🌱 18-Wheeler Catches Fire + Fast-Food Worker Solicits A Minor

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First, today's weather:

Showers and a heavier t-storm. High: 85 Low: 72.

Here are the top three stories in Hoover today:

1. An 18-wheeler caught fire, slowing traffic on I-459NB on Friday morning. The fire occurred at Exit 10: AL150/John Hawkins Pkwy in Hoover around 6:00 a.m. The accident closed the right lane and slowed traffic in the area for a while. (WBRC)
2. A Hoover fast-food worker offered his juvenile coworker money via CashApp in exchange for sex. Palarius Rodericus Calhoun, 39, is charged with one count of soliciting a minor for prostitution. The investigation began in mid-August when Hoover police were notified by the victim’s mother that her child may have been solicited for sex acts by an adult. (AL.com)
3. A 34-year-old Locust Fork man was found unresponsive at the Jefferson County Jail on Thursday. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office says Wesley Wayne Moore was found alongside another inmate on the floor of an inmate day space. Staff were able to revive the other inmate using Narcan. (CBS 42)

Today in and around Hoover:

• Hoover Love & Hiking Date For Couples At Moss Rock Preserve (All Day)
• Uno, Dos, Tres: Speak! At Homewood Public Library (10:30 AM)
• Happy Hour At Front Porch (3:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Alabama State Parks are open Labor Day weekend. They have over 2,600 campsites, 200 cabins, and 700 lodge rooms. (Alabama State Parks via Instagram)
• Eight Hoover companies were listed in the Birmingham Business Journal's 30 Fastest Growing Companies for 2022. The list includes NXTsoft, Prominence Homes & Community, and Capstone Building Corp. (City of Hoover via Facebook)
• The first session of the Hoover City Schools Bridges Program, a family support program, is on Sep. 20. School counselors facilitate the Bridges Program for students in grades nine through 12 and their parents. (Hoover City Schools via Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.