🌱 St. Clair Drug Bust + AU Marching Band At Hewitt-Trussville

Hello, neighbors! Michael Seale here with the latest copy of the Trussville Daily. If any of you near Hewitt-Trussville High School heard the Auburn University fight song today, that's likely because the AU marching band was practicing at HTHS for Tuesday's Birmingham Bowl against Houston. read more about it, and other stories in and around town below.

Here are the top stories today in Trussville:

1. Two people were arrested for drug trafficking during a St. Clair County traffic stop Monday. (WBRC)
2. Hewitt-Trussville’s Finkley and Clay-Chalkville’s Johnson are finalists for the Alabama Sports Writers Association's end-of-season awards. (Facebook)
3. COVID-19 tests have been hard to find lately, but here are a few places where you can get a the at-home test in Birmingham now. (Bham Now)
4. A Springville woman has been identified as the person who died in a crash in Jefferson County on Christmas Day. (Trussville Patch)
5. The Auburn University marching band practiced at Hewitt-Trussville High School for Tuesday's Birmingham Bowl. (Trussville Tribune)

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From my notebook:

• The free COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children, adolescents and adults, Children's of Alabama says. It helps prevent severe illness and hospitalizations and protects others who cannot be vaccinated, including children under the age of 5. (Instagram)
• Trussville Antiques & Interiors wants to know: When do your holiday decorations come down? Are you going to be ready for a little bit of a new look? (Facebook)
• See Trussville-area obituaries on the Trussville Tribune. (Trussville Tribune)

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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.