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3 weeks ago | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 12:22 pm Friday, June 6, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherNORTH SHELBY – One of the country’s fastest-growing and most popular chicken tender chains is headed to the Birmingham-metro area and is expected to open along U.S. 280 in North Shelby County. Currently with 846 locations, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers will be adding its third Alabama location with a Shelby County restaurant along one of the state’s busiest highways.
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1 month ago | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 5:04 pm Wednesday, May 21, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherBIRMINGHAM – Six years ago, class president Tyler Armstead sat inside Bartow Arena and watched as his brother graduated from Thompson High School.
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1 month ago | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 4:09 pm Wednesday, May 21, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherHOMEWOOD – Standing on a stage inside Samford University’s Pete Hanna Center, Helena High School Senior Class President Kaden Vanderford addressed his peers and reminded them of the most important part of high school.
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1 month ago | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 4:02 pm Wednesday, May 21, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherHOMEWOOD – Playing the piano since the age of 4 and eventually picking up the guitar, it was only fitting that Chelsea High School Valedictorian Chloe Anderson tied music into her commencement speech during the school’s graduation ceremony on Tuesday, May 20.
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1 month ago | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 4:23 pm Thursday, May 8, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | Managing EditHUNTSVILLE – The Briarwood Lions will officially get their shot at redemption on Saturday, May 10 after taking down Spanish Fort in the semifinals of the Class 6A playoffs on Thursday, May 8.
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1 month ago | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 5:02 pm Wednesday, May 7, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherALBERTVILLE – Trailing two-time defending state champion Hewitt-Trussville 3-1 through three innings of play with the season on the line on Wednesday, May 7, the Thompson Warriors didn’t panic.
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2 months ago | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 12:20 am Saturday, April 19, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherCHELSEA – The Chelsea Hornets celebrated their newly-installed turf on Friday, April 18 with a playoff sweep of Brookwood in the opening round of the Class 6A postseason, gracing the new field in a big way. The Hornets won each game in different fashion, taking game one with an offensive outburst of 11 runs in an 11-4 victory and game two in a dominant pitching effort with a 4-0 shutout.
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Mar 16, 2025 | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 1:56 pm Sunday, March 16, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherCALERA – Sitting inside his home on Saturday, March 15 as a line of storms approached the city of Calera, the alert came through on Tim Striegel’s phone. Tornado warning. When he saw that notification flash on his phone, he had a quick decision to make for himself and his daughter. “Me and my daughter contemplated whether we wanted to stay or go,” he recalled.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 12:58 pm Friday, March 14, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherAfter being upgraded to a level 4 severe weather risk on Thursday, the National Weather Service out of Birmingham has now upgraded Shelby County to a level 5 risk—the highest risk on the scale. The NWS made the decision to upgrade around 12:40 p.m. on Friday due to the dangerous threat for tornadoes, straight line winds and large hail.
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
shelbycountyreporter.com | Alec Etheredge
Published 1:18 pm Saturday, February 22, 2025 By ALEC ETHEREDGE | PublisherALABASTER – Gazing toward a dog walking his way, the cup of coffee in State Rep. Corley Ellis’s hand on Friday morning, Feb. 21 was the last thing he needed for energy. As the dog wheeled toward him, yes wheeled, being driven be students from Chelsea Park Elementary School’s STEAM lab, Ellis got to see one of the grants he shared with the school in action.
