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🌱 What a judge’s ruling means for Sylacauga’s city clerk and mayor

Sylacauga, Alabama Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Sylacauga! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What a judge’s ruling means for Sylacauga’s city clerk and mayor
  • How Sylacauga may humanely tackle feral dogs along busy Highway 280
  • See how Comer Elementary students brought baby chicks to their classroom

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 84 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Thursday: Beautiful with plenty of sun, temps: high: 84, low: 59.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Judge rules former Sylacauga city clerk was wrongfully terminated, orders mediation (abc3340.com) — A recent court ruling found former Sylacauga City Clerk/Treasurer Alexandra Lambert was wrongfully terminated because only the City Council, not the mayor, had authority to remove her from the post. While she won’t be reinstated since her term has expired, the judge ordered the city into mediation, with Sylacauga covering the mediator’s costs, to work out a resolution.
   

• Sylacauga considers solution to feral dog problem along Hwy. 280 (cbs42.com) — Sylacauga officials are weighing a humane plan to remove growing packs of feral dogs from the dangerous Hwy. 280 corridor, with help from the Greater Birmingham Humane Society. The proposal would relocate and trap the dogs using feeding stations, and city leaders have ruled out earlier suggestions of euthanizing them while they await a formal written plan.
   

• Talladega County 4-H brings farm-to-classroom egg-hatching experience to Comer Elementary students (sylacauganews.com) — Students at B.B. Comer Memorial Elementary in Sylacauga wrapped up the year by hatching chicks in their classrooms, thanks to a Talladega County 4-H partnership. Fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders shared responsibilities from choosing eggs to studying incubation, giving local kids a free, hands-on lesson in science and agriculture.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Cluster of Storms Moving Through The State Today
    https://ema.alabama.gov/14561/cluster-of-storms-moving-through-the-state-today/ (Nextdoor )
  • 2026 Hurricane Season Outlook and Long-Range Forecast for Alabama
    https://ema.alabama.gov/14546/2026-hurricane-season-outlook-and-long-range-forecast-for-alabama/?fbclid… (Nextdoor )
  • Atlas Roofing Corporation posted a job opening for Production Supervisor in Sylacauga. Apply here.
  • Alabama Department of Education posted a job opening for Substitute (Teacher, Nurses, Bus Aides, Instructional Assistant, CNP, Custodian in Sylacauga. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sylacauga here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • If You Have S197 Nostalgia, This Shelby GT Is Up For Auction (fordmuscle.com)
  • ‘Relentless' need: Inside Shelby County's animal overcrowdin... (shelbycountyreporter.com)
  • Four women with Hoover ties competing for Miss Alabama crown this week (hooversun.com)

Talladega

  • Former daycare workers sentenced for physically punishing toddler in Talladega County (wbrc.com)

Ok Sylacauga! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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