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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 …

A myth about getting old is that as we age, humans need less and less sleep, somehow magically subsisting on six hours or less when we enter our senior years. …

FLORENCE-The Friends of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library are excited to invite you to participate in our Bookin’ It 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday, June 17th at 8 …

FLORENCE-Make Music Florence is a free, citywide day of music to be held annually on June 21, the longest day of the year. This year, coffee shops, restaurants, retail shops, …

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY-The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) State Lands Division announces four Open Woods Weeks at the Forever Wild Sipsey River Complex located in Tuscaloosa County near …

MUSCLE SHOALS-Northwest-Shoals Community College’s (NW-SCC) Child Development Center will offer the 2023 Kids in College STEAM summer camp July 17-21, 2023. The summer camp is open to children entering grades …

ATHENS-There is an incredible need for more CASA Volunteer Advocates in Limestone County. The program in Limestone is growing at a rapid rate. Unfortunately, this means we have to turn …

MONTGOMERY-Notice is hereby given that the Alabama Environmental Management Commission (Commission) is providing the opportunity for interested persons to submit written comments on Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) Director …

Tonic water is best known for adding a little bite to cocktails, though it has a hidden talent: It glows when exposed to ultraviolet light. While modern tonic waters often …

FLORENCE-The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is pleased to present the return of Mostly Blues, a soulful exhibition of paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures and mixed media works by area artists …