Locust Fork News

Today's my work holiday so there won't be very many posts. However, I did want to leave you with a roundup of things happening to celebrate our nation's birth.

In one of the more encouraging signs that the Birmingham region is headed in the right direction--at least environmentally speaking in terms of quality of life for it's citizens--Turkey Creek Nature Preserve was officially opened this past weekend.

This past weekendmy family and Iexperienced the beautyofthe Locust Fork Riverfor the first time.

A Locust Fork woman was killed and two Pinson men injured in a two-vehicle crash about 2:30 p.m. Thursday on Alabama 79 in Pinson, Alabama.

Rev. Theo P. Hamm Funeral services for Rev. Theo P. Hamm, 84, of Hanceville will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Hanceville Funeral Home Chapel, the Revs.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted Middle The Kimberly Volunteer Fire Department lost a long-time member Tuesday when he resigned during a heated town council meeting.

Water conditions are still hampering rescue crews who expect the worst in the search for a missing boater.

After nearly two days of searching for a man who is believed to have drowned after a canoe capsized in the Locust Fork branch of the Black Warrior River, firefighters and police this morning are contemplating how to proceed.

Lieutenant Chris Hardin says the river's current is too strong for a dive team, but they are searching the riverbanks by boat.

The search for a father who may have drowned in the Warrior River has been temporarily suspended.

Two people were rescued after a canoe capsized this evening in the Locust Fork branch of the Black Warrior River in Warrior.

Police have identified a man presumed to have drowned after his canoe capsized Friday night in the Locust Fork branch of the Black Warrior River.

A canoe flipped over this evening in the Locust Fork branch of the Black Warrior River in Warrior.

Jefferson County divers have resumed a search for a father presumed to have drowned Friday night after a canoe capsized in the Locust Fork branch of the Black Warrior River, Warrior Fire Department official Jay Strickland said.

Students gather on Sunday night at St. Francis of Assisi University Parrish as Rev.

AT&T is expanding its 3G wireless communications network in Central Alabama with several new cell sites planned in the Birmingham area.

This afternoon's storms brought 58 mph wind gusts through downtown Birmingham, but caused little damage in the area, according to the National Weather Service.

Huge rains Monday and Tuesday pushed area rivers to minor flooding stages. The smaller rivers and streams peaked late Tuesday or Wednesday.

By 12:30 this afternoon, a storm system that has brought between a half-inch and three-quarters of an inch of rain per hour to other parts of the state will pass through the Birmingham area, according to the ...