It may have been a hot day on Saturday, Aug. 26 prior to the start of the Spain Park Twilight Meet at Veterans Park in Hoover, but as the sun set and the temperatures cooled, the action heated up on the course as multiple area teams were among the top finishers.
Evangelical Christians once were pioneers in international adoptions and foster care. A "tsunami" of mentally ill and violent children now derails the movement.
The Zurchers party supply store in Logan will be temporarily closed due to a large flood on Thursday that damaged product and equipment.
Former store manager Jennie Owens â who just so happened to step down from her position Thursday for reasons unrelated to the flood â said a mainline burst somewhere under the store, causing muddy water to seep up through the foundation.
âIt took a while to figure it out,â Owens said.
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Logan Fire Marshal Craig Humphreys said firefighters responded to the call around 8:20 a.m. Humphreys confirmed the mainline was feeding the storeâs water suppression system. Since the mainline broke underground and water seeped in from the floor, alarms were never triggered and the water level in the store rose undetected.