Calera News

A newly elected Calera official recently endorsed an Alabaster candidate for the Alabama Senate.

Four Shelby County students recently were honored as some of the best writers at the University of Montevallo during the schoola s fall 2009 Harbert Writing Center Contest.

Sam Hughes of Pelham on Nov. 14 won his second race in a row at the new Central Alabama Motor Speedway.

White Rock Mining says that property values will go up, and they quote statistics from Pelham, Alabaster and Calera.

The Mission Orange program works to reduce the number of animals euthanized in shelters.

Shelby County dog owners now have an affordable way to teach manners to their pets.

Hillock Farm in Calera, Ala., hosted an Eiren Crawford clinic on Nov. 7-8. It was fantastic! Eiren spent an hour-long session with all of the participants.

The Internal Revenue Service is seeking to return thousands of dollars of tax refund checks to 54 Shelby County residents.

7 pancake breakfast. More than 250 people attended the breakfast at Calera High School, and all donations will be given to Moona s family to purchase a firefighter memorial in the Shelby Memory Gardens cemetery.

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.