Trussville News

Husky Parkway in Trussville ends just past Hewitt-Trussville High School, as seen here.

Overnight rains have caused flooding that has forced the closure of Camp Coleman Road to North Lake Drive, while a downed tree has closed the bridge on Roper Road at Trussville Country Club temporarily, but Roper has now reopened.

Heavy rains of Friday and early Saturday have led to flooding problems in Trussville, primarily along the Cahaba River.

To win its first Class 6A state baseball championship tonight, Hewitt-Trussville is going to have to buck the trend.

Heavy traffic is shown in the eastbound lanes of Crestwood Boulevard/ U.S. 78 at the Kilgore Memorial Drive intersection in Irondale, Ala., about 5:25 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

Shelley Wirt, a Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate, is the new pro. She joins Bea Clark, a 2004 Alabama Tennis Hall of Fame inductee who has been at the club 14 years.

The Trussville City Board of Education last week approved of creating a principal position for the Alternative Learning Center on Parkway Drive.

TRUSSVILLE , Alabama -- As of this morning, the 40 teams and 255 participants in the 2013 Relay For Life of East Jefferson have raised more than $41,000. If everything goes according to plan, the event will raise a total of $50,000 to benefit the American Cancer Society.

IRONDALE , Alabama -- As workers continue to renovate the Stations at Grant Mill shopping center, and five vintage train cars in its parking lot, more businesses are moving in.

A real estate firm owned by Stan Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets, has acquired a prominent shopping center in Trussville.

No makeup date has been announced, though Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Diane Poole said she is "still working on" a possible date.

The No. 10 Huskies have gritted their way to the Class 6A semifinals against perennial power No.

Barbee began filling the role after former Press Secretary Shana Kluck left for a position in Washington, D.C., earlier this year.

Hewitt-Trussville High School students Kristen Ashley and Eli Nafziger last week were presented with engraved medallions to recognize their selection as two of Alabama's top youth volunteers for 2013 in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.

Trussville-based restaurant Trio's plans has leased two of the five train cars at The Station at Grants Mill in Irondale for an eatery and a sports bar.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Randy Christian said just after midnight Tuesday deputies responded to a traffic accident with injuries in the Grayson Valley area.

TRUSSVILLE , Alabama -- Trussville school and city officials this evening examined a plan that would build two elementary schools -- one in Magnolia Place and another in the Cahaba Project -- that would preserve the New Deal era building that housed the city's original high school.

The second anniversary of the April 27 tornados that ravaged the state has just passed.

The 33rd annual festival, formerly known as Dog Daze, is presented by the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce and will be at The Mall in downtown Trussville.

The Alabaster Board of Education tonight unanimously approved the hiring of Saraland City School District Superintendent Wayne Vickers as the new chief for the forming system in Shelby County.