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Coosa River Express to connect Sylacauga and I-65

Friday, December 13 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - Imagine faster trips west and south while avoiding U.S. Highway 280 traffic to Birmingham. A 36-minute drive from Sylacauga to Interstate 65. New residential and industrial development and increasing property values.By the spring of 2021, some 44 years after the last...

$46.6 million awarded to help low-income residents with heating costs

Tuesday, December 18 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Governor Kay Ivey on Friday awarded $46.6 million in grants to assist low-income families in Alabama with energy bills.

Alabama breaks records in September: Record high number of jobs, and record high number of people employed

Monday, October 22 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama has once again broken employment and job records. In September, wage and salary employment reached a record high, and the number of people counted as working was also a record high, for the fifth month in a row.

Shelby County school among fifty receiving $1 million for 3rd Grade reading gains

Thursday, August 23 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) recently announced that 50 schools across the state would share $1 million allotted by the Alabama Legislature during the 2018 legislative session. Today, the 50 schools that will receive this earmarked funding are recognized...

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office searching for ‘Breaking and Entering’ suspect

Monday, May 21 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. - In a Facebook post on Monday morning, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office announced needing assistance in locating a suspect from a video for (UBEV) Unlawful Breaking and Entering of a Vehicle.

Alabama wage and salary employment at ten-year high; Shelby County with lowest unemployment rate for April

Monday, May 21 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s wage and salary employment measured 2,039,200 in March, the highest since December 2007.

Fifteen arrested on drug related charges in Shelby County

Tuesday, May 8 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. - May has been a busy month for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, which has made 15 drug related arrests so far.

Shooting in Shelby County leaves one dead

Tuesday, April 10 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. - In a Facebook post on Sunday afternoon, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office reported it received a call earlier that morning about a shooting in Shelby, Alabama.

Talladega County unemployment rate rises; Shelby County boasts lowest unemployment rate for February

Monday, March 26 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%, well below February 2017’s rate of 5.3%. February’s rate represents 80,685 unemployed persons, compared to 80,807 in January and 115,397 in February 2017. 2,080,339...

Portion of I-65 in Shelby County to expand from four to six lanes

Thursday, May 11 by Jeremy Law

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Governor Kay Ivey has directed the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Director John Cooper to expand a portion of I-65 in north Shelby County from four to six lanes.The announcement came as part of a meeting with the Shelby County Legislative...

Moderate population growth forecast for Alabama by 2040, many counties declining

Friday, April 14 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - The University of Alabama's Center for Business and Economic Research has released a report estimating the state's population changes by county through 2040.Although overall population is expected to grow by 11.3%, Talladega County's may drop by 5.6% or 6,849 people, yet...

Colonial Pipeline fire contained; pipeline continues to burn

Tuesday, November 1 by Michael Brannon

HELENA, Ala. - On Tuesday, just before 2:00 p.m., a Colonial Pipeline contract crew was working on Line 1 in Shelby Co. An incident involving the trackhoe the crew was using hit...

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