In this episode for Alexander City's 150th Anniversary, author Peggy Jackson Walls sat down with Young family descendant Jerry Allen in a 1998 documentary for some insight into Alex City's founding family. The full video is available to view on Youtube.

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In this installment of our celebration of Alexander City's 150th anniversary, Jane Howell reminisces about growing up in Alex City and the heyday of Russell Corporation with TPI Talk host Scott Hardy.

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This episode for Alexander City's 150th Anniversary features interviews with the late CJ Coley and Bob Saxon on the transfer of land from Indian to white settlers in the Alexander City and Tallapoosa County areas. The interviews were conducted by Peggy Jackson Walls in 1998 as part of a documentary for Alex City's 125th anniversary. The full video is available to view on Youtube.

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As part of our special coverage of Alexander City's 150th Anniversary, we go back in time to discover the origins and early development of our city. Check out the video version here.

You can find more about the history of Alexander City and surrounding areas, in the following books by historian Peggy Jackson Walls: Alexander City, Lost Towns of Central Alabama, Alabama Gold.

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In this episode of The Weekly Outlook we speak with Christina Brown, a local woman who loves to hunt deer despite her lifelong battle with Friedreich's Ataxia, a progressive and incurable nerve disease which has bound her to a wheelchair.

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In this episode of the Weekly Outlook, we speak with Bradley Strother, Technology Director at Alex City Schools about how students are using technology to connect with school from home. 

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In this episode of the Weekly Outlook, we speak with Reeltown girls basketball stars Yonna Kimble, Mckayla Langston and Dasia Keith. 

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Former Central Coosa forward Quin Brooks commits to Bevill State CC

Johnny moves into a new home just days before Christmas

Alexander City great- great-grandmother turns 100 on New Year's Day

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Today's top stories, an interview with Benjamin Russell defensive back Gavin Vickers, the Alexander City Walmart to offer newly FDA authorized COVID-19 oral antivirals, COVID positivity rates double in Tallapoosa county over the holidays and former Central Coosa basketball star Xavier Moon makes his NBA debut against the Brooklyn Nets, all this and more on The Weekly Outlook.

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