Shelby News

Couples who applied for marriage licenses in Shelby County from June 16-22. -Jarrett Kyle Bush, 23, of Alabaster and Rebekha Anne Blaydoe, 23, of Alabaster.

Email MADISON, AL -Texting friends when you need them is nothing new, but in two Alabama counties, you may soon be able to text someone unexpected to get help.

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.

Morton served as guest speaker of the event, which also featured the chamber's Teacher Intern Program.

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

You don't really have to see the statistics to know a sour economy is hitting home in Alabama.

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

Shelby County Sheriff deputies have arrested two people suspected of invading a home in north Shelby County Saturday.

From left, 2009 Johnny Lowe Academic Scholarship recipients, presented by the South Shelby Chamber of Commerce, Joshua Ray Dunnaway, Jillene Elaine Horton, Emily Megan Spates, Monica Michelle Blackwell and Brittny Nicole Waldroup.

Parade applications are available now for this yeara s Liberty Day parade in Columbiana.

Small Towns and Downtowns will be the focus of efforts by the Alabama tourism officials in 2010.

A man charged with breaking into vehicles while people worshiped at church is in the Shelby County Jail on $70,000 bond.

Jacka s Family Restaurants celebrated a new Jacka s location in Columbiana today.

Mike Hill , Jim McClendon and Mary Sue McClurkin speak about the recent legislative session.

Oak Mountain State Park is Shelby Countya s finest attraction to those who love being outdoors.

The 114tha 'annual Alabama Federation of Womena TMs Clubs State Convention was held April 16-19 at the Wynfrey in Hoover.

For the first time in nearly a half-century, the Shelby County school system is out from under a federal racial desegregation order.

Alabaster City Council President Jim McClain has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives District 49 seat.

A murder trial is under way in Memphis for a former sheriff's deputy charged with killing a man during a barroom fight.

Shelby County schools are installing computer software that alerts staff to any visitor who is on a sex offender registry.