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MONTGOMERY-Imagine elves filling baskets with goodies to load on Santa’s sleigh and you get a snapshot of what it looked like last week when Academy Sports + Outdoors provided Christmas …

MONTGOMERY-Local school board members from northern Alabama were among the honorees recognized at the Alabama Association of School Boards’ annual awards luncheon held Dec. 6 at the Hyatt-Regency Birmingham – …

TUSCUMBIA-The Colbert County Sheriff’s Office received grant funds this week from local legislators associated with the “Colbert County Community Development Committee”. This committee disperses funds from the TVA PILOT program …

  FLORENCE – Beth Brumley, a 2001 graduate of the University of North Alabama, has been named the 2020 National ACTE New Teacher of the Year. The Association for Career …

WASHINGTON, DC-On Thursday, December 12, Congressman Robert Aderholt, (AL-04) released the following statement for his support for H.R. 19, The Lower Costs, More Cures Act, and his opposition to the …

For patients in Alabama and throughout the nation, the high costs of health care can often create needless emotional and financial stress. Surprise medical billing—in which patients receive outrageous bills …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health announces that the infant mortality rate of 7.0 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2018 is the lowest in Alabama history and is an …

TUSCUMBIA– In celebration of the 200th anniversary of statehood for the state of Alabama this Saturday, the citizens of Colbert County will have a special keepsake. “The Bicentennial Trail of …

  WASHINGTON – The Senate and House Armed Services Committees today released the final text of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with numerous provisions and Alabama priorities …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama Department of Mental Health launch a statewide campaign, Stop Judging. Start Healing., aimed at assisting friends, family, physicians, mental health care clinicians, substance …

WASHINGTON DC-Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04)) issued the following statement after House Democrats announced a deal on the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). “Since coming to Congress, my focus has …

MONTGOMERY – Alabama weather can change – from warm and sunny to cold and icy – overnight.  To be safe, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) urges motorists to be prepared, …

Using a painstaking process allowed TVA to restore the unique maps and other plaques installed at TVA dam reservations decades ago. Now their information is available for future generations. TENNESSEE …

MUSCLE SHOALS-On December 5, 2019 Recently signed to Muscle Shoals Recordings, Singer/Songwriter Billy Lawson releases his new original Christmas single, ‘Merry Christmas To You From Me’. Written and produced by …

  TUSCUMBIA-Sandra Killen Burroughs, Executive Director of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame has been elected to a two-year term on the board of the Southeast Tourism Society (STS).   …

FLORENCE – Astronaut. Engineer. Fighter pilot. U.S. Navy Captain. All of these words describe Scott Kelly, the featured speaker for the launch of the 2020 Distinguished Events Series at the …

OP-Ed  by Senator Doug Jones It’s been a little over a month since we learned about the death of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney in Birmingham. That kind of violence against a …

TUPELO, MS – The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come enjoy the Read with a Ranger program at 10 am on Saturday, December 21, 2019, at …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and Secretary of Early Childhood Education Jeana Ross on Tuesday announced Born Ready, a statewide movement focused on raising awareness among Alabama parents of the importance …

Alabama should be building better schools, not better prisons. It’s as simple as that. And the truth is if we had done that from the beginning we probably wouldn’t have …