After a couple of initial missteps followed by the creation of a broader, community-based process last September, Kyle city officials have decided to move forward on an official new name for what was formerly called Rebel Drive and has temporarily been referred to unofficially as RM 150.
Vanessa Westbrook, a chair of the 15-member W. Ranch to Market Road 150 Naming Committee, told City Council the group selected Veterans Drive out of 72 suggested names.
Westbrook presented the selection to council during the Feb. 2 meeting. After her committee met seven times from Oct. 21-Jan. 6, Westbrook said Veterans Drive garnered the most votes and edged out the other two names that ended up in the top three Albert Taylor Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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Former Rebel Drive in Kyle to be renamed Veterans Drive Thu, 02/04/2021 - 6:52pm
Nathalie Cohetero | Special to the Record
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Six months after its creation, the W RM 150 Renaming Committee presented the Kyle City Council with a recommendation to replace the controversial Rebel Drive street name.
After backlash from its first proposed renaming to Fajita Drive, city council rescinded the decision and created a committee to help increase public input.
“We scheduled a series of meetings,” Committee Chair Vanessa Westbrook said. “They were designed so that the committee could meet and then have time to go and talk with neighbors. We gathered lots of information from a lot of people.”
Scottsboro police ID Zaxby’s shooting suspect killed in fire at mobile home
Police say a motive for the shooting at Zaxby’s is unknown at this time.
Posted: Jan 13, 2021 3:41 PM
Updated: Jan 13, 2021 3:46 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
Scottsboro police have identified the suspect accused of shooting his former manager at the Zaxby’s on John T. Reid Parkway.
The department says Randy William Atchley, 31, of Scottsboro shot the victim multiple times outside the restaurant around 9:30 Monday night. They said he then ran to a mobile home on Veterans Drive and barricaded himself inside.
The victim was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition.
Authorities investigating Zaxby s shooting By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | January 12, 2021 at 2:28 PM CST - Updated January 13 at 3:53 PM
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WAFF) - One man is dead and one is in critical condition after police say a former Zaxbyâs employee shot the restaurantâs manager Monday night, then set fire to his home while he was inside.
Randy Atchley, 31 of Scottsboro, died Monday night after he shot his former Zaxbyâs manager outside the restaurant and then barricaded himself in his home, and set fire to it.
It all started around 9:30 p.m. when the Scottsboro Police Department received a call about a shooting at the Zaxbyâs on John T. Reid Parkway. Officers tell WAFF they arrived on the scene and saw the manager had been shot after going out the back door of the business to talk to a former employee who was later identified as Atchley.