Billingsley, Alabama

• BOE employee: Activism led to firing
  

  While Autauga County school officials remain tight-lipped about the matter this week, a former school system employee said his recent firing was based upon his political activism, not his job performance.

• Book signing at BHS Saturday
  

  Billingsley native and current Marbury resident Nancy Bone Goff didna t think shea d publish a book about her brothera s unbelievable life story for anyone outside of her family to read.

• Exploring opportunities
  

  Professionals from Autauga County, the state of Alabama and beyond filled the Marbury High School gymnasium Friday morning in preparation for the influx of students scheduled to visit the schools inaugural career fair.

• Devils winners in 1st game
  

  Freeman and Morrow, the top two hitters in the lineup, crossed the plate a combined seven times.

• Red Devils roll in season opener
  

  Though it was a cold start to the baseball season, it didna t take long for the Maplesville bats to heat up.

• Couples find long lasting relationships
  

  Marriages sometimes come and go these days. As divorce rates increase, people have trouble believing in the sanctity of the everlasting union anymore.

• Problems not expected after rain, sleet, snowfall
  

  Joseph and Douglas Williams load groceries into their vehicle in the Wal-Mart park ing lot as icy rain falls late Thursday afternoon.

• Local organizations help make Christmas brighter for many
  

  From left in foreground, Autauga Christmas Team members Abner and Bill Straughan separate chickens for food packages, while Brittany Straughan, Linda Moore and Rocella Carlysle work in background.

• Rural communities stage annual pre-holiday parades
  

  Although the scope of separate Christmas parades held Saturday in two neighboring rural Autauga County communities differed significantly, the holiday caravans shared a common thread.

• Jewelry, cash reportedly taken in Pine Motel robbery
  

  Investigators with the Autauga County Sheriff's Office are looking into reports -- one by a guest at a local motel, the other an employee of the motel -- that a group of Hispanic males forced their way into separate motel rooms and robbed them.

• Don Fletcher: Newspaper's job is to record, not shape community history
  

  Don Fletcher is a staff writer for the Progress weeklies. He can be reached at defletcher@gannett.com or at 334-365-6739. -- Progress My first effort at writing an opinion column for our paper fell flat, and Alicia Harper surreptitiously added a note at the end of it, asking readers to suggest an idea for my future writings.

• ACIA members, volunteers feed 400 local citizens
  

  From left, Barbara Thomas, Martha Davis, Vale rie Packer, Jackie Gaut and Dana Bennett prepare Thanksgiving Day meals that were furnished free to sever al hundred local residents last Thursday.

• Computers installed in half of ACSO patrol fleet
  

  Autauga County Sheriff Herbie Johnson, faced with budgetary restraints and plagued with a shortage of manpower, hopes that the newest addition to the county's crime-fighting arsenal will help alleviate both problems.

• High-tech drive: Autauga County Sheriff's Office uses grant to install computers in patrol cars
  

  PRATTVILLE -- Autauga County Sheriff's Office deputies will be able to spend more time on the road, thanks to new computers in patrol cars.

• Public school students offered voluntary vaccinations
  

  Autauga County School System officials announced this week that the first round of the Alabama Department of Education's school-based H1N1 vaccination clinics has been set for Thursday, Dec.

• Program aims to boost interest in agricultural careers
  

  Auburn University wants to make sure there's a good crop of students pursuing agriculture degrees in the future.

• Principal puckers up to pig
  

  With the entire student body looking on from behind the ball field fence, Billingsley School Assistant Prin cipal Ann Glasscock lets out a little shriek at the prospect of kissing a pig.

• AHSAA reclassification released
  

  The Alabama High School Athletic Association's 2010-2012 classifications were approved and released Wednesday morning.

• Alabama drivers dominate in Mississippi
  

  Mississippi Hi Point hosted the Blazing Saddles Harescramble on Oct. 25 in Ellisville, Miss.

City Description

Billingsley is a town in Autauga County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 116. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 121. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area. Billingsley is located at 32°39'37.498" North, 86°42'40.489" West (32.660416, -86.711247). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 116 people, 46 households, and 33 families residing in the town. The population density was 98.6 people per square mile (38.0/km²). There were 58 housing units at an average density of 49.3/sq mi (19.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 90.52% White, 6.03% Black or African American, 1.72% Native American and 1.72% Pacific Islander. There were 46 households out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Alabama
• Autauga County

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 3.1079857324 km squared

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