http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/ Tallapoosa County, AL News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/4cbfb7ddc5cfbae9b804ba0a753ec341.html Charles Hardage the veteran Chambers County Commissioner who lost his seat after a recount of the Nov 4 ballots was ordered has appealed the result with the circuit court http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/3ec0f639ebfa2ef8fa6ad0e201bb3ed1.html TUSKEGEE Civil rights icon Fred Gray will celebrate his 78th birthday tonight at a museum that chronicles the history he forged in courtrooms across the country http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/7640108f7bb68254e389c53e9ef11efb.html TUSKEGEE Civil rights icon Fred Gray will celebrate his 78th birthday tonight at a museum that chronicles the history he forged in courtrooms across the country http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/34c98e80dba55c732321999a3e18698d.html When six of seven audits of small town courts conducted by state examiners find missing public money or sloppy bookkeeping there is something significantly wrong That's a pattern that deserves further probing by both examiners and in some cases state prosecutors http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/db9306a1b8c5b45bcdd676ce75069b6c.html The Leroy Bears won their 24th consecutive game Friday night with a 266 pounding of the Reeltown Rebels on a foggy and rainy night in Tallapoosa County Leroy jumped in front 120 in the first quarter and never looked back advancing to the Super Six for the third straight season http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/fbbc6ff40f60cdafc824aae90366469a.html A man from Sylacauga will serve more time following a second conviction for theft of goods and services not delivered http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/a85296441251646167b9e0a8db71d40f.html Bears advance to B'ham with 266 win in semifinals The Leroy Bears won their 24th consecutive game Friday night with a 266 pounding of the Reeltown Rebels on a foggy and rainy night in Tallapoosa County Leroy jumped in front 120 in the first quarter and never looked back advancing to the Super Six for the third straight season http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/tallapoosa-county/content/7a724a945ab1b4f6fd97fca92c46abbf.html It was 45 years ago that shots rang out in Dealy Plaza in Dallas and within minutes the news traveled arond the globe Presshy;ident John F Kennedy had been shot and killed by an assassin It's been a long time since Nov 22 1963 but any American who was alive that day remembers exactly where they were when they heard the unbelievable newsHere are the recollections of Alabamians and River Region residents:Gov Bob Riley was a sophoshy;more at the University of Alabashy;ma and had just left Bidgood Hall when he noticed something out of the ordinaryEverybody seemed to have little transistor radios up to their earshe said Friday aftershy;noon I then saw a friend of mine and when I asked what was going on he said 'the presishy;dent's been shot'Riley reshy;calledThe future governor said his next words were: Was he killedand he soon learned that the president had died of his woundsRiley said he went to the UA bookstore on campus and spent much of that Friday afternoon 45 years ago glued to a television setIt's one of those things that you always remember especialshy;ly about something that imporshy;tantRiley said I know it's inshy;grained in my memory I remember that whole day and the glazed look on the faces of evshy;erybody on campusJessie Klonaris 85 was at home getting ready for her shift at Ideal Cafeacute; on Dexter Avenue when she heard the news that President Kennedy had been shot She said at first she thought he would definiteshy; ly pull through and began praying that he would be all rightWhen he wasn't she said she sad she remembers being overwhelmed and sadIt was unbelievable you just couldn't believe something like that could happenshe said It was the worst thing that I think happened in my lifetime It was so sadWhen he finally got to the hospital I was praying and prayshy;ing that he would live He had so many things to do that he didn't get to I think he would have done wonderful things in his presidencyIt was a disaster finding out That man seemed to have charshy;isma that no one else had Obashy;ma reminds me of that and I worry about him I was even scared to vote for Obama beshy;cause I didn't want to feel like I put in nail in his coffin isn't that terribleshe said with tears streaming down her faceAlexander City lawyer Tom Radney was on his way to the Tallapoosa County Courthouse and was headed toward a courtroom when he learned that Mr Kennedy was shotI was in a state of shocksaid Radney a former state senator and a member of the Alabama delegation to the 1960 Democratic National Convention where Kennedy received the party's presidential nominationHe said he briefly met Kennedy who was a US senator from MassachusettsStanley Ingram 96 was in Alexander City working at Russell Manufacturing Company when he heard the newsJust about everyone thought the world was coming to an endhe said We were confused over the situation and we wondered what was going to happen nexthe saidIngram said if John F Kennedy had lived he would have been a great presidentI liked him he was a real good guy he would have been wonderful in his presidency the way I see ithe saidRobert Foshee was in a state of shock after he heard the news He was painting a house on West Street in Oak ParkThe fellow inside came out and told ushe said It was a terrible thinghe said shaking his headFoshee said everyone he knew watched the funeral on TV He recalls when Kenneshy; dy's son John John made his famous salute That moment was touching he saidIt really gets you when you think about the young sonhe saidAs for the person that took Kennedy's place Foshee said he didn't do a good jobJFK would have straightshy;ened out our problems a lot quicker than Lyndon B Johnshy;son; he was on the right trackFoshee saidTroy Mayor Jimmy Lunsford was on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery preparing to enter an office supply store to pick up some items when he heard the newsI got the news over a radio in the storehe said I couldn't believe it I always thought Kennedy was a strong president a very progressive leader who handled situations wellLunsford was a student at the University of Alabama's branch in Montgomery at the time majoring in accountingPatsy Cobb said when she thinks of JFK the words good mancome to mind She was sitshy;ting in a pew at North Montgomshy;ery Baptist Church at the time of his assassination and just beshy;fore the service began she heard the newsOh they shot him it was asshy;tonishing such a wonderful pershy;son he wasshe said He was nice to blacks and to everyshy; bodyCobb reshy; calls it was a time when blacks preshy; ferred to walk rather than take the bus because that was a good way to keep your dignityshe saidPeople had so much hatred in them back then I'm so glad times have changed she said It's different nowshe saidBack then Cobb said her inshy;stincts told her Kennedy may have been shot because of his closeness to blacksThe way I saw it was he was just too close to blacks and a lot of whites didn't like him beshy;cause he was for the right thingshe saidCobb said she remembers seeing the president's wife Jacshy;queline covered in bloodSuch a terrible time and it was a terrible day to hear he was shot; I remember thatshe saidPine Hill Mayor Harry Mason 83 was operating a store when he heard the news and was shocked like everybody elseKennedy wasn't all that popular in Alabama but we didn't want anything to happen to himsaid Mason who was a member of the Alabama Democratic Party's Executive Committee from Wilcox CountyMason said if Kennedy had lived and served a second term I don't think we would have had the big buildup we did in Vietnam Compiled by Alvin Benn and Ashley Hopkinson