Talladega Lions Club Chairman Ray Miller (middle) welcomed Presbyterian Home for Children President Doug Marshall to Thursday’s regular monthly meeting at Tina’s Home Cooking.

“It’s time to deal with classrooms, not monuments. I believe in public education. If we do not keep it fully funded and teachers paid, we are going to lose a generation of children.”

Phil Boozer, senior vice president and senior chief sales officer for America’s First Federal Credit Union, said Thursday that his company had purchased the property “in anticipation of putting a new branch there,” but could not comment on any of the details of such a project.

The B.B. Comer Memorial Library Foundation is bringing true-crime author David Howard to the library Wednesday, April 25.

This year’s national competition will be in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 27-29. Chef Melissa Allphin will accompany the team to nationals.

It was a fairly quiet week for the Talladega Fire Department, according to Chief Danny Warwick. There were a dozen calls listed for the week, but nearly half of those turned out to be accidental or false alarms.

“I would have done anything and everything to keep the students at Steele, and still will. I want to help this board find another solution."

Unlawful possession of a controlled substance is a class D felony in Alabama, punishable upon conviction by one year and one day to five years in prison.

Riverside police Chief Rick Oliver said money from the sale of the pistols could be used to purchase other equipment needed by the Police Department.

Garbage will continue being picked up once a week. The cost for garbage pickup remains the same.