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Alan Jackson playing two drive-in concerts in Alabama

Country music legend Alan Jackson will be performing two drive-in shows in Alabama next month where concert-goers will remain in spaces designated for their...

Alabama high school honors fallen service members every day using social media

One Alabama high school is using social media to make every day Memorial Day. The Auburn High School Veterans Project uses its popular Facebook Page to highlight a Vietnam...

Woodfin hopes churches will remain closed right now to protect seniors — ‘Very dangerous’

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin says he hopes churches in his city remain closed for the near future to protect against the transmission of the...

Alabama Memorial Day ceremonies canceled, postponed or going online due to COVID-19

It will be a different kind of Memorial Day for those who want to honor the men and women who died while defending the...

It runs in the family

Taylor Wilson, a 2019 ADA scholarship recipient, studies aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, plays soccer and volunteers each summer. Taylor Wilson...

Prattville native using his love of music to entertain others during COVID-19 restrictions

Tommy Merrick has spent his life looking for ways to serve others. As a youngster growing up in Prattville, his dream was to be a...

Mobile man pulls elderly neighbor from burning building

A Mobile man rescued an elderly woman from a burning apartment building on Wednesday. The blaze, and Quinn Parrish's heroics, were first reported by MyNBC15. Parrish...

Family of prodigies in Montgomery set to produce a 19-year-old lawyer

A family in Montgomery that has seen nine of their 10 kids enter college by age 12 is set to produce a 19-year-old lawyer. Parents...

DeSoto Caverns to reopen on Thursday

Alabama's historic DeSoto Caverns will reopen to visitors on Thursday, May 21. "his closure for the Caverns was its first time in thousands of years...

Video: Chris Hodges, Micah McElveen discuss the spiritual path forward during uncertain times

Chris Hodges, founding and senior pastor at Church of the Highlands, joined Micah McElveen recently to discuss the spiritual path forward during these uncertain...

BhamStrong fights COVID-19 by partnering with local nonprofits

BhamStrong has launched a program to fight COVID-19 by providing Birmingham Strong Service Corps members to help staff local nonprofits performing relief services. In the BhamStrong Nonprofit Partnership, service...

Walker County woman furloughed due to COVID-19 creates custom stickers of iconic Alabama locations

Brianna McAnnally, a woman from Sumiton, Alabama, has created a customer sticker pack of iconic Alabama locations during her COVID-19 quarantine downtime. McAnnally sells the...

Birmingham Police officer shot multiple times hopes to return in 2021

Cullen Stafford, an officer in the Birmingham Police Department, hopes to make a return to the force in 2021 after being shot multiple times...

Incoming Auburn professor won’t say ‘War Eagle’ because it contains the word ‘war’

The Auburn Twitter-sphere is abuzz after an incoming professor admittedly posted his "first controversial tweet" as an Auburn University faculty member. Dr. Jesse A. Goldberg,...

Sweet Grown Alabama unveils database consumers can use to find locally made products

Alabamians looking to buy local have a new tool at their disposal. Sweet Grown Alabama has launched a searchable database which members of the public...

Mobile archdiocese resuming in-person mass on Tuesday; Methodists, Church of Highlands, Episcopalians to wait longer; Baptists, Presbyterians, others making local decisions

The Archdiocese of Mobile is resuming public masses on Tuesday in light of Governor Kay Ivey's amended safer-at-home order, but other Christian denominations are...

U.S. Rep. Aderholt: ‘So many wrongs’ in China need to be changed — Christians still persecuted

The coronavirus pandemic has brought on calls for the United States to rethink its relationship with the Chinese government. As government officials are taking up...

Yard signs in Birmingham suburb comfort, inspire during COVID-19 crisis

Fred Rogers, who helped raise millions of American children over three decades as public television’s icon of kindness, offered the following advice for helping...

Video: David Platt joins Alabama ministry leader to discuss radical service in a pandemic

David Platt recently joined Vapor Ministries founder Micah McElveen on a video conference to discuss radical service during the time of a pandemic. Platt is...

Montgomery plumbing company feeds healthcare workers, honors founder — ‘We feel it is our duty’

A Montgomery plumbing company is providing lunches to area healthcare workers as a way show its gratitude to them and to honor the legacy...

St. Vincent’s East nurse helps medical superheroes express individuality with custom masks

Not all superheroes wear capes – some wear masks. Instead of fighting felons, they battle truly deadly forces: COVID-19, cancer and other diseases or illnesses. Wanda...

2025 World Police and Fire Games coming to Alabama

The World Police and Fire Games Federation has awarded the 2025 World Police and Fire Games to Birmingham, officials announced Wednesday. “From the beginning, we were impressed by all...

Automatic Seafood in Birmingham finalist for James Beard ‘Best New Restaurant’ award

Automatic Seafood & Oysters in Birmingham is one of 10 finalists for the James Beard Foundation's "Best New Restaurant" award. The foundation defines the category...

Jameis Winston gives $25K worth of meals to Birmingham families

NFL quarterback and Alabama native Jameis Winston gave away $25,000 in free meals to Birmingham families on Friday. "People in this city and people all...