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Alabama Poet Laureate Jennifer Horne has enjoyed being state’s ‘public face’ of poetry
Alabama poet laureate is more than an honorific title. It’s not a lifetime achievement award, either. The poet laureate is poetry’s chief advocate and...
Forge creates Young Breast Cancer Support group to help Alabama survivors 45 and younger
Being diagnosed with breast cancer is the furthest thing from most young women’s minds.
In 2019, Audra Chiles’s life was turned upside down when she...
Alabama author Patti Callahan explores ‘Titanic of the South’ in ‘Surviving Savannah’
About 75 years before the Titanic set sail from England for the first time and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, something eerily similar...
Alabama author Andy Andrews pens, performs ‘Killing Dr. Seuss,’ a poetic nod to cancel culture’s latest victim
New York Times best-selling author Andy Andrews on Monday released "Killing Dr. Seuss," a poetic commentary on cancel culture's continuing proliferation across American society.
Andrews,...
Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator taking applications for 2021 class
Startups from around the world are encouraged to apply for the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator 2021 class.
In its second year, the innovative program, located in Birmingham,...
2021 Birmingham Heart Walk goes virtual
COVID-19 has forced many nonprofits to shift gears in their fundraising efforts and the American Heart Association (AHA) is no exception. The AHA’s 2021 Birmingham Heart Walk has been...
Schoolyard Roots growing stronger, smarter kids in Alabama
When kids participate in the life of a garden, they see the complete cycle of growing food, cooking and preparing it to eat. School...
Alabama’s Helen Keller was more than a hero for the disabled
She could neither see nor hear. But her vision influenced countless millions.
Helen Keller’s influence reached far beyond her native Alabama. She became a celebrity...
Automatic Seafood and Oysters has emerged as Alabama culinary star
Automatic Seafood and Oysters has definitely caught on.
Since opening in Birmingham in 2019, the restaurant from chef Adam Evans and his wife and designer Suzanne Humphries...
HGTV’s ‘Home Town Takeover’ crew enjoyed their stay in Wetumpka, Alabama
It was almost quitting time on a Friday, and Josie Russell Young was looking forward to her weekend when the phone at Russell Construction of...
Ivey bucks ‘cancel culture,’ stands by Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day
Dr. Seuss is under fire on his birthday.
March 2 is the anniversary of Dr. Seuss' birth, as well as the annual Read Across America Day.
Started...
Roy Wood Jr. wants greater career opportunities for youths in Alabama
Roy Wood Jr. had a good amount of success on radio and doing standup comedy in Birmingham. But to reach his full celebrity status, he...
‘From Marion to Montgomery’ sheds new light on the founding, history of Alabama State University
In the recently released “From Marion to Montgomery: The Early Years of Alabama State University, 1867-1925,” author Joseph Caver brings to light new information...
TAP helps inner-city school athletes reach for the stars with STEM
Chris Rogers left the heights of college football at the University of Alabama knowing he wanted to make a difference.
Ten years later, he’s seeing his dreams come...
Keep your money in-state: Why now’s the time to book your Alabama beach vacation for this spring, summer
Time is running out to book your vacation rental or hotel for the coming warm-weather months, however it is not because things are returning...
Frameworq brings innovation through software platform
Necessity is the mother of invention. But in Birmingham, a father-and-son team has devised an innovative app to help businesses effortlessly manage ongoing construction...
Alabama attorney Fred Gray looks back on life of ‘destroying everything segregated’
Few people can say they knew Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks when that internationally celebrated pair were average citizens.
Fred Gray can.
The 90-year-old legendary civil rights lawyer...
Alabama actress, singer, songwriter Abigail Barlow scores with her musical ‘Bridgerton’
“OK, but what if ‘Bridgerton’ was a musical?”
That’s the question that Abigail Barlow, who grew up in Birmingham and lives in Los Angeles, posed to...
Auburn University’s Tiger Excellence Scholars Program participants thriving, becoming leaders
Not only are members of Auburn University’s Tiger Excellence Scholars Program (TESP) enjoying their college experience on the Plains, they are thriving and evolving into...
Alabama’s Workshops Inc. rebrands as Workshops Empowerment Inc.
Workshops Inc., a staple in the Birmingham nonprofit world for more than 120 years, has announced a new name signaling a shift toward better...
Construction of Alabama’s new Africatown museum begins
A permanent home for Clotilda and Africatown artifacts is one step closer to reality, thanks to an official groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Mobile for the new Africatown Heritage...
The Valley Hotel opens in downtown Homewood as Curio Collection by Hilton property
The Valley Hotel opened on Tuesday in the heart of Homewood, minutes away from downtown Birmingham.
The 129-room upscale boutique hotel is the latest addition...
19-year-old from Montgomery area is first Alabamian to earn spot on U.S. Ski Team
A teenager born in Pintlala is the first native of the Yellowhammer State to make the United States Ski Team.
Dani Loeb, 19, told WSFA...
Foundation launches to provide equitable sports opportunities to Birmingham-area youth
The ZeroZero Foundation on Monday announced that it will launch this week, serving the Birmingham area.
Founded last year to address perceived gaps in the...