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Tallassee Officials Prepare for Rebuild of High School

Tallassee High School will finally be under new construction after 91 years. School officials met Thursday, Oct. 1st, about new bids for the rebuild. Superintendent, Brock Nolin says the project will begin in mid-November and will be about two years long. The new building will feature state of the art facilities, enhancements to the arts programs, and much more. Tallassee…

REBUILDING WETUMPKA: Sunday Marks One Year Anniversary of EF-2 Tornado

This weekend marks the one year anniversary since an EF-2 tornado damaged homes, businesses and churches in Wetumpka. Today, you can still reminders of that January 2019 day. “It was very very scary. I actually came out on the front porch here when I heard the sirens and stuff going off. And the wind started picking up very bad, so…

Wetumpka Tornado: Then and Now

On January 19th an EF-2 Tornado tore through downtown Wetumpka. Alabama News Network was among the first crews on the scene. What we saw was hard to describe. Destruction was everywhere. Powerpoles were snapped like toothpicks. Homes, businesses, and churches were destroyed. Trees were strewn across almost every major street on the west side of Bibb-Graves bridge, and almost all…