🌱 Center Point Principal's Retirement + Trussville Drug Bust

Happy Tuesday, people of Trussville! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note. First, let's discuss the drug bust by the Trussville Police Thursday night. A traffic stop resulted in felony arrests and the seizure of more than 40 pounds of marijuana. Also in the news, Center Point High School's principal announced his retirement. Read more below.

Here are the top stories today in Trussville:

1. The Moody Chamber of Commerce presented its 2021 Business of the Year Award recently. See who was honored. (Trussvilletribune)
2. Center Point High School principal Van A. Phillips announced his retirement after working in the Jefferson County school system since 1983. (Trussvilletribune)
3. As I touched on above, the Trussville Police Department and St. Clair County Sheriff's Office conducted a search that resulted in two felony drug arrests. (Trussville Patch)
4. Check out this new real estate listing in Trussville: a six-Bedroom home in the Tiffany Cove community. (Trussville Patch)
5. A 19-year-old has been charged in the December shooting deaths of a pair of Birmingham brothers off a busy city roadway. (AL.com)

From my notebook:

• Trussville's mayor says a Longhorn Steakhouse is set to open in the former Ruby Tuesday location. (Facebook)
• Birmingham Public Library's Digital Collection includes this fascinating compilation of newspaper clippings in the Martin Luther King Jr. scrapbooks collection. (Facebook)
• When you think of antiques or vintage what do you think of? Time with your family through the generations? An item that you saw at grandmas house? A special dish that was always used at family holidays? An old family photo of ancestors? (Facebook)

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