Lee Perryman, Author at Sylacauga News

Inmate who committed crime in Coosa Co. escapes from Camden Work Release Center

Posted on Sunday, October 6 by Lee Perryman

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Austin Patrick Hall has escaped from Camden Work Release Center in Wilcox Co. according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. He was reported missing at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6. On June 20, 2018, Hall was... Read More.

Inmate escapes from Frank Lee Work Center in Elmore

Posted on Saturday, September 21 by Lee Perryman

ELMORE, Ala. - Eric Lamar Nelms Jr, an inmate at the Frank Lee Youth Center in Elmore Co., escaped from Frank Lee Work Center at approximately 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. According to the Alabama Department of Corrections,... Read More.

Inmate escaped from Childersburg Work Release Center on Friday, recaptured Monday

Posted on Saturday, September 14 by Lee Perryman

CHILDERSBURG, Ala. - An inmate who escaped from the Childersburg Work Release Center on Friday night has been recaptured in Sylacauga. Dale Anthony Sanders, serving a 273 year sentence since March 2003 for a robbery in Tuscaloosa County, could not... Read More.

Bicentennial Schools of Excellence awards honor 21 schools, include sculpture by Sylacauga’s Craigger Browne

Posted on Monday, September 2 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - Marble is Alabama's state rock, and just when you might think sculptor Craigger Browne has done it all with Sylacauga marble, he's done it again to help mark the state's 200th birthday. On Wednesday, Sept. 3, 21... Read More.

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.