By John West The City of LaFayette has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for $500,000. The grant money will go towards making much needed repairs to the city water treatment plant. The announcement was made at Monday’s city council meeting. “I think everyone’s excited about this,” said LaFayette City Clerk, Lewis Davidson. Read More…
Author: Jordan Wilcox
The Sun touts new website
By Jordan WilcoxTech Manager We here at Wilcox Newspapers are proud to announce our newly renovated website. Since we switched to a consolidated website in 2020, our news stories have had no proper online home. That changes for 2022. As many of our readers know, the first thing you see when visiting our website is Read More…
University pitches COVID community development plan
By John West On Monday evening, Dr. Arturo Menefee of the Equitable Neighborhoods Initiative, spoke to the LaFayette City Council about starting a program in LaFayette to help address issues related to COVID-19. The Equitable Neighborhoods Initiative is part of the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development. LaFayette is one of 15 communities this Read More…
Miss Southern Union set for Jan. 20
McKenzie Gay, the reigning Miss Southern Union, will crown a new Miss Southern Union on January 20, in Brazeal Auditorium on Southern Union’s Wadley Campus. The Miss Southern Union pageant is an official preliminary to the Miss Alabama/Miss America Pageant. Candidates for the title are judged in private interview, talent, onstage question, and evening wear. Read More…
AMEA scholarship deadline nears
By John West The Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) has announced a Feb 14 2022 deadline for its annual scholarship program. “We give out four scholarships of $2,500 to high school seniors who will be attending schools in the state of Alabama,” said LaFayette City Clerk, Lewis Davidson. “If you have any friends, family members, Read More…
EAMC COVID hospitalizations near peak
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS NEAR 2ND PEAKOn Sunday, East Alabama Health matched its April 2020 peak of 54 COVID-19 hospitalizations and surpassed that total this morning with 61 patients. This total is just shy of the 62 COVID hospitalizations recorded in July 2020. Currently, six patients require the use of a ventilator. This compares to eight with Read More…
LPD Year in Review
The LaFayette Police Department investigated 87 traffic accidents resulting in 14 injuries and no fatalities during the year. There were 5836 complaints resulting in 876 arrest. Animal control picked up 5. MONTH COMPLAINTS ARREST WRECKS INJURIES FATALITIES ANIMAL CONTROLJanuary 418 59 5 0 0 3February 370 49 7 1 0 1March 455 34 8 0 Read More…
LPD Monthly Report
The LaFayette Police Department investigated 429 complaints resulting in 29 arrests during the month of December 2021. There were 3 accidents resulting in 0 injuries. 1-speeding1-failure to appear or pay2-attempt to elude1-possession of marijuana2-obstructing governmental operations5-driver’s license suspended or revoked3-resist arrest4-expired tag1-fail stop sign1-certain persons not permitted firearm2-assault 2nd2-obstructing police1-terrorist threat1-disorderly conduct1-improper tag light1-open container Read More…
LPD arrests for Dec.
Matthew Johnson 40, was charged with failure to appear or payTommie Daniels 55, was charged with failure to appear or payDemarco Huguley 37, was charged with failure to appear or payJesus Williams 18, was charged with attempt to eludeMarcus Broughton 34, was charged with possession of marijuana 1st, assault 2nd, resist arrest, attempt to elude, Read More…
Humor by Bill Frazer: DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
How can a 93 year-old possibly make sense of things going on in our modern times? If you were born in the 1920’s, could you understand how a 4-inch screen has taken over the world? I thought I was the best dad in the world when I invested in a set of Encyclopedias, and now Read More…