Calera News

A ground crewman talks on a radio as a Boeing B-17G 'Flying Fortress' approaches for a landing at the Shelby County Airport in Calera on Friday.

Couples who applied for marriage licenses in Shelby County from Oct. 20-26. -Charles Waylon Nelson, 27, of Shelby and Casey Diane Pickett, 25, of Shelby.

Couples who applied for marriage licenses in Shelby County from Oct. 13-19. -Jeffery Gibson Niles, 24, of Montevallo and Amy Suzanne Flynn, 23, of Montevallo.

Calera Fire Chief Tommy Moon always did his best to honor those who deserved it.

City residents and officials are mourning a pair of weekend deaths at the Calera Fire Department and Timberline Golf Club.

Calera fire Chief Tommy Moon died this afternoon after a monthlong battle with pneumonia, Calera Mayor George Roy said.

PRATTVILLE - It didn't rain, but recent wet weather had spectators stepping gingerly around puddles and muddy areas at Spinners Park Saturday during the annual Pumpkin Patch event.

Caleraa s future leader made a scaly discovery Oct. 20, and is using the find to educate local residents, he said.

Jon Graham will soon take over as the new mayor of Calera, but he's got another title, too: Gator wrangler.

Couples who were granted divorces in Shelby County from Sept. 28-Oct. 13. -Sylvia Denise Carter of Hoover and Gregory Carter of Birmingham.

Couples who were granted divorces in Shelby County from Sept. 21-Oct. 5. -John Hadder of Birmingham and Natali Wells Hadder of Birmingham.

As the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter, we all should remember that therea s at least a few families, even in Shelby County, that dread the cold weather for a simple reason: they dona t have shelter or clothes to help keep them warm.

Calera High School Library is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair Oct. 19a '23 during Teen Read Week.

Animals such as these kittens are swamping the Shelby County Humane Society shelter and county officials are considering asking cities to help offset the cost of operating the shelter.

10 clothing drive at the Calera Community Center helped nearly 550 people in need obtain winter clothing and other necessities, according to the eventa s organizers.

10 will be working to bring many of lifea s necessities to local families in need.

Incident and offense reports from municipal police departments from Sept. 3, 8-21. Alabaster Sept.

A federal grand jury today indicted VERNON LACY "JACK" RILEY, JR., for the June 9 robbery of Bryant Bank on Highway 280 in Shelby County, United States Attorney Joyce White Vance and Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis announced.

The University of West Alabama recently announced students completing their undergraduate and graduate degrees during the summer semester.

The Voting Rights Section of the U.S. Justice Department recently approved the use of Limited Voting, for Calera, Alabama city council elections.