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TRUSSVILLE LIBRARY Alabama News
Read Freely Alabama to stage protest in Trussville; Group makes ‘urgent call’ to support Trussville Library’s LGBT and racial justice books

A group who claims people asking for some children’s and teen’s books to be moved are “transphobic, homophobic and racist,” are asking for supporters to come out to the Trussville Library Monday night.

WALK ONS Alabama News
‘It’s like a feeding frenzy’: Trussville location of Walk-On's expected to be in top three for franchise

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux is opening its eighth Alabama location in Trussville on December 11 and the response is already impressing the franchise owner. The Louisiana-based sports bar was once named the #1 Sports Bar in America by ESPN.

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City of Trussville doing away with in-house police dispatchers

The City of Trussville will discontinue police dispatching services at the beginning of the year, and police will be dispatched through Jefferson County 911. While the City says it makes financial sense, some residents are concerned about safety.

HTHS Alabama News
Radical 'sexual education' organization ACASH lied to Trussville schools about material at health fair, provided teens with information about pronouns, superintendent says

Trussville City Schools Superintendent Patrick Martin told 1819 News on Thursday that the controversial Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health lied to school officials about the material presented to students at a health fair last spring. 

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CEO of sexual risk prevention ministry speaks at Trussville church about protecting children: ‘The ones who should be protecting them are silent’

CEO of sexual risk prevention ministry Decisions, Choices and Options (DCO) Joi Wasill spoke to members of the Trussville community at CrossPoint Church Tuesday night about the challenges children face in today's cultural and ideological climate.

Rebuild Alabama Alabama News
Ivey announces Rebuild Alabama projects — Widening portions of I-65 and I-59, Hoover I-459 interchange

Thursday at Hoover City Hall, Gov. Kay Ivey made three infrastructure project announcements as a result of the Rebuild Alabama Act.

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Illegal sports betting case continued for 6 months, federal judge orders

The eleven defendants charged in connection to a possible multi-million-dollar illegal sports gambling conspiracy will not go to trial this month, as planned. Instead, the trial is being put off until at least December after the judge granted a continuance at the request of the defense.

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After more than three-and-a-half years, suspect in Paighton Houston 'abuse of a corpse' case could face trial this month

A jury is set to hear the case of a man accused of burying a Trussville woman after authorities determined she died of an accidental overdose.

Moody Landfill Fire Alabama News
State of emergency declared in St. Clair County over underground landfill fire

The St. Clair County Commission declared a state of emergency Tuesday regarding an underground landfill fire that was first reported in late November.

Katherine Grigsby 1 Alabama News
Alabama teen crowned Miss Junior Teen United States

Hewitt-Trussville High School student Katherine Grigsby is the new Miss Junior Teen United States.

ST VINCENTS 3 Alabama News
Ascension St. Vincent's celebrates groundbreaking of Trussville freestanding ER and hopes to expand to communities in need

Officials with Ascension St. Vincent's hope to not only expand the Trussville facility in the future but also expand those services to other areas throughout the region.

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Trussville City Schools Superintendent on leave in wake of 'death notebook' scandal

The Trussville City Schools Board of Education on Friday accepted Superintendent Dr. Pattie Neill's request for administrative leave following a scandal over a student’s “death notebook” discovered nearly a year ago. 

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Trussville residents, leaders pushing for change after 'death notebook' controversy sheds light on policy failures

Outraged parents in Trussville are planning to gather at the next city council meeting to address issues following the discovery of a “death notebook” that was kept from them for nearly a year.

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Ivey announces a new state record all time low unemployment rate

“For the third consecutive month, Alabama has set a record-low unemployment rate," announced Gov. Kay Ivey (R).