Pelham News

Members of the historic Alabama Army National Guard's 1/167th Infantry Battalion and subordinate units will be welcomed home Monday in a series of events across the state.

PELHAM, Alabama -- In his third attempt at the restaurant's national title , the head meat cutter at Pelham's Texas Roadhouse knew he was in it to win.

PELHAM, Alabama -- The Pelham City Council is considering a $3.275 million loan as well as unspecified tax breaks to Shelby County-based outdoor furniture company Summer Classics in a deal that will renew life to the vacant Moore-Handley property on Highway 31.

Shelby County government leaders are backing Calera's plans to seek state funding to improve the congested Highway 31 crossing over Interstate 65.

The man accused of shooting and killing three people at a Pelham home last September sat silently in a courtroom this afternoon as his attorney entered pleas of not guilty to the capital murder charges against him.

When asked how he felt about this morning's University of Montevallo graduation ceremony finally arriving for him, Centreville's Brett Gilbert had one word.

COLUMBIANA, Alabama -- Instead of the anniversaries she should have shared with her husband, Patricia Vaughn has "had five years of mourning." James Darrell Johnson, 58, of Montgomery has a 45-year prison sentence handed down Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Columbiana stemming from a murder conviction for attacking a man in Pelham in 2008.

Pelham city leaders want to explore ways to work with their counterparts in Chelsea in endeavors ranging from fire protection services to development of a proposed sports field complex behind Chelsea High School.

After the April 27, 2011, tornadoes ravaged areas throughout Alabama, Shelby County officials realized they had escaped the widespread destruction suffered by many communities.

City Council members at Tuesday's Pelham Business Council quarterly meeting emphasized no decision has been made on whether to separate from the Shelby County school system to start one controlled by the municipality.

As the class-elected Pelham fire chief for the day, Valley Intermediate School fifth-grader Anna Boutwell shadowed department leader Danny Ray and learned he oversees 79 employees and five fire stations.

The fine folks at PanicStream have come across a listing which gives us an idea of what the eighth installment of Widespread Panic's multi-track live archival series is all about.