Federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for the arrest of each of the two detainees who vanished from an immigration detention facility in New Jersey last week, and they are still searching for them on Monday. Four people in all first broke out of ICE’s Delaney Hall facility in Newark, where…
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 It’s not hyperbole to say that the Shelby County Coach of the Year award could’ve gone to any coach in the county. Chelsea’s Lee Miller capitalized on one of the most talented teams in his decades-long career to reach the school’s first Final Four since 2011. Briarwood’s Mike Bautista…
FROM STAFF REPORTS HOOVER – Melvin Crumble II, age 36 of Fairfield, has been identified as the suspect in the Hoover shooting that led to the injury of an employee and the death of an unborn child. Crumble is currently booked into the Hoover jail on charges of manslaughter and second-degree assault in connection to…
By DANIEL LOCKE | Staff Writer HELENA – The candidate pool for the Helena City Council race has expanded as Alex Miller announced his candidacy for Place 5. Miller is a lifelong resident of Helena and a 2018 graduate of Helena High School. He attended Coker University where he earned a degree in history and…
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…
FROM STAFF REPORTS PELHAM – Cathy Cartagena, a longtime healthcare professional and respected community advocate, has officially qualified to run for Pelham City Council, Place 3, in the upcoming municipal election on Tuesday, Aug. 26. If elected, Cartagena would be one of the only city council members in Alabama with formal experience in healthcare and…
By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor As a sports reporter, people often ask me where my love of sports comes from or where it all began. I could point to any number of things. I could look back at the first time I went to NASCAR qualifying at just five years old and saw the…
FROM STAFF REPORTS HOOVER – An investigation is underway after law enforcement responded to a shooting on Saturday, June 14 at the Walk-Ons Sports Bistreaux in Hoover. According to Al.com, police were dispatched to the scene at Tattersall Drive on June 14 at 1:47 p.m. after there was a report of a shooting involving two…
By DAVE DOMESCIK | Staff Writer PELHAM – Valhalla Board Game Café marked its one-year anniversary in true tabletop fashion with a day-long celebration on Saturday, May 31, drawing crowds of gamers, creators and curious first-time visitors to the Norse-themed café nestled inside Campus 124 in Pelham. The event featured everything from judged cosplay contests…
