Brent News

Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:32 p.m. Mayor Dennis Stripling of Brent is the 2009 recipient of the West Alabama Regional Commission's David M. Cochrane Award.

Montevallo High School head football coach Mike Reynolds is stepping down from his position after one season at the school, citing "a difference in philosophy" with the Montevallo administration.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. Students at Brent Elementary School got an inside look at NASA's space program Friday.

Old Mill Pond residents live of Highway 219 south of Centreville. Brent Lightsey and his family spent the day putting up flood defenses at his 85 year old monther's house.

BRENT - Days of torrential rain apparently claimed one life in Alabama and forced about three dozen residents to flee their homes or be rescued from vehicles Monday as gullies overflowed with muddy red water and yards turned into lakes.

20, 2009 Contact: Michael D'Aquino Michael Wald Phone: 404-562-2076 404-562-2078 U.S. Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $576,000 in penalties against Sims Bark and Sims Stone for 142 safety and health violations Enforcement action targets plants in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi ATLANTA -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...

20, 2009 Contact: Michael D'Aquino Michael Wald Phone: 404-562-2076 404-562-2078 U.S. Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $576,000 in penalties against Sims Bark and Sims Stone for 142 safety and health violations Enforcement action targets plants in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi ATLANTA -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...

Construction will start in August on a $9 million, 81-room downtown hotel targeted at extended-stay guests, built by the developers of the newly opened Hampton Inn & Suites on Royal Street, according to Mike Cowart, a Birmingham-based partner in the project.