Alec Etheredge has been named managing editor at Shelby County Newspapers, Inc., Columbiana, Ala.
Etheredge joined the newspaper as a staff writer in 2016 and was promoted to a sports reporter role later that year. A year later, in November 2017, he was promoted to sports editor — a position he has held since.
Etheredge is a Shelby County native and a graduate of the University of Alabama, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism.