Vestavia Hills News

A new, more accurate way of calculating Alabama's graduation rate shows that fewer students are leaving high school on time and with a diploma than previously claimed.

Art by Dottie West is shown in Vestavia Hills, AL, on April 11, 2012. West was inspired by a trip to the Holy Land to make a quilted hanging piece of Jesus praying in the garden, which led to more landscape pieces, which can be seen at Artists Incorporated in Vestavia Hills.

Hoover Mayor Gary Ivey and Vestavia Hills Mayor Alberto "Butch" Zaragoza this morning threw their support behind Northport Holding LLC's plans to build nursing homes in their cities despite opposition from HealthSouth.

A month after lowering the speed limit on Overton Road, the Mountain Brook City Council has raised it back in certain areas in response to the public.

The driver of a van was taken to a hospital this morning after a large metal bar came through his windshield and struck him in the chest, a Vestavia Hills Police Department spokesman reported.

A little more than an hour before the Monday deadline, HealthSouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center filed noticed of intervention and opposition with the state.

The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority recently appointed Andrew Edwards as its newest board member.

Susan Wilkens stood in front of her dream house in northern Shelby County on Thursday morning, amazed at what she was seeing.

Edwards, of Vestavia Hills, becomes that city's representatitive to the transit panel following realligment which resulted in Homewood and Mountain Brook members being replaced with seats from Hoover and Vestavia Hills.

The Jefferson County Commission met this morning less than 12 hours after the Alabama Legislature failed to pass a revenue bill to assist the cash-strapped county.

I think we have all gotten so used to the way government operates in Alabama, we fail to take note of the nonsense and inefficiencies that frequently occur as a result of the 1901 Alabama Constitution.

Another year, another Jefferson County lawmaker's decision breaks his county. Rep. John Rogers, Birmingham, had the county's one possible financial fix pulled from the House calendar on the final day of the session.

Mark Whitlock, owner of Mark's Outdoors in Vestavia Hills lost his battle with lymphoma Wednesday afternoon.He past away at his home at 4:20 p.m. family members say.

A national safety campaign is using an accident that left a 6-year-old Homewood girl severely burned when she touched an electrical transformer as a reminder to protect children from outdoor electrical devices.

Union members and government gather to protest cuts in funding to education, health and other services for students at Linn Park in Birmingham, Ala., Monday, May 14, 2012.

A Bibb County Judge must now decide if one of the 2006 church arsonists will remain in a state prison.

The council rescinded its vote in November to have the mayor discuss with Redflex Traffic Systems the possibility of installing red light cameras at some of the city's busiest intersections.

He was 9 when it began, the overwhelming pangs that shot through his knees, convincing him that something was wrong.

A Birmingham man has been arrested and charged with robbery and attempted murder after police said he shot a Vestavia Hills man who uses a wheelchair .

People in Jefferson County may not be sparred from more service and job cuts. The cash strapped county only has one shot left to get a financial fix.