🌱 More Brookside Drama + Trussville Approves Contract With GBHS

Hello there, Trussville! Hope everyone has had a great day. Allow me to get you caught up on the goings-on in and around Trussville today. Let's first talk about the ongoing fiasco in Brookside concerning their "policing for profit" situation. Records show that the attorney for Brookside saw his salary increase more than 200 percent, strange for a town of just 1,200 people. ALsdo in the news, the Trussville City Council approved a contract with the Greater Birmingham Humane Society for pound services. Read all about it below.

Here are the top stories in Trussville today:

1. A Blount County man who was arrested in Springville last summer has been sentenced to 15 years on a federal weapons charge. (Trussville Patch)
2. There is more news from the Brookside police fiasco. Town Attorney Mark Parnell saw his income from the town of 1,253 people rise 241 percent, bringing his total pay last year from Brookside to $72,115. (AL.com)
3. The City of Trussville approved a contract with the Greater Birmingham Humane Society for animal control and pound services Tuesday. (Trussville Tribune)
4. The Trussville City Council has declared February 26 as Arbor Day, and approved a new app for the city. (Trussville Tribune)
5. For the second time this month, an inmate has died at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. This time, the investigation has determined a homicide. (WSFA)

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From my notebook:

• Alabama Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month continues. Hewitt-Trussville High School features an Electrical Construction Academy led by George Logan. Approximately 112 students are a part of this academy. (Facebook)
• Trussville declares week in February FBLA-PBL Week 2022. (Facebook)
• Spring adult softball registration is coming to a close soon! Trussville PArks & Recreation needs a few more church league teams and has two more spots available in the recreation league. (Facebook)

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