🌱 Huskies Win Flag Football Title + City Council Honors Employee

Greetings, Trussville! Let's get you caught up this Thursday with everything you need to know going on in and around town, starting with a huge congratulations to the Hewitt-Trussville High School flag football tram for capturing the state championship Wednesday night. This is the first ever AHSAA-sanctioned flag football season, and the Huskies finished 12-0. The game itself was a nail-biter! Read more below.

Here are the top stories today in Trussville:

1. The AHSAA flag football championship game was a dramatic contest between Hewitt-Trussville and Smiths Station. Check out how the Huskies pulled off the win. (Trussville Patch)
2. The Trussville City Council honored a retiring Utilities Board member for his lifetime of service to his country and community. (Trussvilletribune)
3. A Birmingham electrical trade school is concerned, as its number of applicants has decreased this year. (Alabama's News Leader)
4. UAB was recently named America's No. 1 Best Large Employer 2021 by Forbes magazine. (WSFA)
5. The Trussville Rotary Daybreak recently heard from the Fallen Warrior Project. See what they had to say. (Trussvilletribune)

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Trussville Patch Notebook

• Alabama River Region Ballet's performances of The Nutcracker are this Friday and Saturday at 7:00 pm and Sunday at 2 p.m. (Instagram)
• Trussville City Schools congratulates Paine Elementary School educator Mrs. Penny Moore for being featured in this year's #ThankALTeachers campaign! This campaign thanks existing educators for all of their efforts and sacrifices. (Facebook)
• Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce thanks Jane Alexander and the Trussville Historical Society for creating this cute little picture opp in front of the Christmas tree. (Facebook)
• The Trussville Public Library celebrates ‘Art for the Season’ in this month’s art exhibit. (Facebook)
• The Trussville Tribune: "Area Christmas events kick off this weekend" (Facebook)

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— Michael Seale

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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