup. Both Broderick and Brea were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Dodge and two passengers suffered minor injuries…
A shooting in Wetumpka left two dead and two critically injured. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Daryl Hunt and Deosha Jackson were killed in the shooting. Roderick Jones and Jacoreian Jennings were critically injured. Marcus Edwards of Wetumpka was taken into custody Saturday night, in connection to the shooting and is currently in the Elmore County Jail without bond. The Wetumpka…
When Governor Robert Bentley signed an executive order last November giving enforcement authority of anti-gaming laws to local sheriffs and district attorneys, many people thought that cleared the way for Victoryland to reopen in Macon County, since it took that responsibility away for Attorney General Luther strange. So why has the casino not reopened? Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford, says it…
A Wetumpka woman has died following a Thursday morning house fire. 62-year-old Ruby Carter died in the fire on Marshall Street. State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk says another person at the home during the fire was taken to the hospital with a “severe cut.” Fire officials say the cause of the fire was combustibles being left too close to an electric…
