By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor BIRMINGHAM – One of Alabaster’s own earned recognition as one of the best players in all of college baseball as Logan Braunschweig received finalist honors for the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Gold Glove Team. The ABCA and Rawlings announced the finalists on Monday, Jun 16, and Braunschweig was one…
By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor ALABASTER – After the AHSAA gave Kevin Todd the Class 7A state softball championship trophy, he didn’t let the trophy stay in his hands for long. The first person he passed the blue map to was his daughter Kaleigh Todd Furuto, and the Thompson Warriors mobbed her in celebration…
By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor While the top triathletes in the world regularly descend on Oak Mountain State Park for the annual XTERRA championship races, it’s rare for one of the top athletes to hail from Shelby County. If Eli Wagner has any say in it, those days are long gone. The 14-year-old Alabaster…
By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor ALABASTER – Kerri Pate has announced her bid for reelection as Ward 7 representative on the Alabaster City Council. Pate has been a resident of Alabaster for more than 25 years and was first elected to serve the residents of Ward 7 in 2016 and was subsequently reelected in…
By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor ALABASTER – Stacy Rakestraw has announced her intent to run for reelection to the Alabaster City Council as the representative for Ward 3. Rakestraw was first elected to serve on the Alabaster City Council in 2012 and was reelected to the position in 2012, 2016 and 2020. “Serving the…
