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Mortimer Jordan's Peyton Davis verbally commits to Auburn
Peyton Davis, the starting center for the Mortimer Jordan girls' basketball team, has made a verbal commitment to play her college ball at Auburn.
Davis, a 6-foot-4 senior-to-be, made her announcement in a brief interview Monday. Both her father and Blue Devils' coach Marty Caldwell confirmed the commitment Tuesday afternoon.
Davis, who is the tallest basketball player at Jordan, girls or boys, will likely play the power forward position, the Tiger coaching staff told her father Steve.
Peyton Davis is playing travel ball this summer with the Birmingham Roadrunners.
The full story appears in Wednesday's edition of The North Jefferson News.
Robert Carter
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Labor Day closings, delays
The following will be closed on Labor Day.
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Locals react to troop withdrawal in Iraq
Local reactions are mixed regarding the American troop withdrawal in Iraq.
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Robbery suspects nabbed
Fultondale police have arrested two men and charged them with first-degree armed robbery in all of the armed robberies in the last three months within the city limits.
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Gardendale receives recycling grant
The city of Gardendale recently received $30,110 grant from from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to enhance the city’s recycling programs.
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Bragg gets new field house
Bragg Middle School football players recently began using the school’s new field house.
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Kimberly man arrested for beating father with hammer
A Kimberly man was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly beating his father in the head with a hammer, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
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Gun used to thwart theft
Fultondale police said a man attempting to steal copper from Nx Level Fitness’s air conditioning unit was thwarted Sunday night when an employee held him at gunpoint.
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Mt. Olive man wanted for theft of identity
A Mt. Olive man is being sought by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly assuming the identity of a man incarcerated in a criminal mental facility in Mississippi, according to Chief Deputy Randy Christian.
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Deputies, police find Morris suspect in tree
Gardendale and county law enforcement officers teamed up this week to search for a suspect who ended up in the top of a tree.
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Wild pigs wreaking havoc in Castle Pines
Residents in the Castle Pines community and Moncrief Road are saying they’ve seen wild pigs on their property recently.
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