Fultondale News

Traffic is congested on I-59 northbound just before the 77th Avenue exit about 3 p.m. in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

The Walker County Ultimate Fair will open today at 5 p.m. at the old airport in Jasper.

Fultondale Police Officer David Riddlesperger, who died on-duty in 2011, will be honored Friday when his name is added to the Alabama Law Enforcement Memorial on the south lawn at the state capitol in Montgomery.

A Midfield woman this afternoon was sentenced to five years probation for her guilty plea to federal mail fraud and embezzlement charges related to a Jefferson County workforce development program.

The Fultondale community celebrated the re-opening of the Hawkins B. Carter American Legion Post 255 at a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new building on the second anniversary of the April 27, 2011 tornado that destroyed its former building.

Like many in metro Birmingham the afternoon of April 27, 2011, police Chief Byron Pigg saw what was coming 50 miles away.

A robot operated by members of the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department was used to blast open a door to the home and Mt Brook police department SWAT team members fired tear gas in to a home in Fultondale where they believed a suspect in the robbery of a Piggly Wiggly store is hiding.

A woman hired as an ATM service technician has been indicted for stealing $47,000 from ATMs over a seven month period.

Fultondale library staff are working hard to move materials into the new building and unpacking boxes to get the facility ready for the public.

The City Council approved the increase Monday night, raising the city's sales tax rate from 3 to 4 percent.

By participating in the Alabama Department of Revenue's sales tax holiday , Fultondale will waive city sales taxes on approved items that weekend.

Bob Churchwell, Don Vaughn, Ron Johnson and David Dunn stand beside a replica of the Statue of Liberty inside the post.