🌱 Former Chick-fil-A Employees Sentenced + Stallions Coach

Michael Seale
·2 min read

Happy Thursday, people of Trussville! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Trussville today. First, two former employees of Chick-fil-A — one a Center Point resident and the other a Moody resident — have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud the restaurant chain. Also in the news, longtime college football coach Skip Holtz was announced as the new coach for the USFL's Birmingham Stallions. Read more below!

Here are the top stories today in Trussville:

  1. As mentioned above, two former Chick-fil-A employees were sentenced Thursday to federal prison terms for their part in a scheme that involved them stealing nearly half a million dollars from the company. (Trussville Patch)

  2. According to the USFL league offices, longtime college coach Skip Holtz announced on The Colin Cowherd Show on FS1 Thursday morning that he will be the coach for the Birmingham Stallions. (Birmingham Patch)

  3. An out-of-state loss to Lovejoy, Georgia, was enough to drop the Hewitt-Trussville Huskies girls basketball team back to No. 4 in the Alabama Sports Writers Association poll. (Trussville Tribune)

  4. Staffing shortages due to COVID-19 have sent some Jefferson County Schools to remote learning over the last week. (WBRC)

  5. Several Trussville-area residents were named to the Dean's List and President's List at Jacksonville State University for the fall 2021 semester. (Trussville Patch)

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Today in Trussville:

From my notebook:

  • Hewitt-Trussville High School's bowling teams competed in the AHSAA Regional today. (Facebook)

  • Pinson Valley and Leeds remain ranked in ASWA boys’ basketball poll. (Facebook)

  • Don't forget to register for Kids Night Out at the Trussville YMCA. It is open to all YMCA members ages 3-12. Cost $2.00 per child. (Facebook)


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— Michael Seale

About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.

This article originally appeared on the Trussville Patch