PINSON NEWS

Community news and updates from Pinson, Alabama

Plans are being finalized to make the city of Pinson the primary lease-holder of Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center. Full story »

Victims found this morning were Pinson couple Full story »

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

City officials are looking to develop an empty portion of the new City Hall into a community library.  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 »

Other residents of the home on Kaley Lane tried to rescue those trapped inside, fire officials say. Full story »

Investigation ongoing. 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 »

If every person in Pinson donated a dollar, the worn­out marquee announce­ment sign in front of Pinson Valley High School could be replaced with a state-of-the­art electronic sign. That's the idea behind Pinson Valley High School's student council associa­tion's fundraising campaign -- "School change for a dol­lar." "We just had a new multi­million dollar wing added to the building, and... 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 »