MOODY NEWS

Community news and updates from Moody, Alabama

  Springville Elementary www.springvilleelementar­y.org The 2009-2010 Springville Elementary School Spelling Bee was held on Jan. 14. Moriah Nelson won first place and Laken Hilton won second place. The third place winner was Hunter McBrayer. The judges of the spelling bee were Springville Mayor William Isley, Suzanne Ta­liaferero, Sandy McCarthy and Cynthia Lesley. Got Clips? -- School officials should e-mail... Full story »

Captured in South Dakota after fleeing Alabama  Full story »

The damage includes racial slurs and what appears to be gang signs. Full story »

The parade was postponed Saturday.  Full story »

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St. Clair County Schools Moody Middle www.stclaircountyschools.n et/schools/mms/mms.htm The sixth-grade Terrific Kids for the first nine weeks at Moody Middle have been announced. The honored students are Jaquesha Porter, Alex Tray­wick, Dusti Hodges, Hay­den Barrett, Allison Tun­nell, Gennifer Gammon, Alec Whitten, Tyler Blan­kenship, Chayce King, Jake Box, Jacob Enoch and Mar­iah Yales. Got Clips? -- School officials should e-mail... Full story »

Moody Police Chief Bobby Breed declined to go into many details due to the investigation. Full story »

St. Clair County Schools Moody Middle www.stclaircountyschools.n et/schools/mms/mms.htm The fifth-grade Terrific Kids for the first nine weeks of school at Moody Middle School are: Savannah Free­man, Jessica Ryan, Sydney Williams, Kaleigh Parker, Jada Robinson, Haley Free­man, Briana Sanders, Ben Vowell, Dutton Whitfield, Ryan Foster, Seth Giles, Brookes Johnson, Jeron Al­brets and Jonathan Hart­ness. Students are selected based on good character... Full story »

St. Clair County Schools Moody Middle www.stclaircountyschools.net/schools/mms/mms.htm The Terrific Kids for the first nine weeks of school at Moody Middle are Bailey Adams, Marilyn Flores, Hannah Kelley, Nikkie Denley, Laree Richardson, Cody Madison, Nicholas Dillashaw, Caleb Carrier, Leo Pronoth and Maria Archer. > Moody Middle School students participated in a homecoming pep rally with Moody High School cheerleaders, football team... 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 »

The Moody City Council has approved an $8.2 mil­lion budget that includes capital projects, purchases and no employee raises. The spending plan, for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1, includes about $2.1 million left from a more than $3 million, 20-year bond issue the city took out about two months ago, said Moody Mayor Joe Lee. The bond money... 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 »