Pell City News

TKO Events will be hosting their 1st ISKA sanctioned event in Pell City, Alabama on Saturday, June 2.A This Mixed Martial Arts event is scheduled to start at 7pm with the doors opening at 6pm.A Check them out at the Pell City Civic Center,A 2801 Stemley Bridge Road.

Dick Whatley's presence in Pell City is one that will be greatly missed by his family and his community.

Rain or shine-everything is set for the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce 13th Annual Hometown Block Party tomorrow.

A trustee at Alabama A&M University who received no support in his nomination for a second term will, in fact, serve at least a year of a second term.

Qualifying for municipal and Board of Education offices is two months away. "Candidates may begin to qualify after the mayor gives the notice of election," said Penny Isbell, acting city clerk for Pell City.

It's blueberry season in Alabama and the blueberries are rip for the picking at blueberry patches all over the state including Wadsworth Farms in Cropwell Alabama just south the Pell City.

Among them is a 386-acre Lay Lake Preserve hunting retreat in Childersburg with a 40-acre lake, a lodge, a duck impoundment and half of a mile of frontage on Lay Lake.

The Memorial Day ceremony in Pell City featured cannon salutes from a three-quarter-scale replica 1841 six-pound cannon performed by John P. Church and the cannon firing team: John M. Church, Doug Church and Joe Johnson.

Area libraries are gearing up for summer reading programs, encouraging kids to "Dream Big - Read!" Registration is ongoing for a variety of programs - magicians, music, puppets, animals, plays - as well as reading contest prizes for meeting reading goals.

The Planning and Zoning Board rejected a rezoning request for the former Avondale Mills plant site.

Everything is set for next Friday's Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce 13th Annual Hometown Block Party.

A judge denied a motion Tuesday that would allow students charged with last week's vandalism of the high school to go on school property.

St. Clair County commissioners put off a contribution to Pell City's Annual Hometown Block Party on Tuesday, after a lengthy and heated discussion about whether the city and the chamber are spending money in a proper fashion.

Our hats are off to the members of the Talladega City Schools Foundation who are making a difference in the academic lives of the children who attend the city's public schools.

University of Alabama students Hunter Langston, Taylor McGuire and Je-Young Oh designed a website for the Animal Shelter of Pell City Inc.

Motions were filed Friday to amend bond conditions that prohibit four students arrested for allegedly vandalizing Pell City High School from being on school property, which could prevent them from marching at their graduation ceremony next week.

The "Click It or Ticket" campaign is May 21 through June 3. Local and state law enforcement will step up patrols checking for seat belt and other traffic violations.

The Crimson Tide hit Columbus Thursday afternoon when the University of Alabama's head football coach Nick Saban toured the National Infantry Museum.

Pell City police have arrested eight students in connection with an estimated $10,000 in damage to the city's high school.

An Ashville man was in stable condition Friday evening after a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 231 Friday morning.