Talladega City Manager Patrick Bryant accused members of the city’s governing body of violating the Open Meetings Act during a regular monthly meeting tonight.

SYLACAUGA -- A Sylacauga man is being held on a $36,000 bond after being charged with second-degree burglary, according to Sylacauga Police Chief Kelley Johnson.

RMC Jacksonville is set to be the 12th hospital to close in the state since 2011, according to the Alabama Hospital Association.

Republican voters June 5 will choose one of the two as their candidate for the District 12 seat in the Alabama Senate, a district that covers all of Calhoun County and parts of Talladega and Clay counties. The winner in the primary will face Democrat Jim Williams, a retired naval officer, in the general election.

“All rural hospitals are facing challenging financial times, not just here, but everywhere. We are still 100 percent committed to operating a rural hospital in Talladega, but we have to look at what services we can offer with quality and efficiency."

While everyone in the sewing group sews with two hands and 10 fingers, Harding sews with no right hand and only one finger on her left hand.

Leadership Sylacauga was established to identify and educate upcoming leaders in the business and industrial community, which includes city, county, state and federal entities.

Two students, Shantoria Williams of Childersburg High and Marlonda Pemberton of Talladega County Central High, were both awarded scholarships and named to the All-System Academic Team.

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.

“It’s the only 40-acre, pad-ready site in the Birmingham area,” Smith said of the almost completed Cogswell Industrial Park. “We will seed it (for grass) in a couple of weeks.”