Alabaster News

With the separation between Alabaster and Shelby County school systems completed under an agreement approved tonight, the city district's interim superintendent is ready to step down to let the new leader take charge.

In a vote approaching two years in the making, the Alabaster Board of Education unanimously approved an agreement tonight to officially separate from the Shelby County School District.

ALABASTER, Alabama -- State Sen. Cam Ward's bill to annex a Saginaw area subdivision into Alabaster has received legislative approval, helping the neighborhood to join the city's new school system.

ALABASTER, Alabama -- The Alabaster Board of Education officially has a new home office location after the City Council tonight approved a rental agreement for the new municipal administration building .

MONTEVALLO, Alabama -- Montevallo Mayor Hollie Cost is getting ready to host the city's second meeting focusing on supporting local businesses.

Even with the controversial Alabama Accountability Act possibly off the stage for the finale of the 2013 regular session on Monday, lawmakers still expect a long, rough road to the last gavel.

Thompson High School students Victoria Johnson, Madison Bierman and Brittany Bell receive recognition as the top youth volunteers for their work at YMCA facilities in Alabaster, Pelham and Greystone during the Alabaster Board of Education's meeting on Monday, May 13, 2013.

GARDENDALE , Alabama - The results of a study assessing the feasibility of creating a city school system in Gardendale will be released tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Gardendale Civic Center.

Alabaster Board of Education member Derek Henderson at his first meeting tonight received a warm welcome that included a show of respect from his fellow leaders.

The Albert L. Scott Library in Alabaster is holding its spring book sale this weekend starting with an exclusive preview for Friends of the Library members on Friday.

An Alabaster-area elementary school instructor is vying to become the state's top reading teacher at a conference later this year.

The organizer of a 5K run happening in Columbiana on June 29 to raise money for two Shelby County children with health issues is hosting another event the same day to help three others.

Before the 11th annual CityFest musical festivities start June 1 in Alabaster, people can kick off the day by participating in the new 5K race.

Dena Bedsole will be available to sign copies of her memoir, "A New View of an Old Horizon," at Sanctuary Christian Books and Gifts in Alabaster from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Dr. David Cleveland, a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon who most recently was chief medical officer at Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, has joined Children's of Alabama.

With Senate Republicans still arguing over more sweeping changes, a Senate committee Tuesday approved a relatively modest alteration to the controversial Alabama Accountability Act.

The City Council by a 4-3 vote tonight approved Derek Henderson as the new Alabaster Board of Education member to fill the remainder of the seat's term ending June 2015.

The Alabaster Board of Education last week approved the forming school district's new academic year calendar that closely follows the Shelby County system's schedule with one major exception.

Jeffery Tyrone Riggs had been convicted in the January 2008 shooting death of his former girlfriend, Norber Payne, at her apartment in Center Point.

Strikehard Productions had a great turnout for T-Town last Saturday night as SHP 23 was the place for any MMA fan to be that night.