Council talks cell provider, Chamber of Commerce Hall…

By Madeline Burbank  At their Nov. 14 meeting, the Montevallo City Council accepted a proposal from the mobile service provider First Responder Network Authority, better known as FirstNet. FirstNet provides cell service aimed at serving…

Montevallo holds annual Art Stalk 

By M.K. Bryant  On Saturday Oct. 29, over 100 vendors lined up under multicolored tents along Montevallo’s Main Street for the annual Art Stalk, an art festival that is usually held around Halloween time. The…

UM students advocate for change for Ebenezer Swamp…

By Josie Shaw, Managing editor of production  Several faculty members and students from UM’s environmental studies department attended a public hearing in Alabaster to protest a housing subdivision development affecting UM’s Ebenezer Swamp.   In 2020,…

The future of medical cannabis in Alabama 

By Wesley Walter  In May 2021, Alabama became the 37th state to adopt a medical cannabis program. However, despite the law being in place for over a year, according to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission,…

Council talks budget, security contractors and more 

By Madeline Burbank  The Montevallo City Council voted to pass the 2022-2023 fiscal budget at their Sept. 26 meeting after its second reading. This saw minor changes from the first reading including a 3 percent…