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Under the swaying branches of old trees, the Helena Historic Preservation Committee led a group of around 45 people on a historical hike to Helena’s coke ovens on Saturday, April 6.
At the intersection between Highway 31 and Highway 25, a single unattached railroad car blocked both northbound lanes of Highway 31 around 11 a.m. of Monday, April 8. As crews worked to move the railcar, a disabled thirteen wheeler blocked a southbound lane.
One summer, two friends went on a vacation to the beach together with their husbands. Unbeknownst to each other, both Helena High School English teacher Cassie Screws and Calera Elementary School ESL teacher Casey Ford were each facing an all too common issue plaguing women around the world. They were both silently struggling with infertility.
The city of Calera passed a resolution to hire the engineering company Volkert and Associates to begin planning the State Road 25 Railway-Highway Grade Separation Project at a regularly scheduled council meeting on Monday, March 18.
Mayors and local government officials from every corner of Shelby County gathered at the Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena for the State of Our Communities luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 28. In front of their fellow public servants, the mayors of each city addressed their peers, providing updates on their city’s accomplishments and challenges.