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License plate to support Alabama business proposed — Must meet 1,000 application benchmark

A license plate that will support Alabama small businesses will be created if 1,000 apply for one by July 31, 2021. Funds from purchasing the...

Netflix releases trailer for movie filmed in Alabama starring Tom Holland

Netflix on Thursday released a trailer for its upcoming film "The Devil All The Time," which was filmed in Alabama and features an ensemble...

Documentary shows Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program as model of excellence for rest of nation

A documentary film being released digitally this week focuses heavily on the State of Alabama's First Class Pre-K Program as an example of sterling...

Michael Jordan speaks to Univ. of Alabama football team — ‘Winning has a price’

Basketball legend Michael Jordan on Tuesday spoke via video conference to the University of Alabama football team. The program, led by head coach Nick Saban,...

UAB employee Tara Bowman: Empowered by loss, committed to cancer education

Tara Bowman knows the statistics by heart. She can also recite health manuals nearly from memory when it comes to cancer awareness, health disparities...

Alabama Power Foundation 2018 annual report wins Silver ADDY award

The Alabama Power Foundation’s 2018 annual report was recently honored with a Silver ADDY for print at the American Advertising Awards, one of the world’s largest creative...

Obex Health creates tailor-made face masks to keep people safe from COVID-19

Wearing a face mask to protect your health – and others – is the new normal. The problem is finding a mask that fits...

Auburn University Rural Studio brings architectural vision to Alabama’s Black Belt

The Auburn University Rural Studio movement started as a brilliant notion by the late Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee and the late D.K. Ruth, with faith and early...

Alabamians in Wetumpka, Prattville hold events in support of police

Citizens in two central Alabama towns have gathered in the past week to show their support for the law enforcement officers that protect their...

Alabama principal’s viral music video Hammers home COVID-19 guidelines

While educators are figuring out how to safely return to school, one principal wants to make sure kids remember to laugh and enjoy life,...

Alabama Power volunteers throw final birthday party for closing children’s home

Most birthday parties are happy occasions but one held Thursday afternoon in Mobile was mixed with sadness. Volunteers from the Plant Barry Chapter of the Alabama Power Service...

Two Alabama cooks competing in World Food Championships finals

The chef and general manager of SAW’s Soul Kitchen in Birmingham and a competitive barbecue cook from Muscle Shoals are two of the 10 finalists competing...

Alabama chef keeps rolling through pandemic with new food truck

On a Sunday in March 2019, chef Raquel Ervin gathered nearly 100 friends and family at Hoover Randle Home & Gardens knowing full well, at some...

Alabama Public Television celebrates 65th year by continuing mission during pandemic

When schools statewide suddenly shut their doors in March, Alabama Public Television (APT) was the shot in the arm many educators needed to keep students on...

Boeing donates $500,000 to help save Huntsville’s U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Boeing on Friday made a $500,000 contribution to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s "Save Space Camp" campaign. Launched on Tuesday to offset losses caused...

Campaign to save Space and Rocket Center has raised 40% of goal with support from all 50 states

The online fundraising campaign to save the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville from permanently closing has raised 40% of its goal since...

Birmingham police make surprise birthday visit to son of slain officer Wytasha Carter

A group of Birmingham City Police officers made a surprise visit to the son of Wytasha Carter, a police sergeant who was killed in...

Church of the Highlands resuming in-person services

The largest church in Alabama will be resuming in-person worship this weekend. The Church of the Highlands, led by Pastor Chris Hodges, announced this week...

Alabama’s Valiant Cross Academy works to propel young men to greatness

The world’s next Nelson Mandela, Bryan Stevenson or Booker T. Washington might just hail from Montgomery, Alabama. Indeed, a generation of remarkable young men is being trained at Valiant Cross Academy,...

Talladega’s Union Village provides homes, independence to people with disabilities

Jim Bob Rutlin has come home at last. Rutlin is one of the first residents of Union Village, an innovative community in Talladega for low-income...

Montgomery’s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church memorializes MLK, continues his legacy

Known around the world as the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. pastored, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is ingrained in American history....

Birmingham’s McWane Science Center announces two new fossil shark discoveries

A team of scientists, including Jun Ebersole of the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, announced Wednesday the discovery of two new species of prehistoric shark that...

‘Celebration of Life’ for U.S. Rep. John Lewis to feature stops in his native Alabama

MONTGOMERY -- U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) will lie in state in the Alabama State Capitol on Sunday, as part of a publicly announced...

Alabama Power Gadsden employee enlists friends’ help to feed kids, neighbors during pandemic

In the midst of the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Misty Kerr has found joy by helping to feed hungry kids in her...