Tarrant News

Published: Monday, January 18, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 10:30 p.m. MONDAY ARTS Stillman College Choir: In a prelude to their performance with Opera Birmingham, the Stillman College Choir will present "A Musical Tapestry: Religion and History in Verdi's 'Aida' " at 7 p.m. in Warner Presentation Room in Wynn ...

HomeServices Lending is pleased to announce that Scott Phillips was named president of HomeServices Lending/ MortgageSouth effective Jan.

Carlos Holyfield was loved as both a father and a son. But his life was cut short when someone shot and killed him December 16.

So let's close out the year by making a few more. If you've seen any of these suspects, we ask that you give Crime Stoppers an anonymous call.

A 35-year-old Blount County man has been charged in connection with a string of burglaries at Jefferson County schools during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the sheriff's office announced today.

Detectives are looking for a group of thieves who stole three Jefferson County trucks and vandalized nine other vehicles at the county's General Services facility in Tarrant.

The story of the recession in Alabama is being told at mealtime. State statistics show there was a 24.8 percent increase in families receiving food assist ance in the last year.

Thieves broke into nine Jefferson County vehicles and stole three others over the long holiday weekend, authorities said today.

Shayron Dunham makes a batch of creamed potatoes for lunch at Fultondale Elementary School.

Allen Folse thinks Tarrant, the industrial neighborhood north of Birmingham, is a hidden jewel for businesses like his.

The Tarrant City School system will receive a $239,772 grant that was part of the federal stimulus package passed earlier this year, Gov.

Authorities are searching an area of near Tarrant-Huffman Road at this hour for suspects involved in a pawn shop robbery.

Patric Suggs pleaded guilty earlier to slaying Michael Self by beating him to death.

Four Birmingham-area schools are among 63 nationwide where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is monitoring the air for excessive pollution.

Factories, cars, and fire all produce pollutants but for some schools in our area those toxins are being dumped over the heads of our children.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 4 announced preliminary results of air toxics testing at 4 schools in Jefferson County, Ala., that were selected as part of EPA's Schools Air Toxics Monitoring Initiative.

Petitions are being circulated to remove her from office. Challengers are lining up in her district to take her County Commission seat.

A woman died Wednesday night after being struck by a tractor trailer rig as she walked from a convenience store toward a bingo hall in Tarrant.

A man was shot and killed in Tarrant this past weekend. The Jefferson County Coroners Office reports that Deangelo Hudson, 20, died from a gunshot wound.

Tarrant police are continuing today to look for three men involved in the shooting death of another man Saturday night.