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ST. CLAIR COUNTY — Voters deliver a new high school to Moody as the provisional ballots were counted on Tuesday, November 23, at the St. Clair County Commissions office. See VOTE, Page 5
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PINSON – The Pinson City Council held a special-called meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at 1 p.m., See PINSON, Page 6
Register now to participate in the 2021 Leeds Christmas Parade From The Tribune staff reports
LEEDS — The 2021 Leeds Christmas Parade will be held on Friday, December 10, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in historic downtown Leeds. See CHRISTMAS, Page 4
Employee crashes van into Pinson restaurant location From The Tribune staff reports
PINSON — Shortly after 5 a.m. this morning, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the Jack’s Restaurant in Pinson to investigate calls that a vehicle had crashed into the building. See JACKS, Page 3
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Trussville Fire and Police responded to a fire Kemp’s Kitchen. (Photo courtesy of Hud Harris) From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — Trussville Fire and Police Department responded to a fire at Kemp’s Kitchen on Monday, November 29, around 10:20 p.m. According to the Trussville Fire Department, Trussville Fire received an alert that a smoke detector was set off at Kemp’s Kitchen. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the fire was well involved but was able to get the fire under control in a timely manner.
Trussville Fire Department’s Chief Tim Shotts said the fire is assumed to have started in the kitchen, but further investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire. “Our investigator will be down there today investigating,” Shotts said. “He’ll go through there and see if we can find the cause. That will tell us whether it was [arson] or it wasn’t, but at this point, nothing is obvious, but we won’t know that definitively until sometime later on.” Trussville Police Department’s Lieutenant Clint Ri-
ner said that Trussville Police were called to help assist with traffic control for the fire department. “The business was unoccupied at the time of the fire,” Riner said. “There were no injuries, forced entry was made to control the fire, and all utilities arrived on scene to shut down all feed to the business.” The fire is being investigated by the Trussville Fire Department’s fire marshal. Kemp’s Kitchen owner, Brian Kemp, said they are grateful for the community of
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Trussville, and they hope to continue to serve Trussville in the future. “We plan on rebuilding and coming back stronger,” Kemp said. “We love and are very thankful for Trussville; our community has been great to us, especially at this location.” Kemp said they are moving the Trussville employees to the Gardendale location to ensure they still have jobs. “Possibly with the city of Trussville blessing, we’ll bring our food trailer over on certain days of the week to let the community have something have like a drive-thru food trailer for folks to be able to come to,” Kemp said. “That’s just kind of what I’m thinking. God’s got a plan for it all, may not understand it at the moment, but that’s what we’re kind of looking at.” Kemp does not know when Kemp’s Kitchen will reopen in Trussville, but he says that the Kemp’s Kitchen in Gardendale will be open, even on Sundays. The story will be updated when more information is available.
Trussville City Council presents check to Trussville Fire Department’s ‘Christmas for Kids’ program By Tanna M. Friday Managing Editor
TRUSSVILLE — Councilman Alan Taylor and Trussville Council presented a check in the amount of $2,000.00 to the Trussville Fire Department’s Christmas for Kids program during the city’s regular council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The donations program is designed to help needy families within the Trussville community provide Christmas for their children, where otherwise there would be none. Councilman Taylor shared that the donation was made generously by members of the community during First Baptist Church Trussville’s Community Thanksgiving Service held Sunday, Nov. 21. Trussville Fire and Rescue ask that if you would like to help, please drop off a new, unwrapped toy at any Truss-
(Left to Right) Councilman Perry Cook, Ben Short, Councilwoman Lisa Bright, Chief Tim Shotts, Councilman Alan Taylor, Mayor Buddy Choat, and Councilwoman Jaime Anderson.
ville Fire Station, or if you would like to make a monetary donation, simply mail your tax-deductible check to Trussville Fire and Rescue 421 Cherokee Drive Trussville, AL 35173 (Attn: Christmas For Kids Donations). All the donations go to qualify-
ing, needy families within the community. Trussville Fire and Rescue donates their time and energy to make this program possible. For more information, see https://www.trussvilletribune. com/2021/11/18/trussvillefire-and-rescue-host-christ-
MOODY – A public hearing was held at a regular meeting of the Moody City Council on Monday, November 22, to consider entering into a development agreement with St. Clair County and TCG Crossroads Plaza, LLC. See MOODY, Page 5
The Pinnacle and Trussville Chamber host outdoor movie night From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — The Pinnacle and Trussville Chamber are proud to announce they are hosting an outdoor movie night beginning Saturday, December 4, starting at 6 p.m. See PINNACLE, Page 5
Moody invites you to “A Very Merry Disney Christmas” parade From The Tribune staff reports
MOODY — The City of Moody invites you to join them as they celebrate the Christmas Season at the 2021 Annual Moody Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 11, at 5:00 p.m.
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mas-donations-program/ In other matters, the Council approved: • Minutes from Nov. 4th workshop, Nov. 9th regular session; • Consent Agenda:
ARGO – Mayor Betty Bradley announced at the regular meeting of the Argo City Council on Monday, Nov. 29, that a zoning survey for the city of Argo is now available at https://www.argoalive.com.
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