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- NU grad walks the talk
Skip Potts trudges along a county highway in Tallassee, Ala., early in his trip across the country for educational equality.
- Wilkerson - Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Wilkerson of Montgomery, Alabama announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandi Leigh Wilkerson to David Michael Ross son of Ms.
- Alabama National Guard unit heads toward Iraq to retrieve disabled vehicles
Having completed its pre-deployment training, an Alabama Army National Guard unit flew out Sunday for the Persian Gulf, with northern Iraq its ultimate destination.
- Care: Central dispatch is efficient
It would seem almost impossible that one man could keep track of multiple ambulances in 13 different places from one room.
- McGhar - Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lamar McGhar of Montgomery, Alabama announce the engagement of their daughter Meredith Marie McGhar of Montgomery, Alabama to Matthew David Marshall of Montgomery, Alabama, son of Mr.
- Five arrested on drug charges in Eclectic
Eclectic police have served three search warrants and made five arrests on drug charges in the course of three days.
- Police arrest two on drug charges
Police have arrested an Elmore County man on drug charges after a two-month investigation.
- Eclectic man arrested on drug charges
Eclectic police arrested a man on drug charges after a two-month investigation. Richard Russell of 580 South Ann Street in Eclectic was arrested after a search warrant executed by Eclectic and Tallassee police ...
- Tuskegee budget woes continue
After only one month of operation in the 2009 Fiscal Year (FY), the City of Tuskegee has not been able to keep expenditures within the proposed FY 2009 budget. And city administrators say if the numbers don't round out in the next two months the city may be forced to eliminate - among other things - some city personnel. The October 2008 monthly financial report prepared for the council by Finance Director Harvey Smith says it all. "We can not continue financing the operations of city government with our current revenue base," the report reads, "nor can we afford additional long-term financing to supplement operations. Long-term cost cutting and efficient use of the city's assets should be our major focus and priority."
- 'Temporary' Homecoming For Alabama Army National Guard Company
Mission accomplished for Linda Gartland. "I figured we could do it," said Gartland.
- Wiginton-Jacobs
Published: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 2:08 p.m. Mr.
- Iraq-bound Alabama Guard unit to get unexpected trip home
An Iraq-bound Army National Guard unit will have some unexpected time at home before deploying because friends, relatives and supporters raised money to pay for their transportation.
- New era begins for Elmore Commission with Reeves at helm
New Elmore County Commission chairman Earl Reeves, left, and former chairman Joe Faulk, far right, stand with District Judge Maura Culberson.
- Fundraising Efforts Underway To Bring Alabama Guardsmen Home For The Holidays
This was the scene last Saturday in Tallassee; more than a thousand people packed a football stadium to see the 158th Support Maintenance Company off to training before going to Iraq.
- Funds sought to bring soldiers home for holiday
The soldiers of the 158th Support Maintenance Company will not be home for Christmas.
- Teen helps troops connect with their families
A teenage girl's neighbor deployed for the first year of his daughter's life, and when he came back, the little girl didn't know him.
- ECHS tops Central-Coosa, finishes 10-0
Quarterback Adam Daven port and Elmore County clearly wanted to make a statement be fore the playoffs started.
- Taylor easy winner in Elmore County Commission race
Republican Paul Taylor overwhelmingly captured the District 2 seat on the Elmore County Commission, defeating Democrat Brandon Walden and independent Jonathan O'Dell. Taylor won by a more than four-to-one ...
- Elmore County Commission says goodbye to three members
The Elmore County Commis sion said farewell to three famil iar faces on Monday night, as Commissioners Mickey Shaw, Don Whorton and T.J. Eason presided over their last meeting.
Tallassee Classifieds
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City DescriptionTallassee is a city split between Elmore and Tallapoosa counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 4,934. It is home to a major hydroelectric power plant at Thurlow Dam operated by Alabama Power Company.
The Elmore County portion of Tallassee is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Tallapoosa County portion is part of the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Some historians and archeologists posit that in the late 18th and early 19th centuries this verdant area was the second largest permanent Indian settlement in North America. The Creek Indian ancestors in this area were Mississippian Mound Builders who relied greatly on fishing and riverway trading (c.f. Moundville, Tuscaloosa).
The Tallassee area was also the home of the last great Creek capitol city, Tuckabatchee as well as the Great Council Tree which was destroyed by a high wind in 1929. After a visit by the Shawnee hero, Tecumseh, who urged the Creek to join the Great Confederation, the Creek split into two distinct factions; the White Stick Creek who sided with the federal government and the Red Stick Creek who opposed the settlement of their land by ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Elmore County
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- Tallapoosa County
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