🌱 What Pell City’s ex-city manager is taking to Hoover’s top job

Morning Pell City! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What Pell City’s ex-city manager is taking to Hoover’s top job
• How a Pell City church set the stage for a 38-year marriage

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 60 and low of 37 degrees.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 49, low: 28.
• Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hoover hires Pell City's City Manager Brian Muenger as city administrator (280living.com) — Pell City’s former city manager, Brian Muenger, has left after a decade leading the city’s 230 employees and $40 million budget to become Hoover’s new city administrator. Local readers may note his debt-free capital improvements and statewide recognition, as Hoover’s mayor touts his experience in planning, development, and financial management. His move could influence how Pell City fills this key leadership role.
   

• ‘We Went to the Park And Walked And Talked … [He] Asked, ‘Will You Marry Me?' (birminghamtimes.com) — A longtime married couple with deep ties to Pell City churches share how their relationship began at Miracle Hill Church and led to a quick proposal and 1987 wedding there. Their story, rooted in local faith communities from Pell City to Talladega and Pleasant Grove, highlights communication, shared spirituality, and continued ministry work that now includes relationship coaching for other couples.
   

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Tuesday December 23

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Tuesday December 23

• Storytime: Winter Holidays
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Thursday December 18

• Bouncing Babies: Holidays
  Pell City Public Library , 1923 1st Avenue North , Pell City
  10:30 am
• Municipal Court
  Trussville City Hall , 131 Main Street , Trussville
  12:00 pm
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  Pell City Public Library , 1923 1st Avenue North , Pell City
  12:00 pm
• Lincoln Golden Bears vs Leeds Greenwave
  Lincoln High School , 78989 AL-77 , Lincoln
  4:30 pm
• Board of Zoning Adjustment
  Trussville City Hall , 131 Main Street , Trussville
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Last Day of Fall Semester- Noon Dismissal
  Leeds City Leeds, AL 35094
• FILM FRIDAYS
  Talladega Public Library , 202 South Street E , Talladega
  12:00 pm
• Lincoln Golden Bears vs B.B. Comer Tigers
  Lincoln High School , 78989 AL-77 , Lincoln
  4:30 pm
• Christmas in Columbiana
  Shelby County, AL Calendar , 105 West College Street , Columbiana
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Cookies with Santa
  Shelby County, AL Calendar
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

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• Get your Mental Health Matters license plate today!
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• I do TV installations if anyone is interested!!
  Outlet relocations, wire hiding. And will mount any size of tv with any bracket you want WOW! TV Installation Contact me Email: wow.tvinstall@yahoo… (Nextdoor Highway 174)

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Pell City. Apply here.
• Leadec Corp. posted a job opening for Production Support / Tech Cleaning in Pell City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pell City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Talladega

• Wheeler Shoots Alexandria Past White Plains as Area Teams Post Big Wins (calhounjournal.com)
• Unsolved Alabama: Kelley Howard (abc3340.com)
• $2.3 Trillion Giant Makes Stunning NASCAR Power Play With Chase Elliott for 2026 (profootballnetwork.com)

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