Columbiana News

From the first Miss Shelby County 1988, Donnalee Davis Blankenship, to this year's Miss Alabama 2009, Liz Cochran, our Miss SC's have represented our county well.

The following students were named to the deana s list at Central Alabama Community College for spring semester 2009: Jordan Blake Brannen and Lauren Patricia Mitchell, Chelsea; Elizabeth Dean Dudley and Adalivia Resendiz Casas, Columbiana; Mary Alexandria Brown and Jeffrey Lee Chick, Harpersville; Jessica Diane Jaquez, Maylene; Ellen Kay Jordan and ...

When I arrived at the University of Montevallo in August 2006, I was surprised and delighted to encounter a program that was not only discovering a oediamonds in the rougha but was successfully polishing and marketing those diamonds.

Sonya Lefkovits has never been a fan of Michael Jacksona s music, but curiosity compelled the Columbiana native to visit the fabled Neverland Ranch, the pop icona s former home.

Incident and offense reports from municipal police departments from May 23-June 23: Alabaster -Noise complaint from the 100 block of Tall Timber.

Couples who were granted divorces in Shelby County from June 15-22. -R. Steven Baker of Hoover and Kimberly Baker of Hoover.

The Culture Club even won the "Spirit of Freedom" award for the Liberty Day Parade.

Alamo Street Community Church in Monclova, Mexico expects a crowd of visitors in its sanctuary beginning July 4. While their family members are celebrating Independence Day here, teens and youth leaders from the Columbiana Church of the Nazarene plan to help a church grow.

We live in an increasingly mobile society. Doesna t it make sense that our emergency services should try to keep up? Thata s the position John Ellison, executive director of Shelby County 911, is taking.

For more than two years, the "Warm Fuzzies" have met to paint, share a lot of fun, support and encourage each other.

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan urged the whole nation to celebrate the unveiling of the refurbished Statue of Liberty with patriotic ceremonies.

This old house: Marrene Wilson bought her century-old Columbiana "dog-trot" home 16 years ago, and wanted to keep the historical flavor.

There's a lot going on this weekend. Tons of free activities. Here we go... Love peaches? Head south on I-65 for the final day of the Chilton County Peach Festival .

COLUMBIANA - The Shelby County School Board votes to stiffen the penalties for students who are caught with cell phones in class.

Shelby Countya s Enhanced 911 agency will be equipped to receive text messages, pictures and videos from callers this time next year.

When the usual means of communications overload during a crisis, amateur radio operators come to the rescue, often saving lives and property.

The trainers, accompanied by their respective dogs, trained in the areas of patrolling, explosives detection and narcotics detection, said Deputy Allan Morgan of the Shelby County Sheriffa s Officea s Patrol Division/K9 Unit.

Students from small towns and big cities alike gathered at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana June 12-14 to learn how they can provide leadership in their schools and communities during challenging times.

They have already built and painted a toolbox and will create a welding project, as well as visit a construction site.

Families throughout Shelby County will be celebrating liberty June 26-27 while attending Columbianaa s 24th-annual Liberty Day celebration.