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MONTGOMERY – As millions of American citizens prepare to celebrate the birth of our country with both friends and family, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will be working overtime …

ATHENS-Summer time, and the living is easy..in North Alabama.  Events in and around Athens for the month of July.   Check Here for some of the events scheduled in Athens and …

FLORENCE- On June 30, at 8:00 pm, during the Stars & Guitars event intermission at Wilson Park, Mayor Andrew Betterton will proclaim June 30-July 2, 2023 as Pryce Holcombe Weekend and present Pryce a Key to …

ROGERSVILLE-If it is icky, stick or gross, it’s Gross Out Camp! Slimy salamanders, slugs, bugs, crawdads and roly polies are all found at Joe Wheeler State Park as campers explore …

FLORENCE-The Florence Indian Mound Museum is hosting a series of children’s programs where students can explore the early history of the Shoals through short lessons and hands-on learning exercises. The …

  MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced on Monday, June 26 Alabama will receive $1.4 billion from the U.S. Department of Commerce to boost ongoing efforts to expand broadband access …

FLORENCE-The Florence Indian Mound Museum is excited to host “Storytime at the Museum,” each Thursday morning from 9 to 10 am, starting on July 6, 2023. Children ages 2-6 are invited to participate …

MONTGOMERY-Medicaid expansion would improve women’s health and expand access to maternal health care across Alabama, a new Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) report found. Expansion also would …

MONTGOMERY-Imagine heading down to the shore at Orange Beach and scooping up enough sand fleas (mole crabs) for a fishing excursion to the Perdido Pass jetties, where all you catch …

Before founding the animation studio that bears his name, Walt Disney was a commercial artist in Kansas City, Missouri. It was there, around 1919, that he began making hand-drawn cel …

ATHENS-In September, the Duck Pond will be bursting at the seams like The Incredible Hulk as everyone’s favorite superheroes will once again make an appearance in Athens at Big Spring …

RUSSELLVILLE-The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office issued a press released concerning the upcoming 4th of July Hoiday: “The Franklin Sheriff’s Office wishes you and your family a safe and exciting 4th …

MONTGOMERY – Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that in May 2023, there were 126,346 job ads posted in Alabama. …

MENTONE-The town of Mentone, Alabama will host its first Mentone Fall Festival, a single-day arts and crafts event set for Saturday, October 21, 2023. The festival will take place at …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, (USNC) a Seattle-based company that’s expanding micro-reactor technologies, plans to invest $232 million to locate a facility in Gadsden …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education (ADECE) on Tuesday announced the expansion of the Alabama First Class Pre-K program. The department will initially add …

TENNESSEE VALLEY-Summer is fast approaching and with it the extreme heat that could tax the Tennessee Valley Authority generating fleet. To ensure power flows at the flip of a switch, …

ATHENS-On Friday, June 16, 2023, at approximately 11:00 am, officers with the Athens Police Department were called to the 2100 block of Stanford Street.  It had been reported that Theodore …

There are entire websites devoted to whether or not Mercury is in retrograde at any given moment, and all the while Venus is spinning backward (compared to most other planets) while few of us …

MONTGOMERY-Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted May unemployment rate is 2.2%, unchanged from April’s rate and remains a record low, and below May 2022’s rate of 2.5%.  May’s rate represents 51,445 unemployed …