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News

UPDATED: Republicans have 17 qualified for upcoming primary

The Shelby County Republican party has qualified 17 candidates for the March 13 primary election for nine Shelby County Commission seats, probate judgeship and two ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:03 pm

Hoover

‘Big Fish’ author coming to county

One of the South’s best-known authors will make an appearance in Hoover soon. Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:58 pm

News

Board member: Evidence wasn’t there to terminate Acker

A member of the Shelby County Board of Education during a February 1993 Daniel M. Acker Jr. termination hearing said evidence presented at the time ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Friday, January 6, 2012 4:14 pm

News

After 17 years, Acker’s shunned accuser vindicated?

When Montevallo resident Beverly Watson saw the news that former Alabaster school teacher Daniel Acker Jr. had been arrested and charged with sexually abusing former ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, January 5, 2012 5:39 pm

News

How to dispose of your Christmas tree

The live Christmas tree that looks good and smells better in the living room right now might not look so good a week or two ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Monday, December 26, 2011 10:00 am

Columns

‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’

Every year, in honor of the holiday season, this newspaper reprints the famous “Dear Virginia” editorial published in the New York Sun in 1897. Read more

by Amy Jones, Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:45 am

Columns

Children show true joy of Christmas

While working on a story earlier this week, I traveled to several different elementary schools in the county, including Elvin Hill Elementary, Greystone Elementary, Montevallo ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3:31 pm

PICTURE FLIPPER

School system names teachers of the year

The Shelby County School System and the Greater Shelby County Education Foundation honored its teachers of the year at a reception and ceremony at Oak ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, December 1, 2011 8:22 pm

Hoover

Engraved pavers memorialize vets at Hoover’s Veterans Park

The city of Hoover is offering veterans’ families a way to honor their loved ones through purchasing memorial pavers, to be placed in Veterans Park ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Monday, November 14, 2011 5:09 pm

Hoover

Civil engineer new member of Hoover BOE

The Hoover City Council recently selected Derrick Murphy, a project engineer with the Birmingham Water Works Board, to fill an empty seat on the Hoover ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:27 pm

News

Economically, county dealing with ‘new normal’

While Shelby County is considered one of the wealthiest counties in the state of Alabama, no county has proven immune to the national recession. Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:03 pm

PICTURE FLIPPER

Robotics club looking to BEST last year

When Catherine Ritchey, Os Nakayama and the other members of the Spain Park robotics club found they had won first place at the UAB Building, ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, October 27, 2011 6:21 pm

Columns

Monster Walk my new tradition

The first year I worked at the Shelby County Reporter, I remember it getting close to Halloween and the buzz picking up around the office ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:00 pm

Hoover

Seven apply for open Hoover BOE seat

Seven Hoover residents have applied to fill a vacant seat on the Hoover Board of Education. Read more

by Amy Jones, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:23 pm

PICTURE FLIPPER

Berry students build high-tech bug catcher

Last year, Berry Middle School had 18 students in the school’s robotics club. This year, Berry has 48 in the club — and all 48 ... Read more

by Amy Jones, Thursday, October 6, 2011 7:17 pm

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