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State and federal law enforcement raided 14 illegal bingo halls this week according to Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office. The raids reportedly found near 2,500 illegal slot machines.
By Crystal McGough
PINSON Pinson Mayor Joe Cochran gave an update concerning the city’s new trash removal contract during the regularly scheduled Pinson City Council meeting Thursday, April 15, 2021. The city held a special-called meeting on April 8 where the council accepted bids and awarded the city’s residential trash contract to Waste Management Services.
“We do have a contract in place,” Cochran said. “We’ve had no pushback from the contractor, which is Advanced Disposal, owned by Waste Management. We feel confident that we’re going to have better service moving forward over the next three years. There’s some automation being put into place, not only with the trucks having automated boom arms to collect the trash, but also with automated mapping systems to help make sure that they don’t miss a pickup.”
By Crystal McGough
PINSON – Pinson Mayor Joe Cochran gave a proclamation at the Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, Pinson City Council meeting to establish that the city of Pinson recognizes the month of January as “Human Trafficking Awareness Month.”
The council had Resolution 2021-2 on the agenda, establishing the city of Pinson as a “Trafficking Free Zone,” but that resolution was tabled after Councilor Robbie Roberts made a motion to remove the “zero-tolerance” wording.
“I’m always a little nervous about very rigid language, and so I would like for us to strike the section here where it says, ‘the implementation and enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy against any act which may support human trafficking,’” Roberts said. “Certainly, no one wants to be involved in human trafficking. I would like for it just to read, ‘the implementation and enforcement of a policy against any act which may support human trafficking.’ The zero-tolerance, I’m afraid somebody
By Erik Harris, sports editor
PINSON It’s been more than six weeks since Zach Pyron fired the go-ahead touchdown pass to Ga’Quincy McKinstry, but the memories remain fresh for Pinson Valley fans.
That much was certain on Saturday morning as the Indian faithful gathered once more in Willie Adams Stadium to celebrate their 2020 state football champions.
“This was great for the players, our coaches, the band was here, our cheerleaders and our fans, so it was great to experience,” said Pinson Valley head football coach Sam Shade. “We weren’t able to do it in December but it was good to have it today and it was a pretty nice day for it.”