PLEASANT GROVE NEWS

Community news and updates from Pleasant Grove, Alabama

The store's 92 full and part-time employees will be given notification of openings at other Sears and Kmart stores.  Full story »

The new road will extend Fourth Place to Fourth Street as the entrance to the campus.  Full story »

Brandy Richey was shot Nov. 4 in the 4200 block of Edwards Street. Full story »

Hueytown police chief Chuck Hagler said Kevin Duane Dudley, 41, was the man seen in a survelliance video committing the armed robbery of the Subway on Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive on October 20. Full story »

Authorities say Kevin Dudley, 41, was killed as he attempted to rob The Bait Shop in Bessemer on Tuesday. They believe he was behind a string of robberies done with a shotgun. Full story »

Acker also highlighted the school construction in the area. Full story »

Knight is scheduled to start Fire Department rookie school on Dec. 7.  Full story »

McAdory held the House District 56 seat from 1994-98.  Full story »

The lawsuit claims Bessemer is withholding payment of at least two years' worth of sales and property tax revenues.  Full story »

A jury found Carr guilty of two counts of capital murder last month.  Full story »

Hinkle said he could not discuss why Walker was dismissed.  Full story »

Donald Elementary www.cjdonald.fairfieldcitys­choolsystem.com Donald Elementary School Principal Corvetta Vann accepted a $4,000 grant to the school from Home Depot. The school was chosen to receive the grant because of the September service pro­ject, "Brighten Up With Physical Education." The project included a complete gymnasium make­over and a new flower gar­den. A volunteer team of stu­dents, parents and teachers along... Full story »

Jonesboro Elementary Sixth-graders in Ida Cun­ningham's reading classes at Jonesboro Elementary School have been working hard on their reading skills. The students worked on sequential order using pho­tos to show a timeline of their lives.                         Westhills Elementary www.westhillselementarys­chool.com On Oct. 8 kindergarten and first-grade students at Westhills Elementary... 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 »