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Bealey identified as alleged murderer through rap video style rifle into a crowd of people and thereby caus(ing) the death of another person,” court documents
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LEARNING TO DRIVE FOR JOBS AT
TALLASSEE HIGH SCHOOL “The class and certification gives the students a basic understanding of how omorrow’s valued con- to operate a skid steer safestruction site and land- ly and effectively,” THS scaping employees are faculty member Dr. Danat Tallassee High School iel Free said. “With these today. skills they can find a job Students are learning with almost any construcskills and getting industry tion company, landscaping accepted certifications that outfit and more likely startare valuable in the working pay of about $25 per place, especially in the hour.” trades. This week 12 THS THS partnered with students are working on a Central Alabama Commuskid steer certification. nity College, who provided
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the skid steers the students used and the instructor Brady Atkins, who happens to be a THS Class of 2017 alumni. “I’m not the smartest person there is,” Atkins said. “I went to work out of school and started on the end of a shovel.” Atkins worked his way learning to operate the skid steer and more along the way. Last year he was See LEARNING, Page A6
Tallassee High School students talk about the course they will drive during a skid steer class Tuesday morning.
Keyuntae Bealey, 27, of Childersburg, was in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing in the alleged murder case of Chavorian BEALEY Williams, 26, of Tallassee. According to court doc- state. uments, Bealey is being Details emerged about charged with reckless the night of the alleged murder after firing “an AR See MURDERER, Page A6
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Municipalities and Elmore County work together to determine what is needed to respond after a disaster. Later plans are put in place to acquire necessary assets to better respond in future disasters.
Always planning for the worst Elmore County constantly surveying needs for response to disaster By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Responding to a disaster isn’t easy. Officials don’t
know what might happen or where. But that doesn’t mean they can’t prepare. To be ready for See PLANNING, Page A6
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