HOOVER NEWS

Community news and updates from Hoover, Alabama

Lanes close tonight and reopen Monday Full story »

Other driver, also injured, was off-duty police officer Full story »

Two vehicles collided just before midnight near the Arkadelphia Road exit on I-59 North. Full story »

Linda Oliver of Vestavia Hills founded Hope for the Nation after her daughter suffered life-threatening injuries in a 2004 car crash and survived.  Full story »

The council declared an emergency and authorized Mayor Tony Petelos to enter into necessary contracts to get the work underway Full story »

The adoption drive will begin Dec. 1. Full story »

The Hoover City Council will consider a rare request Monday night to declare an emergency and authorize repairs to the Senior Center on Municipal Drive. The center was closed in June after cracks developed in floors and walls from nearby roadwork. Full story »

Gene Watterson was just 15 years old when he signed up for the Navy in 1945. He wasn't really old enough to serve, but he was so eager to do his part to help end World War II that he altered his birth certificate so he could get in the service, he said, somewhat ashamedly. Watterson, now a retired Baptist... Full story »

Link to Hoover News page can be found on al.com home page Full story »

Visiting parents at each Hoover school Full story »

State Schools Alabama School of Fine Arts www.asfa.k12.al.us Two Alabama School of Fine Arts math/science stu­dents have made the semi finalist cut in the 2009-2010 Siemens Math, Science and Technology Competition, America's premiere national science competition for high school students. Jemale Lockett and Omar Ismail have been rec­ognized for their senior re­search project for a self­parking garage. > Four... Full story »

Bumpus Middle www.hoover.k12.al.us/rfbms Several local corporations have purchased a gold, sil­ver or bronze sponsorship level and will partner with Bumpus Middle School for the 2009-2010 year in the Reading Olympiad Cor­porate Sponsorship Pro­gram. Money from the sponsor­ship program will be used to help offset the funding de­creases to the school this year. The Reading Olympiad Program was designed to... Full story »

"Issuance fee" could help defray costs of issuing permits and doing follow-up inspections. Full story »

Police blame drivers following each other too closely Full story »

Carter Oosterhouse, a "green living ex­pert" who is host of HGTV's "Carter Can," will be the celebrity guest at the Moss Rock Festival, an eco-friendly event which enters its fourth year on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers said discoveries await those who will turn out for the festival in The Preserve commu­nity next to Hoo­ver's 250-acre Moss Rock Preserve na­ture park.... Full story »