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Possible hazardous chemicals found in Prattville: City officials reported on Friday

Possible hazardous chemicals found in Prattville: City officials reported on Friday

Prattville – According to Prattville Mayor Jim Byard Jr., possible hazardous chemicals were found in an abandoned building on 112 Industrial Park Road on the city’s west side.
The site is located approximately one mile from the entrance of the International Paper Company.
Code Enforcement Officers, acting on a complaint by a City Councilman, recently found the [...]

Prattville bullying meeting brings awareness to problem

Prattville bullying meeting brings awareness to problem

Prattville – The sanctuary of First United Methodist Church in Prattville was filled to capacity last night with parents, children, school and law enforcement officials, and concerned citizens, to learn and discuss the issues of bullying.
Prattville Mayor Jim Byard Jr. stated that although the presentation was timely due to a website constructed recently to promote [...]

A sit down with Rep. Mac Gipson: Legislator discusses gambling and other issues affecting Alabama

A sit down with Rep. Mac Gipson: Legislator discusses gambling and other issues affecting Alabama

Prattville – A lifelong resident of Autauga County, H. Mac Gipson is serving a fourth term in the Alabama House of Representatives District 88 (which covers both Autauga and Elmore counties).
Gipson’s standing house committees include Education, Finance and Appropriations, the Education Committee, the Children’s First Joint Oversight Committee, and the Community Service Grant Joint [...]

City of Prattville to file suit against Lexon Insurance Company

City of Prattville to file suit against Lexon Insurance Company

Prattville – The City Council voted unanimously tonight to authorize the City to file suit against Lexon Insurance Company for the completion of Eastwood Subdivision.
It was determined that the developer of Eastwood, located directly behind the Prattville Town Center, failed to finish the development in the allotted two-year time period; i.e., curbs, guttering, and streets [...]

Starnes resigns Autauga BOE seat

Starnes resigns Autauga BOE seat

Prattville – Tammy Starnes, who represents District 1 on the Autauga County School Board, has resigned after serving in that position for five and a half years, and announced that decision during Thursday night’s meeting.
Starnes read an emotional resignation letter stating that this would be her last board meeting and that she would be stepping [...]

Richard Shelby visits Prattville

Richard Shelby visits Prattville

Prattville – United States Republican Senator Richard Shelby visited Prattville Wednesday morning to discuss the national debt, the state of the economy, and health care reform, at a breakfast sponsored by the Prattville Chamber of Commerce.
Since 1986, Shelby has served in the Senate, and is ranking member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee [...]

Troy King presser on gambling task force 2-17-10 pt 1

Attorney General King gives Governor Riley an opportunity to resolve gambling issue

Attorney General King gives Governor Riley an opportunity to resolve gambling issue

Montgomery, AL – Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced today in a press conference that, as the state’s chief law officer, it was within his authority to intervene and direct Governor Bob Riley’s Gambling Task Force Commander John Tyson’s actions, but he was not prepared to exercise that option … yet.
In early January of this [...]

Request to annex Prattville High School passes City Council

Request to annex Prattville High School passes City Council

Prattville – A proposal, sponsored by Council President Dean Argo, to request for annexation of Prattville High School, was passed unanimously Tuesday night at the Council meeting, despite a motion by Councilman Ray Boles to table the discussion for two weeks.
“The Autauga County Board of Education and Mr. Boles have been in meetings and are [...]

Former President Bill Clinton rushed to hospital

Former President Bill Clinton rushed to hospital

New York, NY – Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center Thursday afternoon, according to ABC News.
A spokesperson from Clinton’s office said that he was experiencing chest pains and underwent heart surgery.
Doctors inserted two stints into his native coronary artery after one of the bypass grafts from [...]

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