The Eclectic Observer

The Eclectic Observer The Eclectic Observer is the community newspaper of Eclectic, Ala. Our offices are located in Alexander City, Alabama.

The paper was founded in 1988 and publishes weekly with The Wetumpka Herald and The Tallassee Tribune. The Eclectic Observer is a weekly newspaper covering events and interests in the central Alabama town of Eclectic. Published each Thursday by Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc., The Observer covers news, government, lifestyles and sports for the town's residents and admirers.

Juvenile courts catch it all from juvenile delinquency, school threats and school truancy. New Elmore County District Co...
01/11/2025

Juvenile courts catch it all from juvenile delinquency, school threats and school truancy. New Elmore County District Court Judge Ben Baxley has already tackled them all giving juveniles detention and parents jail time.

Judge Ben Baxley has been around the courtroom for decades and has seen it all as a prosecutor.

Growing up an Auburn fan in the 1980s was a lot of fun.
01/11/2025

Growing up an Auburn fan in the 1980s was a lot of fun.

Check on your neighbors. It’s going to be another cold day!
01/11/2025

Check on your neighbors. It’s going to be another cold day!

2024 will be remembered for many things – two Presidential assassination attempts, a major political party replacing the...
01/10/2025

2024 will be remembered for many things – two Presidential assassination attempts, a major political party replacing their own sitting President by running the Vice President at the top of the ticket, wars and rumors of wars all over the globe.

2024 will be remembered for many things – two Presidential assassination attempts, a major political party replacing their own sitting President by running the Vice President at the top of

Have you ever written a letter to yourself? Did you open it 25 years later? Some former Millbrook Middle School students...
01/09/2025

Have you ever written a letter to yourself? Did you open it 25 years later? Some former Millbrook Middle School students did thanks to a teacher.

The months leading up to Jan. 1, 2000 were stressful.

Keep these cold weather tips in mind as you prepare for tonight.
01/09/2025

Keep these cold weather tips in mind as you prepare for tonight.

Governor Kay Ivey has issued a state of emergency for 37 counties ahead of this week’s winter weather.
01/09/2025

Governor Kay Ivey has issued a state of emergency for 37 counties ahead of this week’s winter weather.

JUST IN: Elmore County Schools will have a virtual learning day Friday.
01/09/2025

JUST IN: Elmore County Schools will have a virtual learning day Friday.

This is Richard Dennis, Superintendent of Elmore County Public Schools. After consulting with the Elmore County EMA concerning the icy weather forecasted for tomorrow, superintendent Richard Dennis has announced all

01/09/2025

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Tallapoosa, Coosa and Elmore counties from midnight tonight to 3 p.m. Friday.

01/09/2025

A seventh grader at Redland Middle School is improving after a Tuesday medical episode at the school forced a medical flight to Children’s Hospital.

Be prepared for the bitter cold.
01/08/2025

Be prepared for the bitter cold.

(01/08/25 1:02 pm) Prepare for very cold temperatures tonight with lows in the upper teens to low 20s. The combination of winds and temperature will create wind chill values from 10-15 degrees. A Cold Weather Advisory will be in effect from 10 pm tonight through 8 am Thursday morning.

01/08/2025

Weather could impact Coosa, Elmore and Tallapoosa counties Thursday night into Friday.

01/06/2025

If you have photos of snow falling in Elmore County, we would like to see them. Share them in comments and they could be used in the newspaper?

01/04/2025

A Hispanic man deported five times in five years is now accused of trying to kidnap a juvenile female in Holtville.

01/04/2025

One of my Christmas traditions is one I celebrate by myself.

01/03/2025

Gunshots could be heard, and the heat was intense. While Christopher Robbins was an enlisted soldier, he first began studying history. His studies would not only lead him to teaching

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The Eclectic Observer is a weekly newspaper covering events and interests in the central Alabama town of Eclectic. Published each Thursday by Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc., The Observer covers news, government, lifestyles and sports for the town's residents and admirers. Our offices are located in Alexander City, Alabama.