Prattville – Ilex Opaca or American Holly is a popular greenery used for decoration during the Christmas season and the tree can be found at Cooters Pond Park in Prattville. You can see it near the pavilion at the overlook area of the park. Right now the berries are ripe and are a [...]
Prattville – Back in 1947, eleven years before the city of Prattville purchased Pratt Park as part of the grounds for Washington Junior High School, football was played there. In my mind, I can only imagine how the quarterbacks and running backs must’ve zigzagged to avoid the many ducks who currently reside there. [...]
Montgomery – St. John’s, the oldest Episcopal Church in Montgomery, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1975. It was organized in 1834 by a small group of pioneer settlers.
St. John’s has the distinction of being the first brick church in the city, and in 1837 it moved into [...]
Helena – Helena is a small city and is one of three (Alabaster and Pelham being the other two) that make up the area known as “North Shelby County,” but it is considered to be a suburb of Birmingham. The estimated population is 11,000 and Helena is highly regarded as a place to [...]
Birmingham – Santa Claus was found at The Summit in Birmingham. The Summit offers a wide variety of shopping and dining experiences and is located at the intersection of U. S. Highway 280 and Interstate 459 in Birmingham.
A plastic version of Santa stands in the front window of the Apple store there and a [...]
Prattville – Amidst the holiday hustle and bustle and sounds of the cars whizzing by, one could hear a man preaching to the masses; that is, if you were within hearing distance Saturday at the corner of Main and Memorial in front of Walgreen’s.
Pastor Michael Matheny and four of his parishioners from Autauga Heights [...]
Prattville – Genealogy comes alive in a cemetery, pardon the pun. What I mean to say is, one can gather much information from perusing the headstones of families who have been laid to rest.
A case in point is Prattville’s Oak Hill Cemetery, where you can find the remains of the city’s oldest pioneer [...]
Prattville – For the Thanksgiving season, the city of Prattville planted fall gardens downtown and dressed them with hay bales, scarecrows, and cornstalks. Jan McDowell and the PDU (Prattville Downtown Unlimited) led the project and did an outstanding job.
These gardens attracted numerous species of beautiful butterflies. There were at least five [...]
Prattville – The city of Prattville’s Christmas parade was held on Saturday afternoon at 4:00. Hundreds of spectators lined both sides of West Main Street and they were treated to a variety of floats, the Prattville High School marching band, Miss Fountain City, and even Santa Claus paid a visit.
Mayor Jim Byard and [...]
Prattville – The streets of downtown Prattville were inundated with fans Saturday night welcoming their team home after a hard fought victory in Birmingham.
The Prattville Lions won their third consecutive 6A State Championship, beating Hoover 16-13.
Toilet paper was strewn throughout the W. Main street area leaving a winter-like appearance in its wake. Mayor [...]
