Lee Perryman, Author at Sylacauga News

National Emergency Alert System test to be conducted on Aug. 7

| Posted on Sunday, August 4 by Lee Perryman

STLACAUGA, Ala. - At 1:20 p.m. this Wednesday, Aug. 7, a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will interrupt programming on all radio stations, television stations, cable television systems, wireline service providers, and direct broadcast satellite service... Read More.

Sylacauga’s Newest Street

| Posted on Wednesday, July 17 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - Entertainer Jim Nabors grew up on Broadway -- not the famous Broadway in New York City but Broadway Avenue in the south part of Sylacauga. An artist’s painting of the childhood home was presented to him... Read More.

Save 8%-10% during back-to-school sales tax holiday July 19-21

| Posted on Sunday, July 7 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - Planning ahead could save you a few hundred bucks as back-to-school season approaches. Alabama’s 14th annual sales tax holiday for school-related items begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 19, and ends at midnight on Sunday, July... Read More.

[PHOTOS] Passing time with a Sylacauga-Childersburg phonebook and its yellowing pages

| Posted on Friday, July 5 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - A copy of the 1962 Sylacauga-Childersburg phonebook illustrates how different life was 57 years ago. The small format was much like a Reader’s Digest magazine. Its introduction and telephone number listings spanned 58 pages, with another 83... Read More.

RadioAlabama and Marble City Media commit to major Sylacauga expansion

| Posted on Tuesday, June 18 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. – Sylacauga-based Marble City Media LLC, along with six radio station brands serving east central Alabama under its RadioAlabama umbrella and the SylacaugaNews.com online news channel, will begin the move to a newly-acquired downtown building... Read More.

Federal District Court Ruling Allows Alabama Census Lawsuit to Proceed

| Posted on Thursday, June 6 by Lee Perryman

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal district court ruling late Wednesday allows the State of Alabama to proceed with a lawsuit against the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Just over year ago, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall... Read More.

Goodwater man arrested for weekend burglary in Sylacauga

| Posted on Wednesday, June 5 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - Kenneth Thomas Wall of Goodwater remains in the Talladega County Jail following his arrest by the Sylacauga Police Department on Saturday, June 1. Charged with Burglary First Degree, 36-year-old Wall is alleged to have entered the... Read More.

RadioAlabama.com and SylacaugaNews.com award 2019 scholarships

| Posted on Friday, May 17 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - RadioAlabama and SylacaugaNews.com have completed presentation of annual cash scholarship awards to 2019 graduates of four area high schools. The scholarships were established to recognize academic achievement as well as reward integrity, leadership, initiative, entrepreneurial spirit, communication... Read More.