By Ally MorrisonIn the late hours of Sunday, Jan. 23, a Vestavia Hills Police officer David Johnson and his family lost their home to a devastating house fire. Since hearing about the fire, Vestavia Hills Police Foundation President Tom Hale has been one phone call away, eager to support the officer and his family by providing donations and immediate necessities … [Read more...]
Buc’s Sweep: Hoover Boys and Girls Claim 7A Championships; Spartan Girls Fall Short in 6A
By Rubin E. GrantHoover track coach Chris Schmidt was both excited and relieved after the 2022 Alabama High School Athletic Association State Indoor Track Championships last weekend at the Birmingham CrossPlex.The Bucs boys and girls team swept the Class 7A state championships but in completely different ways.The Hoover girls dominated, taking an early lead and … [Read more...]
Good Sign: Mountain Brook High Students Can Sign Their Way to World Language Credits
By Ally Morrison At Mountain Brook High School, an alternative students have to taking Spanish, French and Latin to satisfy their world language credit requirements is to take American Sign Language. According to Mountain Brook City Schools communications specialist William Galloway, only two other metro schools, Homewood and Oak Mountain, offer this form of … [Read more...]
Murphy’s Law: The Grater Good
By Sue MurphyFor Christmas, my sister gave me a box of plastic straws. I may have mentioned to her that I was frustrated by the sporadic outage of long straws at Starbucks. Okay, I may have harped on that fact repeatedly. The short straws don’t reach the bottom of the vat of green iced tea I get in the drive thru almost daily, and the off-again-on-again availability was … [Read more...]
Leadership Vestavia Hills Names Odle, Vines as Leadership Award Winners
Leadership Vestavia Hills has announced the recipients of the 2021 Community Leadership Awards.Antoinette “Toni” Vines, founder and president of Mercy Deliverance Ministries, will receive the Distinguished Citizen Award. Karen Odle, president of the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.The two will be honored at a … [Read more...]