The Pell City School Board unanimously approved the $39 million 2019 fiscal year budget Tuesday night.

PELL CITY -- Pell City High School Job Coach Joyce White was recognized at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting after it was announced that she had won the Greater Etowah Governor’s Committee Advocate of the Year award.  

With the 2018-19 academic year a couple of weeks away from starting, the St. Clair County school system has been busy getting teachers in place.

ASHVILLE – For the sixth consecutive year, summer school is being held at Eden Career Tech Center. Principal Adrianne Dodgen said summer school started June 4, and will end July 13, for 76 students in grades 5-12.

ASHVILLE – Take a look around Ashville Elementary School – inside and out. When teachers and students return for the new school year, they will notice a change, a good change, thanks to a lot of hard work from volunteers last Saturday.

The 2018 senior class at Moody High School graduated Thursday, May 17 at the Church of Brook Hills. On the same night, the Moody Lady Blue Devils softball team was competing for the Class 5A state championship. There are nine senior softball players for Moody. After the game, they were surpr…

There is change in the air, can you feel it? It lies subtle and thick above us, pressing on our shoulders and on our hearts, leaving us with a dread and a nostalgic anticipation. It's the graduation of our seniors, the day our babies will say goodbye to high school and say hello to life. The…

The St. Clair County High’s Student Government Association attended the state SGA Conference recently, and earned several awards. Senior Taylor England won the state SGA Speech Competition for the second year in a row. Her speech was based on the topic “In what ways will you pledge leadershi…

RAGLAND -- When the Class of 2018 graduates from Ragland High School later this month, it will mark the end of school days for Hope Johns and all of her classmates for the past 13 years.

The Odenville Middle School Student Government Association and Schoolwide Leadership Team recently attended the Alabama Student Council's State Conference at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

ODENVILLE – For the second consecutive year, a special-needs prom has been held in the cafeteria at St. Clair County High School in Odenville.

The St. Clair County Honor Bands performed Saturday at the Ragland High School gymnasium. Every high school in St. Clair County was represented. The middle school honor band played first under the direction of David Caddell, who has taught middle school band in Alabama public schools for 13 …

ODENVILLE – After his older sister won the St. Clair County History Fair several years ago, Nicholas Barclay was determined he would do the same.

Coosa Valley Elementary School History Fair winners were first place, Colt Carder, right, who built The Kitchen; second place, Jaiden Johnson, center, who built Logan Martin Dam; and third place, Briley Goodgame, left, who built a model of the original Goodgame office.

The Iola Roberts Elementary School History Fair winners are, from left, first place, Carsen Norris (John Looney House); second place, Aubrey Jones (Harkey's Chapel Methodist Church); third place, Myles Henderson (First Baptist Church Pell City); and honorable mention, Jarrett Doran (Cropwell…

The St. Clair County Spelling Bee was held last week at Springville Middle School. The winner was Elaine Bryan, right, a seventh-grader at Springville Middle School. First runner-up was Ashlyn Buff, middle, a seventh-grader at Victory Christian School; and second runner-up was Antuan Herron,…

Odenville Middle School held its annual Spelling Bee recently. This year’s winner was Steven Griffin, left, who spelled chandelier as the winning word. Runner-up was Nick Brown. The St. Clair County Spelling Bee was held Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. at the Springville Middle School auditorium.

Six-year-old Shelby Jernigan is fascinated with big ships. The ships that have a pool, where games are played all day and pizza can be eaten anytime you want it.

So, just how much spirit do you have? How much for Leeds? How much for Moody? How about St. Clair County High?

ODENVILLE – No, folks are not seeing double at Odenville Elementary School these days. It only seems that way, what with eight sets of twins in attendance this academic year.

ASHVILLE – Janet Johnson is the new principal at Ashville High School. While this is her first time being a principal, Johnson is accustomed to the administrative role. For the past 10 years, she was the assistant principal at Clay-Chalkville Middle School.

The town of Steele is conducting a communitywide competition for a town seal, and everyone has the opportunity to design it.

Steele Jr. High School has a new principal. She is Kellie Peoples, and this is her first job as a principal.

With all the hustle and bustle of the last few weeks with school starting back, it's easy to forget what isn't directly impacting our own lives. But there’s one thing I'd like us to remember.