Graysville News

Jefferson County leaders have warned funding for senior centers could be cut in the near future as the county slashes funds in an effort to recover from a crushing sewer debt and the loss of occupational tax revenue.

Published: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 12:43 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 12:43 p.m. A man who died Friday night in an automobile accident in Forestdale during a severe thunderstorm has been identified as 61-year-old John Henry Harris of Graysville.

A man who died Friday night in a fatal accident in Forestdale during a severe thunderstorm was identified today as John Henry Harris, 61.

Some Jefferson County seniors are getting some help buying health foods. The county Office of Senior Citizen Services is facing major funding cuts, but today it gave $30 worth of coupons to seniors over the age of 60.

Lawrence Carroll of Graysville has had enough and wants something done. For some twenty years he can recall at least a dozen incidents where cars have wrecked on the curve in front of his home on Cherry Avenue crashing into his property.

The National Weather Service is tracking a strong thunderstorm about 7 miles northwest of Hueytown in the Sylvan Springs community, according to a weather statement issued around 4 p.m. . The storm could bring marble size hail and 40 mph winds through the area.

The city of Midfield is awaiting more financial information from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department on exactly how much it will cost to contract with the department for policing services.

The Midfield Police Department at 725 Bessemer Super Highway. The city is weighing whether to disband its force and contract with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department for policing.

A Jefferson County sheriff's investigator said a Graysville teen admitted he killed his mother before pointing an empty gun at his grandfather and pulling the trigger several times.

A man and woman found dead inside their Graysville home this morning have been identified as Johnny Hugh Higgins, 50, and his mother, 70-year-old Loretta Elizabeth Higgins.

Deputies responded to the 900 Block of South Main Street around 9:00 a.m. Tuesday.

A flooded campground and bait store along the banks of the Ocholocknee river, are shown today, April 2, 2009, in Tallahassee.

Birmingham police are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified man who was killed over the weekend.

Investigators believe Jamie Wallace shot his mother on the front porch of her parents home on the 30 block of 3rd Street N.E. in Graysville.

A 16-year-old Graysville, Alabama, youth being held in the Jefferson County Jail, today in the fatal shooting Sunday night of his mother has a history of mental illness, his father said this afternoon.

A 16-year-old boy stole a gun and chased his mother to the front porch of his grandparents' home, where he shot her to death as his 8-year-old brother and grandfather watched, authorities said Monday.

At approximately 8:20 pm last night, Sheriff's Deputies responded to a 911 call of a person down in the 30 block of 3rd St NE Graysville, Ala.

A 16-year-old was arrested Sunday night in connection with his mother's death. Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies responded to a shots fired call in the 30 block of Third Street Northeast in Graysville at 8:15 p.m., spokesman Randy Christian said.

A 16-year old boy is in the custody of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office after allegedly killing his mother Sunday evening.

Fear has struck Jefferson County - fear of a nonuser fee on homes and businesses not on the county's sewer system.