By Carter James, Sarah Turner, and Luke Del Rosario With a new year comes news movies to watch and tv shows obsess over weekly. There’s a wide variety of films and television that is coming out this year.…
City Council hears from MJCC and updates Amersee…
The Montevallo Junior City Council took their oath of office at the Montevallo City Council’s Oct. 11 meeting. This led to backlash from some MJCC members, as tension remain between the group and Mayor Rusty…
In the game of politics, the people lose
By: Harrison Neville In the tense political climate that we are currently living in, there are some words that you know are guaranteed to generate a response. The list is long and the responses vary depending…
Reproductive rights rally in Birmingham
By: Hannah Irvin All over the country, thousands of individuals marched in support for reproductive rights on Oct. 2. Organized through Women’s March, the events spanned all 50 states and Washington D.C. An estimated 1,000 people attended the…
Council Approves 2021-2022 Budget
By Cady Inabinett The Montevallo City Council adopted the city’s 2021-2022 fiscal budget at their Sept. 27 meeting. The council voted unanimously to accept this budget, making it the first fiscal budget passed since this council was sworn in November…
Changing names: The erasure of married women
By Hannah Irvin When I told my first boyfriend that I didn’t want to change my last name if we got married, he became upset. He believed that a woman taking her husband’s last name…
Montevallo residents aid Louisiana after Ida
By Madelyn Alexander Hurricane Ida brought devastation to the people of Louisiana, and when Montevallo local Jessica Frost saw some of the damage, she decided to take action. Ida made landfall in Grand Isle, La on Aug. 29 and destroyed the homes of…
Community support for MJCC prevails at council meeting
By Cady Inabinett Montevallo youth and adults alike took a stand against Mayor Rusty Nix’s recent decision to remove the Montevallo Junior Council’s seat on the city council dais, with the council’s Sept. 13 meeting being…