The city is planning to build more sidewalks in the Bluff Park community and other parts of Hoover. The Preserve subdivision in Hoover is now a step closer to having a new sidewalk in the community. The Hoover City Council recently approved a construction agreement with the Alabama...
Three Shelby County cities have been deemed some of the happiest places in Alabama by career information website Zippia.com. Chelsea, Helena and Hoover landed among the top 10 on Zippia’s 10 Happiest Places in Alabama list. Zippia.com analyzed 74 places in Alabama on seven criteria: education level,...
HOOVER—St. Vincent’s Urgent Care is now open and seeing patients on the St. Vincent’s One Nineteen campus. Open after hours and seven days a week, the center provides convenient walk-in care. St. Vincent’s Urgent Care offers walk-in care for minor injury and illness, ranging from minor...
The Shelby County School District is reaching out to the community through their mobile phones. The district launched a mobile app on Feb. 19 as a way to communicate with parents, students, employees and other community stakeholders. The app includes news and other information from the...
Two Shelby County Schools were ranked by U.S. News and World Report as some of the best high schools in the state. Oak Mountain High School was ranked No. 11, and Chelsea High School was ranked No. 24 on the 2016 U.S. News and World Report’s...
HOOVER, Alabama -- Hoover's Inverness Nature Park and Trails will soon be the new home to a disc golf course. The course, off Inverness Parkway in Shelby County, is under construction by Hoover city workers and should be finished by this spring, Hoover Mayor Gary Ivey...
CHELSEA— At the “Eggs and Issues” breakfast hosted by the Calera, Montevallo, South Shelby and Greater Shelby chambers of commerce, Congressman Gary Palmer updated members on the state of Washington. While he discussed many issues, such as immigration reform, social security and the resources of the...
In less than a month, Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham’s newest, $280 million high-tech hospital, will open its doors. The hospital will begin caring for patients at 6 a.m. Oct. 10. Patients will be moved from Trinity Medical Center that day, and once the move is complete,...
After several years of compiling information and photos, the book is finally available – Inverness: The Legacy of a Green Community. Inverness was a precursor to the “Go Green” movement. This book is about the history and development practices used to create the green environment for...
Study says congestion is lasting longer, is less predictable and affecting weekends Published Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:00 am by Mike D. Smith BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Daily commutes not only take longer but are becoming less reliable, with more congestion stretching throughout the day and into weekends, according...
