Clay, Alabama

• Center Point firefighters battle three overnight fires
  

  Center Point firefighters were busy overnight battling three fires that displaced two families and destroyed a barn.

• Tennessee to see return of hummingbirds
  

  The hummingbirds are on their way, zipping across Costa Rica, through parts of Mexico, flying across the watery expanse of the Caribbean and the Gulf.

• Suit challenging new Jefferson County occupational tax amended to add business license fees
  

  Lawyers challenging Jefferson County's current occupational tax amended their lawsuit today to include the county's new business license fees.

• Adopted teen returning to Bolivian orphanage
  

  After two trips to Bolivia to adopt three chil dren, Nina Martin-Powers of Clay knows her upcoming trip to the South American country will be different.

• Metro Birmingham closings: Jeffco schools' Holiday Childcare program closed at 5 locations Monday
  

  The threat of snow means five holiday childcare program sites run by Jefferson County Schools will be closed Monday.

• Snowfall in Birmingham-Hoover metro area expected to taper off in late afternoon
  

  Snowfall in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area is expected to taper off between 4 and 6 p.m., according to an official with the National Weather Service in Birmingham.

• Sunshine State tight end Jamie Onufrak signs with the Blazers
  

  Onufrak was once committed to Marshall. Onufrak Update Archive Blazers grab more JUCO help with Chris Lofton Alabama-Birmingham has landed defensive back Chris Lofton of Jones County CC, Miss., for the Class of 2010.

• Alabama's open meeting laws put to test
  

  After years without an open meetings challenge in Alabama courts, three lawsuits in six months have been filed against government agencies, claiming violations of the 2005 Open Meetings Act.

• On '24,' native son's success -- not villainous role -- makes Clay family proud
  

  As Kevin Wade, Clayne Crawford terrorizes the data analyst played by Katee Sackhoff.

• Your Views: Bank interchange fees cover costs of cards
  

  22, The Birmingham News published an article describing how local grocers are hoping banks will end the fees charged for debit and credit card transactions.

• New movie's focus much like that of remarkable Pinson teen
  

  Teacher Pam Smith works with Joseph Walter at his home twice a week. Walter, a high school freshman, suffers from Pompe disease.

• Suspect in drug store robberies arrested
  

  A man suspected of various drug store robberies, including at least one in Shelby County, was arrested last weekend by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

• Jefferson County man found shot; now charged with having drug lab
  

  A man who was shot earlier in January 2010, now faces charges relating to illegal drugs.

• Clay man wounded in shooting now charged in connection with drugstore robberies
  

  A Clay man shot at his home over the weekend has quickly turned from victim to suspect, authorities said today.

• Lawsuit against Montgomery school board could clarify open-meetings law
  

  A lawsuit against the Montgomery County Board of Education could be the first test of the state's new open-meetings law if it goes to trial.

• More Thefts Surrounding Stolen Buses
  

  When Trussville police officers discovered three stolen school buses earlier this week, they say it immediately brought to mind other stolen vehicles along the same stretch of Deerfoot Parkway.

• Morning Stories
  

  Why join? Listen Live BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT A big announcement expected today from Birmingham airport officials concerning more than 150 million dollar renovation and expansion of the Birmingham Shuttles worth International Airport.

• HS Football
  

  Clay-Chalkville's Hugh Hasberry Jr. blocks Shades Valley's Deion Holloman as Clay-Chalkville quarterback Y'Latio Jones scrambles in Clay, Ala., Friday, Sept 11, 2009.

• Alabama attorney general seeks new execution date for inmate convicted of Muscle Shoals killing
  

  The state attorney general's office is asking the Alabama Supreme Court to set a new execution date for Tommy Arthur.

City Description

Clay is a city in northeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Local government is run by a mayor and city council. Before incorporation on June 6, 2000, it was a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 4,947 at the 2000 census. Clay is located at 33°42′0″N 86°37′23″W / 33.7°N 86.62306°W / 33.7; -86.62306 (33.700037, -86.623032). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 10.3 square miles (26.8 km²), of which 10.3 square miles (26.7 km²) of it was land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.29%) was water. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,947 people, 1,636 households, and 1,421 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 479.7 people per square mile (185.3/km²). There were 1,683 housing units at an average density of 163.2/sq mi (63.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.96% White, 0.71% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. 0.40% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,636 households out of which 49.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.4% were married couples living together, 8.3%

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Alabama
• Jefferson County

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 26.6768775365 km squared

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