Shelby County

Man, 82, dies in Shelby County wreck Wednesday

A two-vehicle crash late Wednesday in Shelby County has claimed the life of a man from Cropwell. The wreck happened on Alabama 25 near the 142-mile marker, about 1 mile south of Harpersville. Joseph M. Brennan, 82, was fatally injured…

1 dead in Saturday Shelby County wreck

A single-vehicle crash early Saturday in Shelby County has claimed the life of a man from Riverside. The crash happened on Interstate 65 near the 237-mile marker, about 1 mil south of Alabaster in Shelby County. Zachary R. Melton, 26,…

Birmingham man dies in Shelby County wreck Thursday

A man from Birmingham is dead after a wreck Thursday morning in Shelby County. The wreck happened around 10 a.m. on Dunnavant Valley Road, about 5 miles north of Chelsea in Shelby County. Harry L. Reeder III, 75, was fatally…

Shelby County car crash kills man on Memorial Day

By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyle Hamrick A 41-year-old man is dead after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 280 west of Chelsea in Shelby County. Stephen D. Dixon was driving a 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe when Steve Drakeford, 55,…

Alabama's largest state park expanding near Birmingham

PELHAM, Ala. (AP) - New public access areas should be available later this year at Alabama’s largest state park, which is growing with the purchase of more than 1,600 acres of land in metro Birmingham. The Department of Conservation and…