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WPD: Local woman stabbed to death by boyfriend
By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Bureau Chief
A Wetumpka man was charged with the murder of his longtime girlfriend following a brutal conflict on Oct. 17. Corrace Cedrekus Calloway, 34, was arrested by the Wetumpka Police Department last Wednesday in connection with the murder of Selina Quana Powell, 28, also of Wetumpka. Police said they had been involved in a relationship for four years.
next morning. Blackburn called Powell’s murder tragic and “absolutely preventable.” “Individuals need to take responsibility for their own actions,” Blackburn said. “If they did, we wouldn’t have domestic violence situations.” Calloway is currently being held at the Elmore County Jail on a $150,000 bond. Murder is a Class A felony, which can result in a life sentence in prison upon conviction.
“A neighbor rendered as According to Cpl. Sean much aid as she could when Blackburn, officers were she noticed the commotion,” dispatched to a Wetumpka Blackburn said. apartment complex after 11 Calloway, who had left before p.m. on Oct. 16 after receiving a officers arrived, was found report of domestic violence. with similar stab wounds in the “It was a mutual domestic Crenshaw Village community. violence call that escalated very Blackburn said Calloway was quickly,” Blackburn said. Calloway treated for his injuries at Elmore When they arrived, police Community Hospital before he was found Powell suffering from multiple detained. Powell was pronounced dead stab wounds after a neighbor called at a hospital in Montgomery early the 911.
Man indicted for Luckytown murder
Film festival held at ‘Big Fish’ movie set
By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Bureau Chief
By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Bureau Chief
An Elmore County grand jury recently issued an indictment against a 27-year-old man accused of murder. Larry Terelle Turner, who lists an address on Lucky Town Loop in Elmore, was initially arrested by the Elmore County Turner Sheriff’s office and charged with murder on June 9. According to police, several people called 911 that night to report a shooting on Luckytown Road in Elmore. Deputies arrived after 9 p.m. to discover the body of a 40-year-old man lying in the street. See LUCKYTOWN • Page A2
cross country traveling film festival with a focus on solar energy made a stop at what’s left of a well-known movie set in Millbrook Saturday. According to director and founder Jess Giacobbe, this is the second year that the film festival has been held at the set of the fictional town of Spectre, which was featured in the 2003 film, “Big Fish.” Giacobbe said Spectre was the 12th of 15 stops throughout the United States. “We came here for the first time last year, and it was, by far, our most successful event, so we had to come back,” Giacobbe said. The film festival featured nine short films, all of which centered around the environment, nature or traveling. “We sent out an open call to filmmakers to submit their films See FILM • Page A3
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Oscillation Transia engineer Austin Krause explains the inner workings of his homemade generator, which uses solar energy to power all of the festival’s equipment.
Statue garden added to Merchants Alley
Main Street leases downtown’s second oldest building By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Bureau Chief
Main Street Wetumpka recently completed its move to a space in a local building that has been standing since before the Civil War. According to Main Street Wetumpka Director Jenny Stubbs, the move to 114 Company St. came after more than two successful years in operation. “Those first two years, you grow as an See BUILDING • Page A2
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