Brent, Alabama

• Bibb corrections officer pleads guilty to prison drug-dealing
  

  For the third time in less than a year, a former Bibb Correctional Facility corrections officer has pleaded guilty to bringing drugs into the state prison.

• Five Towns Petition to Legalize Alcohol Sales
  

  Petitions are circulating in five small towns in west Alabama to have votes on legalizing the sale of alcohol.

• Liquor petitions circulate in 5 small Alabama towns; will they go wet?
  

  Petitions are circulating in 5 small towns in west Alabama to have votes on legalizing the sale of alcohol.

• W.Ala. towns eyeing legal alcohol sales
  

  Published: Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 11:31 p.m. Across West Alabama, small towns in historically dry counties are considering the possibility of legalizing the sale of alcohol.

• U.S. Marshals arrest newspaper box theft suspect
  

  Local and federal agencies teamed up Feb. 23 to arrest a man suspected of stealing dozens of newspaper boxes throughout the Birmingham metropolitan area.

• Three men charged in armed robbery
  

  Published: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 11:46 p.m. TUSCALOOSA Three men have been charged in the armed robbery of a man on 22nd Street last week.

• Stay Fire Safe! Don't Get Burned - Alabama Department of Public Health
  

  The Alabama Agency Fire Safety Group held the Safe Home Alabama Poster Contest during Fire Prevention Week, Oct.

• Staff report
  

  Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:32 p.m. Mayor Dennis Stripling of Brent is the 2009 recipient of the West Alabama Regional Commission's David M. Cochrane Award.

• Reynolds stepping down as Montevallo football coach
  

  Montevallo High School head football coach Mike Reynolds is stepping down from his position after one season at the school, citing "a difference in philosophy" with the Montevallo administration.

• NASA comes to Brent Elementary
  

  Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. Students at Brent Elementary School got an inside look at NASA's space program Friday.

• VIDEO: Bibb County family facing rising floodwaters
  

  Old Mill Pond residents live of Highway 219 south of Centreville. Brent Lightsey and his family spent the day putting up flood defenses at his 85 year old monther's house.

• Storms blamed on 1 death, evacuations in Alabama
  

  BRENT - Days of torrential rain apparently claimed one life in Alabama and forced about three dozen residents to flee their homes or be rescued from vehicles Monday as gullies overflowed with muddy red water and yards turned into lakes.

• U.S. Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $576,000 in penalties against Sims Bark and Sims Stone for 142 safety and health violations
  

  20, 2009 Contact: Michael D'Aquino Michael Wald Phone: 404-562-2076 404-562-2078 U.S. Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $576,000 in penalties against Sims Bark and Sims Stone for 142 safety and health violations Enforcement action targets plants in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi ATLANTA -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...

City Description

Brent is a city in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,024. Brent is located at 32°56'24.864" North, 87°10'29.935" West (32.940240, -87.174982). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.7 square miles (22.6 km²), of which, 8.7 square miles (22.6 km²) of it is land and 0.11% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,024 people, 1,150 households, and 779 families residing in the city. The population density was 461.4 people per square mile (178.2/km²). There were 1,274 housing units at an average density of 146.1/sq mi (56.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 48.93% White, 50.02% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.50% from other races, and 0.27% from two or more races. 0.97% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 20,000 households out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 20.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The

City Contained By:

• Bibb County
• Alabama
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 22.5328965599 km squared

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