VALLEY — The Valley City Council has issued a proclamation recognizing Saturday, October 14th as Unite Valley Day. The post Valley council recognizes Unite Valley Day appeared first on Valley Times-News.

The sinkhole in West Point on Ninth Avenue has been filled in though the road is still closed to traffic due to the concern about large trucks getting stuck on the tracks. The post Sinkhole in West Point filled, crossing remaining closed appeared first on Valley Times-News.

The chanting of “No equity, no peace” was once again the background anthem to the Chambers County School District’s board meeting on Wednesday night as a crowd stood outside the doors to protest the district’s leadership. The post LaFayette protests at the BOE meeting appeared first on Valley Times-News.

As electric vehicles are seeing a bigger and bigger portion of car manufacturing, educators are trying to keep ahead by ensuring that a trained workforce is available to meet demand. The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) held an electric vehicle roundtable discussion at the West Georgia Technical College LaGrange campus on Tuesday. The roundtable […] The post Preparing for the electric vehicle future appeared first on Valley Times-News.

A nationwide See You at the Pole prayer event will be held on Wednesday at 7 a.m. ET. Students from around the community will gather at their flag poles for a prayer event. At 7 p.m. ET, the community is invited to the Saw You at the Pole event at East Liberty Baptist Association in […] The post See you at the pole event happening Wednesday appeared first on Valley Times-News.

VALLEY — At its Monday meeting, the Valley City Council held a first reading of an ordinance to lease a 370-acre site to a hunting club. The city-owned property is located near the Chattahoochee River between old Shawmut airport and EAMC-Lanier Hospital. It was formerly known as the Scott property. The River Bottom Hunting Club […] The post City leases site to hunting club appeared first on Valley Times-News.

During Monday’s meeting, County Highway Engineer Joshua Harvill gave the Chambers County Commission an update on the bridges on County Road 98 and County Road 166 and several county roads that were damaged in the March flooding. “We are working really hard to get patching done,” Harvill said. Harvill told the commission his department has […] The post County gets damaged road, bridges update appeared first on Valley Times-News.

VALLEY — The Valley City Council at its Monday meeting unanimously approved a $12 million budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year, which starts on Oct. 1. “It’s a good budget,” said Mayor Leonard Riley. “We have been having good budgets for the past seven or eight years. Most of the work for it was done […] The post Valley approves $12M budget appeared first on Valley Times-News.

The Chambers County School District is moving forward with plans to build a consolidated high school in Valley that will open in fall 2026, following a written opinion from U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins issued Friday. Watkins’ opinion overruled objections from the plaintiffs’ — the Legal Defense Fund and the Department of Justice — and […] The post ‘We are ready to move forward’: Chambley comments on judge’s written opinion that OK’d consolidated high school in Valley appeared first on Valley Times-News.

An exhibit from the Smithsonian is coming to the Annie L. Awbrey Library in Roanoke, Alabama, in December to tell the story of the history of rural towns in America and their evolution. Crossroads: Change in Rural America is a Museum on Main Street (MoMS) traveling exhibition, which is touring many museums and libraries in […] The post Smithsonian exhibit heading to Roanoke appeared first on Valley Times-News.

LaFAYETTE — On Thursday afternoon, a certified local government coordinator from the Alabama Historical Commission was in LaFayette to conduct a workshop with members of the city’s historic preservation commission. The speaker, Paige Thomas, has been with the Alabama Historical Commission for the past three years. She had previously worked with city governments in promoting […] The post Historical commission speaks in LaFayette appeared first on Valley Times-News.

LANETT —Fire Prevention Week is a couple of weeks away, but Lanett seniors and senior center employees were tested on their fire safety skills last Thursday with an unannounced fire drill. “We wanted it as much like the real thing as possible,” said Lanett Senior Center Manager Sandra Thornton. “We’ve talked about this before and […] The post Mock fire drill tests senior center’s readiness for emergency appeared first on Valley Times-News.

WEST POINT — At Thursday’s noon hour meeting of the West Point Rotary Club, Jerry Ledbetter talked about the Historic West Point and the Chattahoochee Valley Facebook page he and Eddie Lanier run. Its purpose is to honor local history by highlighting historic structures, people and events. Ledbetter is a city council member in West […] The post Ledbetter discusses popular West Point history page appeared first on Valley Times-News.

A written order released Friday by U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins, confirmed a previous ruling from June, and has given the green light to the Chambers County School District moving forward with building a consolidated high school in Valley. The ruling permits the Board to proceed immediately with its plans presented to the court at […] The post Judge’s releases written opinion, OK’ing CCSD to build new, consolidated high school in Valley appeared first on Valley Times-News.

On Thursday evening, the Biblical History Center in LaGrange hosted a question and answer session with Chris Juen and  Chad Gundersen, the executive producers of the hit television series “The Chosen.” The post Producers of ‘The Chosen’ speak at Biblical History Center appeared first on Valley Times-News.

LaFayette High School seniors Cardaja Burney and Malik Burton were crowned the 2023 homecoming queen and king during the homecoming game last Friday. The post LHS king, queen happy to represent school appeared first on Valley Times-News.

The Greater Valley Area Chamber of Commerce honored several community businesses and with awards during its 60th annual membership dinner on Thursday. The post Chamber honors ambassador, business of the year appeared first on Valley Times-News.

The cities of Lanett and LaFayette, and Chambers County, continue to plan around how police jurisdictions will be handled in the future. The post Unknowns remain around police jurisdictions appeared first on Valley Times-News.

A surprise was waiting for 82-year-old Martha Menefield of Valley when the Dream Machine and their partners pulled up to give her a new air conditioning unit and a check for $2,500 on Thursday. The post Menefield, once arrested for failure to pay trash bill, gifted new A/C, $2,500 appeared first on Valley Times-News.

Will you be graduating from high school in the spring of 2024? Do you receive your electricity from a public power utility in Alabama? The post AMEA scholarship program in full swing appeared first on Valley Times-News.