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Vestavia Hills

Mountain Brook City Council lowers speed limit on Overton Road

April 23, 2012

The speed limit will drop from 30 mph to 25 mph, matching the speed limit on sections of the road in Vestavia Hills.

Update: Former HealthSouth CEO Scrushy moved to halfway house in Houston

April 15, 2012

Houston is where Scrushy’s wife and children settled about three years ago after the family’s $5 million Vestavia Hills estate was seized by HealthSouth shareholders, who had won a $2.8 billion civil judgment against the HealthSouth founder.

Dunn Building plans $1.2 million corporate headquarters in Birmingham

April 2, 2012

Committee approved $40,000 in sidewalk and infrastructure improvements to attract firm from Vestavia Hills.

Construction company plans to consolidate operations to Birmingham campus

March 30, 2012

Dunn Building Company plans to relocate from Vestavia Hills to Messer Airport Highway.

Robocalls make false claims about charter schools

March 27, 2012

Residents in Vestavia Hills, Hoover, Mountain Brook and the city of Madison are receiving the calls.

Jefferson County’s Vestavia Hills finds itself a victim of mistaken identity

March 13, 2012

Crime report from Northport’s Vestavia Hills neighborhood creates confusion in city of Vestavia Hills.

Rep. Spencer Bachus shows big expenses for re-election campaign

March 2, 2012

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus raised $308,000 in the first two months of the year and has $646,000 cash on hand as of Feb. 22, according to new campaign finance reports.(The Birmingham News/Hal Yeager)U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus?Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills,…

Mountain Brook, Homewood lose transit board seats as Hoover, Vestavia Hills gain

March 1, 2012

Mountain Brook and Homewood are losing their seats on the metro-area transit board to make room for members from Hoover and Vestavia Hills. The Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority board is applying a rule, apparently never enforced before, that bases membership on …

Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus says he welcomes ethics investigation

February 10, 2012

Republican from Vestavia Hills is cooperating with Office of Congressional Ethics.

War vet from Alabaster attending President’s SOTU speech tonight

January 24, 2012

WASHINGTON – A veteran of the Iraqi war from Alabaster will be in the gallery for tonight’s State of the Union speech, a guest of Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills.Noah Galloway, left, talks with U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills,…