Prattville – Construction of The Exchange at HomePlace or Project K as it was previously known has begun. Earth moving machines are bustling around the area at the corner of Cobbs Ford Road and Highway 82 Bypass. The go-ahead for the project was given last October when the City Council approved the 266,000 square-foot shopping [...]
Award-winning actor Eric Braeden was born Hans Jorg Gudegast in Bredenbek Germany (near Kiel) and in 1959 immigrated to the United States. He is best known for his portrayal of Victor Newman, the rich and ruthless business mogul on television’s #1 rated daytime drama series The Young and the Restless. Eric is only the second [...]
Prattville – It has been one year since the devastating F3 tornado hit the city of Prattville and the surrounding area. At least 50 people were injured in Autauga County, though, miraculously no one was killed; hundreds of trees were downed, and an estimated 200 homes were ravaged during the twister that left a path [...]
Montgomery, AL – In 1935, a group of animals were housed at Oak Park, Montgomery’s first public park. There were monkeys, bears, alligators, deer, and a pair of lions; one purchased from a zoo in Arizona and the other a gift of the Ringling Brothers Circus. Also located there were two small trains, a merry-go-round, [...]
Prattville – The work on the second phase of the Creekwalk revitalization project appears to be finished except for the lighting fixtures. When Our Prattville last reported on this project, Richard Campbell of Alabama Design Construction in Montgomery told us that they were experiencing two delays; one with the fencing and the other with the [...]
Prattville – Mac & More is opening Saturday, February 14, in the Prattville Town Center. Mac & More is an Apple Specialist store. Apple Specialist is a designation given to an independent Apple Inc. reseller by the manufacturer. A specialist has demonstrated consistent, exceptional, and comprehensive knowledge of Apple technology, offers its complete line of [...]
Singer, classically trained pianist, guitarist, producer, actor and author John Ford Coley is probably most well known for his partnership in the musical duo England Dan and John Ford Coley. They released “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” in 1976, which debuted at number two on the pop charts. The duo had four top [...]
Prattville – What happened to all of those grand predictions that were made when Prattville’s High Point Town Center opened its first store, Bass Pro Shops, in 2007? Comparisons were being made between High Point and the Summit in Birmingham. Within the Summit’s one million square feet are about 97 stores, including such outparcel restaurants [...]
Prattville – Saturday was a beautiful sunny day as thousands of spectators lined the streets of downtown to catch beads, candy, t-shirts, and moon pies during the 5th annual Prattville Mardi Gras parade. This years parade theme was “I love the 80s,” so Prattville’s Mayor Gray Price, former Prattville mayor in the 1980s, served as [...]
Prattville – On Friday, January 30, Our Prattville reported on deteriorating and dangerous conditions at Cooters Pond Park in Prattville. The fencing that protected park visitors from the steep bluff above the waterline was missing. Today, we revisited the area to see if any progress had been made in correcting these issues. We saw a [...]
