Alabaster News

The Shelby County Board of Education is telling parents and others concerned about Pelham forming its own school district that attendance in city institutions is required after separation, but negotiations on the matter will need to happen.

Members of the Saraland school board presented Superintendent Wayne Vickers with a plaque to thank him for his service after the meeting Monday night.

In an effort to prevent that from happening at Station 2 and 3, the council will decide whether to pay $34,000 to seal the roofs.

When the April 27, 2011, tornado hit Holt, Alshakenya Hughes ran to her home's bathroom for safety along with her then 1-year-old daughter, her boyfriend and their 7-week old son, Kaiden.

According to reports, a body found in the back seat of an SUV outside a Columbus, Georgia CVS is said to be that of 17-year-old Steven Bradley Foster of Alabaster.

According to reports, a body found in the back seat of an SUV outside a Columbus, Georgia CVS is said to be that of 17-year-old Steven Bradley Foster of Alabaster.

The Alabama Department of Transportation is planning several construction projects in Jefferson and Shelby counties during the next few days and weeks.

Land grading has begun at the future location of Full Moon BBQ in Jasper. The store's owner said it should open by mid-October.

Steven Bradley Foster, a teenager from Alabaster, AL, was found dead in the backseat of an SUV in a CVS parking lot in Columbus.

The Shelby County Commission this week approved agreements with the Alabama Department of Transportation to improve a railroad crossing in Alabaster and two around the Montevallo area.

Since Nov. 19, Mike Checchi of Alabaster has traded in his career in the construction industry in order to sell his Kansas City-style slow-smoked barbecue as his full-time profession.

Less than a month after pleading guilty to manslaughter in a fatal all-terrain vehicle wreck, an Alabaster man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence.

Interstate 20 eastbound reopened Monday evening . Westbound work will begin after the July 4th holiday, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.

An Alabaster man on Tuesday filed pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on charges stemming from a fatal Shelby County crash in January.

Pelham City Council members repeatedly emphasized that no decision has been made on forming a municipal school system separate from Shelby County as they faced a barrage of questions, criticism and support during a three-plus-hour hearing tonight.

The population of Shelby County is continuing to boom, and as the county grows, cities are looking to follow Alabaster and form their own school systems.

Orange Beach is looking to connect more of its neighborhoods with the Backcountry Trail though a new federal highway grant program.

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Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper was awarded an 'A' rating from The Leapfrog Group, and independent national nonprofit run by employers and purchasers of health benefits, for the hospital's patient safety record.

The distribution is a part of the revenue sharing plan established for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, which is set to end August 31, 2013.