IRONDALE NEWS

Community news and updates from Irondale, Alabama

Man's body found in car Full story »

The Leeds Board of Education hired Odenville firm Bobby Isbell Construction Co. to build the loop. Full story »

The Irondale City Council tonight voted unanimously to pass a $15 million general fund budget and a $1.9 million water system budget, both with positive balances after expenses. The general budget projects a positive balance of about $89,700, said James D. Stewart, the council's finance committee chairman. City officials said the balanced budget was reached after line-item cuts that... Full story »

Proceeds will help pay library expenses. Full story »

City officials want to hold off on rezoning property along major thoroughfares until RPC corridor study is complete. Full story »

Proceeds from barbecue sale benefit jump rope team's travel expenses, equipment. Full story »

The service begins at 10 a.m., with lunch served at noon.  Full story »

The robbery happened Oct. 29 when two men, one armed with a revolver, burst into the restaurant and took $355 at gunpoint, said sheriff's spokesman Lt. Randy Christian. Full story »

Irondale has $32 million in debts related to a project that would have put a major hospital in the town. The principals in the project opted instead to build elsewhere. Full story »

City incurred heavy debt to support now abandoned Trinity hospital project Full story »

  Jefferson County International Baccalaureate www.shadesvalley.com Mary Wills, a junior at the Jefferson County Interna­tional Baccalaureate-Shades Valley High School, was honored at the Birmingham United Nations Day Ban­quet on Oct. 15.  Mary received the 2009 Ilse W. Diasio Youth Leader­ship Award in recognition of her leadership in her school and community, and was presented a plaque and a set... Full story »

State Schools Alabama School of Fine Arts www.asfa.k12.al.us Theatre students at the Alabama School of Fine Arts presented "A Raisin in the Sun" Oct. 22-25. > Students Alabama School of Fine Arts per­formed for patrons of Vesta­via's Rave Theater who came to see the movie "Fame." Among those performing were Lauren Williams, Tay­lor Turner, Katie Thomp­son, Zyda Culpepper-Bald­win, Jasmine Knight,... Full story »

When the members of a Trussville U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps group last month re­solved to raise money for a wounded U.S. Army soldier, they had expectations of col­lecting a few hundred dollars in donations. Instead, after four-and-a-half hours work at Leeds' Bass Pro Shop, they had $1,700 to­ward furnishings for the soldier's new home. "We had people giving... Full story »

The Irondale City Council at its meet­ing last week tabled indefinitely dis­cussion of cutting or freezing employee pay to help save money. Mayor Tommy Joe Alexander placed on the council budget a proposal to "freeze salaries of all employees for one year." He said it was one of the options the city may be forced to take to balance the... Full story »

Living in a culture that speaks a different lan­guage than you do ob­viously can be fraught with a myriad of difficulties. In my early 20s, I had the good fortune to live in Ger­many for two years. The good news was that this ex­perience was exciting and educational, but the bad news was that I didn't speak German. While living... Full story »