City holds Arts Fest in Orr Park

By Noah Wortham On Saturday April 17, the Montevallo Arts Collaborative hosted the 15th annual Montevallo Arts Festival in Orr Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.   The event featured over 70 artists. There was live…

University hosts 5K and color run

By Noah Wortham On April 17, The Warrior Challenge, comprised of a 5k and a 1-mile color run, was held at the Disc Golf Course near the McChesney Student Activity Center at the University of Montevallo. The first male…

City Council in gold letters on purple background

City council discusses incentives for new brewery

By Cady Inabinett  The Montevallo City Council met Monday, April 12, for their regularly scheduled, biweekly meeting. The Council met to discuss the set agenda topics as well as field the concerns of citizens who chose…

Sims House restoration sparks debate over MDCD

By Cady Inabinett  Debate has erupted in recent Montevallo City Council meetings over a Montevallo Development Cooperative District project funding the renovation of the historic Sims House located on Montevallo’s campus.   Both citizens and council members…

News in brief April 19

By: Harrison Neville  School named after KKK Grand Wizard renamed after Hank Aaron  Originally named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a confederate general and the first Grand Wizard of the infamous Ku Klux Klan, Atlanta public…

Will Montevallo gain a hotel?

By Cady Inabinett  Questions were raised at a recent council meeting about the progress made on a hotel development project passed by the previous Montevallo city council.   The project, which was approved last August, has…