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Irondale hosting Arts & Crafts Holiday Bazaar at civic center
Plan in the works to redevelop downtown Leeds
Moody blows past Arab to get to round two
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From Tribune staff reports
Birmingham approves $1 million redevelopment agreement for Roebuck YMCA From Tribune staff reports
IRONDALE, Ala. – Over 80 vendors are getting ready to fill the Irondale Civic Center as part of the city’s first ever Holiday Bazaar later this month. The event, which will be free to attend, will give community members the
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The City of Birmingham has approved a $1 million redevelopment agreement with the YMCA of Greater Birmingham to support the renovation of the Northeast Y in Roebuck as well as
See IRONDALE, Page 3
See YMCA, Page 2
Pinson Council passes budget after months of delay
Trussville man charged with murder
By Nathan Prewet, For the Tribune
PINSON, Ala. – The Pinson City Council passed the city’s budget at its meeting on Thursday, Nov. 7 after months of delays. The subject of the budget has been a point of some contention between council members in their previous See PINSON, Page 3
From Tribune staff reports
LEEDS, Ala. – Leeds Main Street will welcome representatives from Main Street Alabama and Place + Main Advisors to town later this month to begin work on the creation of a Real Estate Development Plan for downtown Leeds. The redevelopment plan will focus on identifying reuse potential for vacant and underutilized properties downtown by analyzing the local retail market and evaluating several buildings.
“We’re excited to have both Main Street Alabama and Place + Main Advisors experience downtown Leeds, review the data of where our business patrons are coming from, and what other types of businesses would be a good fit for the community,” Leeds Main Street Executive Director Kristy Biddle said. The team will be in town on Nov. 19 and 20 to evaluate the area and host a Walking Visioning Tour. Members of the community are invited to join them on their walking tour
and share their thoughts and ideas of appropriate businesses for the district. The walk will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. in the parking lot located at 8052 Parkway Drive. “Main Street Alabama is proud to offer this service to our Designated Communities,” said Mary Helmer Wirth, President/State Coordinator of Main Street Alabama. “This is just one of the many ways Main Street Alabama assists our communities to reach their full potential.”
The project is paid for through a federal grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. Main Street Alabama in partnership with Opportunity Alabama and the Business Council of Alabama applied for and received an EDA grant, of which Main Street Alabama is using their portion to provide services to designated communities in the form of a real estate redevelopment plan, small scale production workshop, and incremental development training.
From Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Trussville man has been charged in the shooting death of Amauria Caffey, according to BPD Officer Truman Fitzgerald. Malik Farris, 21, was charged with murder, first-degree theft of property, and first-degree criminal mischief. Caffey, 20, was shot and
See SHOOTING, Page 4
‘A new experience;’ Leeds veterans Trussville’s Peach awarded Quilts of Valor Cobbler Factory reopens under new ownership By Nathan Prewett, For the Tribune
By Chris Basinger, Staff Writer
TRUSSVILLE, Ala. – Trussville’s local Peach Cobbler Factory reopened this weekend with new faces, a new look, and new menu items that are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. The dessert shop initially opened in October 2023 under a different owner, but shut its doors in less than a year. That was when a new local mother-daughter duo took ownership of the location and started working to save it. “The opportunity came up for us to take over this one and we just love Trussville and it’s close to our home so we just couldn’t pass it up,” co-owner Pepper Cox said. Cox and her mother Melva Rasalan both live in Springville and had been working on opening a Peach Cobbler Factory there be-
Pepper Cox (left) and Melva Rasalan (right) celebrate the reopening of Trussville's Peach Cobbler Factory. Courtesy of Pepper Cox.
fore they were offered the chance to run the Trussville store. Though they still plan on opening the new Springville location in early 2025, right now they are focused on making the store
in Trussville the best that it can be. “We’re just trying to give it a little bit of a different feel since it is new ownership,” Cox said. See PEACH, Page 5
LEEDS, Ala. – In honor of Veterans Day, seven Leeds veterans were presented with Quilts of Valor last Friday night at a meeting of the Leeds Arts Council. The presentations were conducted by Kate Starcher, the North-Central Alabama Director of Quilts of Valor, along with organizers Lyn O’Leary, Marilyn Milstead, and Phyllis Menger. The quilts were made by members of the local quilt guilds including the Birmingham Quilters Guild, the Heartland Quilt Guild in Cullman, the West Alabama Quilters Guild in Tuscaloosa and the Evening Star Quilt Guild in Shelby County, as well as individual Quilts of Valor member and Leeds resident, Della Darby. Those who were presented a quilt included Steve Karr, Kenneth McClure, John Patrick O’Leary, Roger Sheppard, Gary Suckow, Jonathan Wilson, and David Miller. Steve Karr served from 1972 to 1978 at Fort Jack-
From left to right: John Patrick O’Leary, Leeds Mayor David Miller, Jonathan Wilson, Steve Karr, Roger Sheppard, Gary Suckow and Kenneth McClure.
son in South Carolina and received the second highest marksman score in his company. He also served with the 167th Infantry National Guard unit headquartered in Cullman in the Leeds Company. “It is indeed an honor and I am very blessed,” he said while receiving the quilt. “It’s a beautiful quilt! Thank you very much.” Kenneth McClure served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1974 with the Skivvy Nine Intelligence Squadron sending messages with Morse code. After mar-
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rying his wife Roseanne he was stationed in Korea and served during the Vietnam War. John Patrick O’Leary was in the Army Security Agency from 1969-1989, stationed for a number of years in Europe as stateside training commands. He received the Meritorious Service Medal, several Army commendation medals, the Army of Occupation Medal and others. He joined the volunteer part of the Coast Guard, the Coast
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