By Baylee Lowery, Hewitt-Trussville Middle School
Today’s world is not the beautiful earth we have all known and loved. Today’s world has affected us all in new and unprecedented ways.
In previous years, we all said, “2020 the year of tomorrow! I bet we will have flying cars then! Maybe even a portable telephone!” It was the year to look forward to and the year of new beginnings.
We, as a whole, have let down everyone before us. We are the future in their eyes and have been too focused on ourselves. We should be focused on our sons and daughters… the people of tomorrow, OUR future.
TRUSSVILLE Hewitt-Trussville High School has named its next cross country coach.
Matthew Michalke was introduced as longtime Huskies coach David Dobbs’ replacement on Monday at the Trussville City Schools board meeting. According to the school’s athletics department, Michalke has been teaching and coaching at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School since 2010.
He is expected to be in place in time for the Huskies’ 2021 cross country season, which will begin next fall.
While coaching both distance running and track and field at Hewitt Middle, Michalke led the boys cross country team to one Metro South Championship in 2016 and added top-three finishes in 2015, 2017 and 2018. The school also says he led the boys indoor track and field team to championships in 2017 and 2020.
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY A Northport man, who worked as a substitute teacher at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, will go on trial for five charges of possession of child pornography, on the week of Jan. 11, 2021.
Justin Hrin Stegall, 23, pleaded not guilty in the case out of Tuscaloosa County, according to court documents.
Stegall was arrested on May 23, 2019.
Court documents show an anonymous informant came forward with concerns the teacher had suspicious images of students on his phone. According to a court deposition, an investigator went to the home of Stegall and asked him about the allegations. The investigator said Stegall admitted to having a problem with child pornography. The investigator said Stegall said he had been watching child porn for years and he wanted help.