Samuel Higgs - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

My name is Samuel Higgs and I'm the current Sports Editor for the Alexander City Outlook and Dadeville Record where I cover high school athletics for six schools in Tallapoosa County. I previously was a football and basketball beat reporter for the Red & Black when I was a student at the University of Georgia.

Content

Total articles 103

• Errors prove costly for Dadeville softball

  By Samuel Higgs| Alexander City Outlook Verified If there were any questions about the offensive output of the Dadeville softball team, it was answered against Tallassee. However, one question did arise — what about the defense? kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?m%96 %:86CD 7@F?5 E96>D6=G6D EC25:?8 CF?D 7@C E96 6?E:C6EJ @7 E96 ?:89E 3FE F=E:>2E6=J %2==2DD66 42>6 @FE @?

  By Samuel Higgs · Alexander City Outlook

  Mar. 07, 2025

• BRHS to name new court after local legend

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  By Samuel Higgs · Alexander City Outlook

  Feb. 26, 2025

• Benjamin Russell's historic run comes to an end in Elite 8

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  By Samuel Higgs · Alexander City Outlook

  Feb. 26, 2025

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Alexander City Outlook

A community needs news and Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc is proud to serve our communities through our newspapers, magazines, and digital platforms covering Tallapoosa, Elmore, and Coosa counties. We are a dedicated media team committed to providing local content to our loyal readers through excellent journalism, award-winning advertising, and community involvement. We promise to be ingrained in our communities through local reporting and community events while continuing to grow our digital and social media presence. What sets Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc apart from our competitors? Content: We report on the local news you won't find anywhere else. Reach: The numbers speak for themselves. We reach more households than our competitors in nearly every zip code we cover. Engagement: We aren't interruptive. We are the media people look forward to. Our audience seeks out our products, in print and online. Community: We are members of local associations. We report on board meetings and local government. We're a vendor at the local festival. We host local events. We are in the community every day because that is our commitment to our readers and business partners. Portfolio: It has never been easier to buy advertising in the lake and river region. We have more than 50 products in our portfolio with one point of contact. Innovative: In addition to our dominance in print, TPI continues to expand to other media platforms. With a strong knowledge of the digital skyline, an equally strong audience following and more than 125 years of news gathering expertise, TPI dominates the market.