Saraland News

Word of Life Ministries paid $598,387 for a 5,850-square-foot building at 6803 Airport Blvd., near Prov idence Hospital .

July 2 -- Mobile Works, a state agency, is using state and federal money, including the ballyhooed stimulus money, to get people work by helping to pay their salary to learn a different job.

Ryla Inc. CEO Mark Wilson and his wife cut a ribbon Tuesday morning, officially opening the company's new regional headquarters and call center in Saraland.

June 30 -- Tired of bad economic news? There's some good news for the Gulf Coast.

Less than a week after voting to hire a new superintendent, Saraland schools decided to pay Wayne Vickers $132,000 a year, according to a contract signed this week.

Changes could be on the way for Mobile County High School students. School leaders unveiled a new rezoning plan during a public hearing at Vigor High School tonight.

This summer, volunteers from a local steel company and Mobile County schools will join forces at Saraland's Wal-Mart lot with a common goal: "Fill the Bus." The public is invited.

Just one month into a search for a new principal for Demopolis High School, the Demopolis City School System is inching ever closer to another personnel void at its top leadership position.

The Saraland Board of Education voted Thursday night to extend an offer to Dr. L. Wayne Vickers with the intent of hiring him on as the school district's Superintendent of Education.

Wayne Vickers had applied for similar positions in other Alabama school districts.

State Deputy Fire Marshal Ray Cumby says prank calls for fires and fire alarm checks at hotels and motels in Alabama have led to thousands of dollars in damage.

State Deputy Fire Marshal Ray Cumby says prank calls for fires and fire alarm checks at hotels and motels in Alabama have led to thousands of dollars in damage.

BIRMINGHAM - The calls have all been similar pranks: A frantic man urges hotel desk workers or guests to set off a fire sprinkler, sound an alarm or bust windows.

CELEBRATE FLAG DAY aboard the Schooner Joshua! 1 p.m. June 1. Come for a sail on beautiful Mobile Bay aboard the 72' sailing schooner, Joshua, Alabama's Official Tall Ship! Departing the Grand Mariner Marina on Dog River at 1pm and returning at 3:30 p.m. $25 for adults, children 12 and under $10. Bring whatever you would like to eat or drink.

June 7 - Police are looking for a prankster causing a lot of damage to area hotel rooms-- by calling guests about fake emergencies.

State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures is set to be honored by a Montgomery-based school leaders' group.

June 5 - The Saraland School Board has narrowed it's choice of candidates to take the superintendent position to two men, and their interviews will be open to the public.

June 4 - The Saraland School Board has narrowed it's choices to become the system's superintendent down to two candidates who will be interviewed next week.

In the old Monopoly game, the "Bank Error in Your Favor" card meant quick, complication-free cash.

A Warren County grand jury indicted a 70-year-old Alabama man on rape charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a young child during a recent visit in Mason.