By Gary Lloyd The Pinson Public Library is holding a summer reading program kickoff event Saturday. The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon. This year’s summer reading program theme is “Dig Into Reading,” said the library’s director, April Wallace. The library on Saturday will have a truck party, which will include all kinds of trucks and vehicles parked at the library that kids can look at up close. There w ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce has announced winners of the second annual Miss City Fest Pageant, held April 27. Proceeds from the pageant benefit the Miss Trussville scholarship fund and the chamber’s scholarship fund. Adlee Claire Prestidge was named Miss City Fest Overall Queen in the 6 and under category, as well as Miss Photogenic in the Precious Miss division. Overall Miss City ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville City Board of Education is expected to vote May 20 on the name of the new high school football stadium behind the Trussville Civic Center. The meeting at the Central Office is at 6 p.m. The name of the stadium Trussville City Board of Education President Bill Roberts suggested at the May 6 meeting was Hewitt-Trussville Stadium. Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill ...

By Gary Lloyd Convicted church arsonist and 2004 Clay-Chalkville High School graduate Benjamin Moseley is expected to be released from federal prison next Tuesday. Moseley has been serving his federal time at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution Victorville in Adelanto, Calif. Moseley, 27, is projected to be released Tuesday with a “good conduct time,” according to information obtained from ...

By Robert Wilkerson It is easy to be loved by Jesus. He loves each and every one of us. That is what he meant when he said, “God so loved the world” (John 3:16). God loves us, but that doesn’t mean that our sins have been forgiven, that we are rightly related to God, or that we have a heavenly home. Those things come to us only when we accept God’s Son, Jesus Christ, as our Savior. To be loved further, we m ...

By Zack Steele One of the most common complaints in eye care is the “floater.” Most people have seen them, a speck that meanders across the field of view and can be seen as a nuisance to some, but this may be a sign of a serious problem. Most of the eye's interior is filled with vitreous, a gel-like substance that helps the eye maintain a round shape. There are millions of fine fibers intertwined within the ...

By Gary Lloyd Predictions are tough to make. Teams that shouldn’t lose, lose. Teams that aren’t favored to win, win. One metaphor, perhaps a prediction, has come true for the No. 10 Hewitt-Trussville baseball team. First-year head coach Jeff Mauldin said it in February. The Huskies had defeated Briarwood Christian 6-3 to claim the Jay D. Kynerd Memorial Tournament championship. In that tournament, Hewitt-Tr ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville City Board of Education last week approved of adding two more portable classrooms at Paine Primary School. The portables will be a project this summer, said Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill. Neill said the two portables are being added “due to student enrollment.” Paine Primary School this year had five portable classrooms. The school has a capacity of 774 stu ...

For The Tribune Competition awards have been announced from Beverly’s Dance Unlimited in Clay. In the International Dance Challenge, Rachel Garrett and Sara Graves won high gold, first in category, dance idol semifinalist. Erica Melville won platinum, second overall, dance idol semifinalist. Mara Sheppard won gold, first in category, dance idol semifinalist. Abbi Busenlehner and Leah Graves won high gold, s ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville City Board of Education last week approved of creating a principal position for the Alternative Learning Center on Parkway Drive. Trussville City Schools Director of Student Services Bill Hamilton, the center’s program supervisor, requested at last month’s board retreat that the school board consider creating the position. The center is located in the old Hewitt-Trussville Junio ...