by Scott Buttram Overnight rains have caused flooding that has forced the closure of Camp Coleman Road to North Lake Drive, while a downed tree has closed the bridge on Roper Road at Trussville Country Club temporarily, but Roper has now reopened. Meanwhile, in Pinson, the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve is closed due to flooding, according to their Facebook page. Trussville police chief Don Sivley said crews ...

By Scott Buttram Heavy rains of Friday and early Saturday have led to flooding problems in Trussville, primarily along the Cahaba River. According to the National Weather Service, the rain could continue through this afternoon and into tonight. "The Cahaba has overflowed the banks and that has led to flooding in the areas surrounding the river," Trussville Police Chief Don Sivley said. "We have flooding at ...

By Gary Lloyd Trussville Mayor Gene Melton said at Tuesday’s Trussville City Council meeting that the construction of a greenway at Civitan Park and the Cahaba Project area has become a “real problem” for the city. The construction is being done by Montgomery-based Burnett Civil Contracting through a federally funded grant. The city of Trussville has no supervisory authority over the contractor, Melton said ...

By Gary Lloyd A Jefferson County judge ruled May 8 that the city of Clay must pay a former employee $10,000 in vacation pay. Judge Jack Lowther ruled in former Clay Senior Activity Center Director Linda Love’s favor that she was due the money for her nine years’ worth of vacation pay, Love said. Love and another city of Clay employee, Lynn Burch, were dismissed in January because of financial issues. [capti ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville City Council on Tuesday approved $7,700 to purchase gymnastics equipment. The equipment is being purchased from Tom Brown for $3,500 and from Jefferson County Community Education for $4,200. Trussville Parks and Recreation Director David Vinson said the equipment, if bought new, would cost between $90,000 and $100,000. The city council is hoping for a gymnastics academy to open ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville City Council on Tuesday approved of purchasing four trucks for school resource officers. The Ford F-250 bi-fuel trucks were purchased from Jim Skinner Ford for a total price of $155,572. Almost immediately after the Newtown, Conn., Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in December, Trussville Mayor Gene Melton and Trussville Police Chief Don Sivley asked that $400,000 be se ...

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 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 ...

Weld for Birmingham reported Monday that the Friends of Camp Coleman have won a court ruling allowing them to obtain documents from the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama (GSNCA). Katherine Webb reported that the GSNCA had tried to charge the Friends group almost $17,000 for the copies and time spent making the copies. According to Webb's story,  Jefferson County Circuit Judge Don Blankenship knocked the ...