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Publix to open new Hoover store
Updated May 10, 2021;
The store, at 4293 South Shades Crest Rd. at Morgan Road Plaza, will open at 7 a.m.
The 48,300-square-foot store will employ 135, the company said. The new Publix will have traditional grocery, dairy and frozen food departments along with full-service bakery, deli, pharmacy, seafood, meat and produce departments.
The store also features a floor plan with a mezzanine sitting area, and indoor and outdoor café seating with social distancing measures. There will be in-store WiFi. The pharmacy will also offer COVID-19 vaccinations while supplies last.
Publix continues to follow CDC guidelines and will be requiring all customers and employees to wear facial coverings inside the store.
Tornado confirmed in Jefferson County last night
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
The National Weather Service has said it was a tornado that touched down in Jefferson County last night.
The weather service sent a storm survey team to assess the damage in the southwest part of the county, and it has found preliminary evidence that an EF-0 tornado caused it. The surveyors estimated it had top winds of 80 mph.
The damage assessment has been completed from last night s brief tornado near Bessemer. Details can be found in our Public Information Statement (linked below).
This is the 100th documented tornado in Jefferson County since 1950. #ALwx