The annual PCA Fayette County Cattlemen’s Association rodeo was held on April 8 - 9 at the Fayette County Multipurpose Complex and was enjoyed by a large group of patrons each night.

The Glen Allen Town Council held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 5. All council members were in attendance for the monthly scheduled meeting. During the meeting, the council voted to conduct the town’s annual spring cleanup on Saturday, April 30. The cleanup is being held in conjunction with the People Against a Littered State (PALS) “Don’t Drop it on Alabama” Statewide Spring Cleanup.

Gardening can be very satisfying and rewarding, but many homeowners do not have the space to plant a traditional garden. When space is limited, many people choose to do container gardening as a means to raise a few fresh vegetables for their kitchen tables. Container gardening can be successful on a small scale in almost any location; however, gardening in this manner presents its own unique challenges.

The Hubbertville Lions defeated Meek High School by the score of 11-8 in a game played on April 11. Jagger Youngblood pitched six innings to record the victory, allowing eight hits and two earned runs while striking out seven. Brodie Porter pitched the final inning in relief for Hubbertville.

The Berry Lady Wildcats played only two softball games last week, losing a 10-inning, 1-0 heartbreaker to area foe South Lamar before suffering a shutout the next day at Holy Spirit.
Kyla Edmonson pitched a magnificent game against South Lamar on April 11, scattering five hits and allowing no runs entering the 10th inning of the game. She also tied a school record set by Taylor Thomas in 2012 with 20 strikeouts in the game. Thomas set the record by striking out 20 of the 21 batters she faced.

Tyler Galloway, the newest member of the Fayette Fire Department, graduated from the Alabama Fire College on Friday, April 9.

The annual reception was held for the recipients of awards from the Fayette Community Foundation on Tuesday, April 5 at the Fayette Civic Center. Fayette Community Foundation Chairman William Oswalt told the recipients that the foundation has awarded $7.2 million in grants to organizations during the 17 years since the start of the foundation in 2005, including approximately $600,000 in grants for the current year.

The Berry Town Council held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 4. All council members were present for the meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, Berry Police Chief Gerald Dedeaux  gave the police report for March 7 through April 3.

Lindsey Yerby of Fayette, Alabama’s Cherry Blossom Princess, was named as the runner-up U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen during the week-long U.S. Cherry Blossom Program that took place in Washington D.C. on April 3 - 10.

The Fayette Career Center will host a Job Fair on Wednesday, April 20 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Fayette Civic Center. Several area employers will be participating.

The Fayette Cleanup Day Campaign was a big success. Approximately 75 citizens participated in the event, and more than 800 pounds of garbage was removed from the city streets.

Governor Kay Ivey announces the unveiling of a modernized driver license system that will provide significant improvements to both citizens and Driver License personnel across the state.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Driver License System, simply known as LEADS, will completely revitalize the current system, which has been in place for nearly two decades.  

The Fayette Tigers won a huge baseball series against area foe Haleyville last week, winning two of the three games played. Fayette could not get the bats going in game one, losing a heartbreaker by the score of 1-0. The Tigers managed only four hits during the game offensively, with Cooper Sanford getting two hits, while Landon Lowe and Harrison Unger managed one hit each.

Berry and Hubbertville started the week off facing each other in softball before finishing the week playing in the NAC Tournament. Berry defeated Hubbertville by the score of 7-2 on April 4.
Kyla Edmonson pitched a complete seven-inning game for Berry, allowing two runs on four hits with 16 strikeouts and only two walks. Edmonson also hit a home run for the Lady Wildcats and had three RBIs.

Bevill State split a four-game series in baseball with Marion Military Institute last week. At Marion on Friday, Bevill won the first game of a doubleheader 4-1. Brody Cook pitched a complete game for Bevill to earn the victory, giving up eight hits and allowing one run with four strikeouts.

The City of Fayette will hold its annual Cleanup Campaign on Saturday, April 9. Participants will meet at Fayette City Hall that morning at 9 a.m., and the event is scheduled to conclude at noon at City Hall. The Cleanup Campaign is a project of Alabama’s PALS (People Against a Littered State).

Lindsey Yerby, a 2015 graduate of Fayette County High School, is in Washington D.C. this week representing Alabama as the state’s Cherry Blossom Princess. Yerby is a former Alabama Crimsonette and a 2019 graduate of The University of Alabama. She will graduate in May from The University of Alabama’s School of Law.

The Fayette County Commission held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 28 at the Bankston Volunteer Fire Department. All commissioners were present for the meeting.

The Berry Lady Wildcats had a heartbreaking week of softball last week – losing a 2-1 game to its cross-county rival Hubbertville and also losing a no-hit game to Holy Spirit. Berry lost 2-0 to Holy Spirit despite Lady Wildcats’ pitcher Kyla Edmonson pitching a complete seven-inning, no-hit game.

Within a span of eight days, the Fayette County High School baseball team had the experience of playing in two of Birmingham’s fabled minor league baseball parks – the Hoover Met and Rickwood Field.