🌱 JeffCo Coronavirus Cases Down + Transit Authority Board

Hello, neighbors! Michael Seale here with today's Trussville Daily. Luckily, the omicron variant of the coronavirus has not hot Alabama, which is great news for several reasons, but namely, cases of COVID-19 are down in Jefferson County recently, and numbers are moving in the right direction. Also in the news, there is a new board member for the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority. Read these stories and more below.

Here are the top stories in Trussville today:

1. Coronavirus cases are down recently in Jefferson County according to the Centers for Disease Control. (Trussville Patch)
2. The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday to reappoint four members of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority board whose terms had expired. (birminghamwatch.org)
3. A man accused of running from and shooting at St. Clair County deputies has been arrested. (Alabama's News Leader)
4. Three teens have been arrested in the shooting that injured a 12-year-old child in Pell City Sunday/ (Trussville Patch)
5. Residents of Trussville and Pinson were tapped into the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society. (Trussville Patch)

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From my notebook:

• Trussville City Schools congratulates Paine Elementary School teacher Shayna Swann, the Trussville City Schools 2021-2022 Elementary Teacher of the Year. (Facebook)
• Recently, Trussville Fire & Rescue partnered with Children’s Hospital and Safe Kids Alabama to host a Car Seat Technician certification course. (Facebook)
• The Central Alabama Building Trades Union presented a check to the fire department at the Argo City Council meeting. (Facebook)
• Trussville Historical Society is almost out of cookbooks! Just about 20 left and they will be available to purchase this coming Saturday, December 18th from 9 am until 11 am at Heritage Hall. (Facebook)
• The AHSAA reclassification is decided. Center Point moves to 6A, Springville goes to to 5A. (Facebook)

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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.