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Hit-and-run death case continued By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The case of the hit-and-run death of Tina Doranne Guerrero in November 2018 has been continued. Robert Lancaster, 34, of Jacksons Gap was charged with manslaughter in Guerrero’s death six days after investigators obtained video leading them to Lancaster.
also charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury or death. Guerrero, 50, was struck while outside of her stopped vehicle on the River Bridge in the early morning hours of Nov. 29. She was found by a witness who drove up on the scene and called 911.
hearing at the request of James, Lancaster was granted a who filed documents for the preliminary hearing in the case continuance Monday afternoon by District Court Judge Kim as the courts were closed. She Taylor on Jan. 3 while he was stated she had been under represented by Alexander City doctors’ care for the past four attorney Charles Gillenwaters. weeks and had important doctors Montgomery attorney Susan appointments for Tuesday. James filed documents Jan. Gillenwaters filed and was 29 stating she was retained to Lancaster granted a motion to withdraw represent Lancaster. his representation of Lancaster, who was Tuesday, Taylor continued the
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Ferst Readers inspires more kids to read
No decision on death penalty in capital case
Library program aims to increase reading level of local children
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
By AMY PASSARETTI Lake Martin Living Editor
D
adeville’s Elaine Toney and a group of 16 dedicated members have launched an initiative to increase childhood literacy and readiness for kindergarten in Tallapoosa County. The ultimate goal for the newly established Tallapoosa County Ferst Readers program is to sign up every child up to the age of 5 to receive a free developmentally appropriate book each month. “There are 2,278 children in that age group here and our goal was to have 20 percent of them signed up in our first year,” Toney said. “We are going to meet that and then some.” Robin Ferst of Madison, Georgia, initiated the Ferst Readers program in 1999 with the idea of instilling a lifetime love of reading in children and developing skills for successful learning. According to Toney, kids from low-income families hear 32 million fewer words from birth to the age of See READERS • Page A3
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Elaine Toney’s grandchildren, James and Hannah Bramberg, flip through the age-appropriate books offered by the Ferst Readers program, which sends children up to age 5 a free book once a month.
Patsy Cline lives on in performances of local singer
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As a child, Tina Marie Hosey cried when her father told her Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash. But now the country music legend comes alive each time Hosey takes the stage and mesmerizes the audience with a rendition of Cline’s hits. Cline was only 30 years old when she died in the crash nearly 57 years ago on her way to Nashville, Tennessee, but her See CLINE • Page A5
Tallapoosa County assistant district attorney Kevin Hall said Friday the state has not decided if it will seek the death penalty against Nicholas Seth Harrison in the murder of Denzel Pope. Circuit Judge Ray Martin asked Hall if the state had decided if it was going to seek the death penalty Harrison in the case. “There is no decision yet,” Hall said. Martin also appointed Thomas Goree Jr. as co-counsel to serve with Tim Davis as Harrison’s defense team. Harrison was indicted in January for capital murder in the death of Pope, 21, of Sylacauga, who died after being shot while traveling in a light gold four-door 1993 Acura Legend on Sept. 19. Pope’s vehicle came to a stop on the side of the westbound lanes of Highway 280, just west of Tallapoosa Ford and across from McDaniel Supply and Storage. Alexander City Police See DEATH • Page A3
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Tina Marie Hosey, who lives in Dadeville, impersonates Patsy Cline. She was smitten of the singer at age 5.
Gabrielle Jansen has joined Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. as a staff writer. She will be writing for The Alexander City Outlook and The Dadeville Record. Jansen, 23, graduated from Saint Mary’s College in 2017 with a degree in communication studies and philosophy. During college, Jansen wrote for The Notre Dame-Saint Mary’s Observer. Jansen interned at ABC12 in Jansen Flint, Michigan, and WSBT in South Bend, Indiana. Jansen, the daughter of two veterans, moved around a lot and started her career in journalism as a general assignment reporter at The LaGrange Daily News in LaGrange, Georgia, in See JANSEN • Page A8
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