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Tallassee falls in regional tournament

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Streetscape is nearing completion

ECHS parts way with baseball coach

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Cleaning up the pieces

MAY 15, 2024

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Linda Mosher checks on her shop on South Ann Street in Tallassee. Thursday night’s storm damaged her front window. She is unsure if wind alone caused the damage or if the wind launched an object into the shop.

Storm causes minor issues across Elmore County

rain and wind was coming through around 10 p.m. Thursday, it peeled back The most significant dam- the roof of a building on age in the following multiple Sistrunk Street in Tallassee. rounds of storms Thursday In the process three businight and Friday morning nesses were left exposed was in downtown Tallassee. to the elements and left all As the first round of three plus Grove Station By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor

without power. “I have to empty my coolers,” Grove Station owner Corrie Sid. “I have so much perishable food to throw out.” Sid’s refrigerators were See STORM, Page A6

City gets another $5.5 million for cast iron gas line replacement By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor The City of Tallassee will have almost no cast iron gas lines after another grant from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The $5,469,300 in grant

FAMILY CELEBRATES MISSING MAN’S

BIRTHDAY By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor

t’s been a month since the family of Michael Thompson has seen him. He left a family gathering near Eclectic on April 14 and headed home to Tallassee. Thompson hasn’t been seen since. His vehicle was found three days later. On Sunday, Thompson’s

family gathered like it always does for a family celebration. This time, for Thompson’s 61st birthday. “His birthday (was Sunday),” sister Joanne Wright said. “We are hoping and praying to find him.” Dozens of family and friends gathered in Thompson’s lawn to release balloons and sing Happy Birthday to a man they all adored. Some

shed tears as they watched the balloons rise through the pecan trees Thompson cut grass under. Three days after Thompson was last seen, his vehicle was found near Franklin. It’s an area Thompson doesn’t travel to much, and never alone. He had already been reported

money will be used to replace more than 13 miles of gas lines in East Tallassee. It was just a year ago PHMSA awarded Tallassee $9,700,000 in funding to replace cast iron gas lines in the Elmore County See GAS, Page A6

Mason, McElrath take top honors with Sewell award PHMSA awarded Tallassee $9,700,000 in funding to replace cast iron gas lines The City of Tallassee in the Elmore County will have almost no cast portion of Tallassee. The iron gas lines after another grants will allow Tallasgrant from the Pipeline see to go from a system and Hazardous Materials having one of the largest Safety Administration. percentage of cast iron The $5,469,300 in grant lines in its system across money will be used to the country to almost none. replace more than 13 miles The more than $15 of gas lines in East TallasSee HONORS, Page A6 see. It was just a year ago By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor

See BIRTHDAY, Page A6

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Family and friends of Michael Thompson release balloons at his home on his 61st birthday Sunday. The family has been searching for Thompson for a month after he disappeared.

Tallassee’s Brady Mason, center, was announced as the boy’s overall winner at the 20th Annual Joe Sewell Memorial Award Banquet. He is posing with prior winners and board members of the award.

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