City Council Meeting Postponed + New Mental Health Facility

Hey, neighbors! Michael Seale here with the latest issue of the Trussville Daily. Today was a pretty big day for Jefferson County, as an announcement was made Tuesday morning that the county will get a new mental health center in 2022. This is huge news for Jefferson County. Also, unfortunately, a crash in Fultondale resulted in the deaths of two women, and an injury to a child. Read these stories and more below.

Here are the top stories today in Trussville:

1. The Trussville City Council has postponed its city council meeting and workshop Tuesday night, rescheduling for Oct. 12. (Trussvilletribune)
2. Jefferson County is getting a new mental health center, which is set to open in May of 2022. This is huge news for the county. (Birmingham Patch)
3. Bendy’s Cookies & Cream ice cream shop is opening a second location in downtown Trussville. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
4. The Pell City Schools superintendent says the systems's low ACAP scores were likely caused by lost instruction time from the pandemic. (Anniston Star)
5. A really sad story to report: Two women were killed and a child was injured in a crash Tuesday in Fultondale. (WBRC)

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Trussville Patch Notebook

• The Trussville Police Department is wearing pink badges for breast cancer awareness month. (Trussvilletribune)
• Hewitt-Trussville’s Tom Esslinger will be inducted to the Jackson County Sports Hall of Fame. (Facebook)
• Trussville Fire & Rescue's fire prevention week campaign is "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety" and the goal is to educate everyone about different sounds smoke alarms make. (Facebook)
• Trussville Public Library: Teens stop by and pick up this months Take-N-Make craft. Pony Bead Jack-O-Lanterns! (Instagram)

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About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.

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