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The Sound Amphitheater to locate on Gulf Coast
On Monday, a ground breaking ceremony was held in Gautier, Mississippi for a new amphitheater that will become operational in 2024. The Sound Amphitheater...
Listen: Evangelism desperately needed; it requires love, boldness
Paul Martini has traveled to 37 nations and 5 continents to share the love, and gospel, of Jesus Christ. He has a strong anointing...
Aaron Johnson: Meet me in the rain
Metter, Ga., sleeps somewhere between Savannah and Macon, and just north of Interstate 16. Though I have driven I-16 a number of times, I...
Top Guy Weekend heads to the Rocket City
Top Guy Weekend is coming to the Rocket City this summer. The event by AdFreeShows.com brings hundreds of professional wrestling fans together for one...
Support local makers at Birmingham’s Woodlawn Marketplace
At the Woodlawn Marketplace in Birmingham, economic empowerment can be both beautiful and delicious.
The marketplace is a business incubator created by REV Birmingham, a...
Ukrainian family makes a new home in Alabama
As Mykola and Olena Vyshyvanyuk escort new friends to their car, the stillness of the suburban night is briefly interrupted by an almost imperceptible...
Yea Alabama unveiled as official University of Alabama NIL entity
Yea Alabama, the official name, image and likeness (NIL) entity of the University of Alabama, will serve as the gateway to link fans, donors and...
Reflections: Come, ye sinners, poor and needy
We’ve been working through the book of Genesis at midweek Bible study in our church. It’s been refreshing to look at the old stories I learned...
Autograph’s ‘nicest hotel in Huntsville’ coming to downtown
This week's weather offered the perfect backdrop for a groundbreaking event on a long-awaited hotel project in downtown Huntsville.
Located neatly beside Big Spring Park...
5 new coffee roasters to try in the Birmingham area
Coffee lovers know the best cup is made with recently roasted beans—the fresher the better. Buying from a local roastery, especially one in the...
Aaron Johnson: Born on third
This week, I traveled to UAB hospital to visit a dear friend who had just undergone a significant surgery. On my way north on...
6 questions with John Kvach of North Alabama’s Singing River Trail
After 10 years as a history professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dr. John Kvach decided to flip his script and embark...
Reflections: What’s not to love about John Adams?
David McCullough, who died last August, gave us books about the Panama Canal, the Wright Brothers, the Brooklyn Bridge and the American Revolution, and...
New Hi-Wire Brewing in Birmingham combines craft beer, games, and community
It’s an unusually cold night in downtown Birmingham, but the chilly temperatures haven’t deterred the small groups of people trickling into Hi-Wire Brewing.
The...
Former Crimson Tide lineman Emil Ekiyor Jr. presented Community Service Award
When Emil Ekiyor Jr. was being recruited by the University of Alabama to play football, community service wasn’t at the top of his list – but it did...
Decatur named Tree City USA
DECATUR – Warren Buffet said someone is sitting in the shade today, because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
The City of Decatur...
Aaron Johnson: Fourth quarter in the game of life
The Super Bowl is in a matter of days.
Leading up to that final game, every game was more important than any of the previous...
Dieting for the new year? Learn more about unhealthy eating motives and how to break them
The new year often brings new resolutions, the majority of which are centered around physical health or weight loss, research shows. Diet and nutrition fads...
Admiral Shellfish Company offers prime oysters grown in south Alabama
Anthony Ricciardone charted his current entrepreneurial course as a gardener. Today, he’s a farmer. Oysters are his crop, boutique bivalves that he and partner Chris...
Biscuit Love opens first Alabama location
Biscuits are a way of life in the South. From fast food favorites to family heirloom recipes, there’s not a meal that can’t be...
Reflections: The glory has departed
The recent sub-zero weather at Christmastime reminded me of the difficulties of weather-casting for churches, and how often we get it wrong.
We planned an...
Have drinks and charcuterie in a rooftop igloo in Huntsville
Once all the presents are unwrapped, the last of the leftovers have been polished off, and the endless boxes of lights and ornaments are...
ESPN’s Lauren Sisler keynote speaker for Beacon of Hope celebration
HUNTSVILLE -- Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster Lauren Sisler joins Wellstone’s CEO Jeremy Blair as the keynote speaker at the annual Beacon of Hope celebration....
Aaron Johnson: New York eyes
Recently my wife, Denise, and I traveled to New York City to celebrate our 40 th wedding anniversary.
Our anniversary is Dec. 17; her birthday...