Lee Perryman, Author at Sylacauga News

ALEA reports vehicle-riding lawnmower accident in Childersburg

Saturday, December 21 by Lee Perryman

CHILDERSBURG, Ala. - Just after 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, Alabama State Troopers responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting a traffic crash on Heasletts Rd. in Childersburg. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, a minor operating a riding lawnmower was traveling westbound and uphill towing... Read More.

Coosa River Express to connect Sylacauga and I-65

Friday, December 13 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - Imagine faster trips west and south while avoiding U.S. Highway 280 traffic to Birmingham. A 36-minute drive from Sylacauga to Interstate 65. New residential and industrial development and increasing property values. By the spring of 2021, some 44 years after the last... Read More.

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

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 sentenced to 117 months in... Read More.

Inmate escapes from Frank Lee Work Center in Elmore

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, he is serving a three-year... Read More.

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

Monday, September 16 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 be found during a bed... Read More.

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

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 schools will be honored in... Read More.

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

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 providers. The internet and cell phones... Read More.

Sylacauga’s Newest Street

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 as a gift during official... Read More.

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

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 21. Certain clothing, school supplies,... Read More.

RadioAlabama and Marble City Media commit to major Sylacauga expansion

Sunday, June 30 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 on the southern edge of... Read More.

Federal District Court Ruling Allows Alabama Census Lawsuit to Proceed

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 and U.S. Representative Mo Brooks... Read More.

Goodwater man arrested for weekend burglary in Sylacauga

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 Sylacauga residence of a female... Read More.

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