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ATHENS– Start the summer off right by enjoying all downtown has to offer for the entire family!   Fridays After Five will be held on selected Fridays of each month …

THE SHOALS-Steve Nesbitt was in the banking business in the Shoals for just under 40 years.  He was a long time Board member and advocate for the SBi.  Steve had …

MONTGOMERY-Travelers spent $249 million and were responsible for 2,927 jobs last year in Lauderdale County, according to a report conducted for the Alabama Tourism Department by Montgomery economist Dr. Keivan …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama was awarded the top prize in the Education Division of the 2018 United Way of Northwest Alabama Annual Campaign. The nearly $17,000 contributed …

 MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Senate on Thursday, May 16 passed SB397. This bill, sponsored by Sen. Del Marsh, would change Alabama’s current elected State Board of Education to a Commission …

MONTGOMERY – For the fourth month in a row, more people are working in Alabama than ever before.  In April, preliminary estimates account for 2,139,379 people working, up by 32,335 …

FLORENCE – Mayor Steve Holt, City of Florence Council Members, and the Florence Fire & Rescue Department invite all the citizens of the City of Florence to join in the celebration …

FLORENCE – Northwest-Shoals Community College’s (NW-SCC) Nursing Program honored 86 nursing graduates at its annual pinning ceremony Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Woodmont Baptist Church in Florence. NW-SCC Director of …

TUPELO, MS – Removal of the non-native privet (Ligustrum) plant species in high-priority areas along the Parkway is in full swing this month. “Non-native plants live outside their original distributional range. As …

 FLORENCE– Über Region Fest will kick off Saturday, June 8, beginning at 11 a.m. at TMT America/ Trissl Sports Cars on Wilhite Street in Florence. It’s the fifth time Porsches …

MUSCLE SHOALS & PHIL CAMPBELL– Northwest-Shoals Community College has announced its President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2019 Spring Semester. Requirements for the President’s List are a semester grade point average …

FLORENCE – Dr. Katherine Cole Kinney, Dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of North Alabama, has been named an Impact Academy fellow. Kinney joins …

 FLORENCE-Florence Mayor Steve Holt and Lauderdale County Commission Chairman Danny Pettus invite everyone to attend the annual Memorial Day Program set for Monday, May 27, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. Poppies …

 THE SHOALS-The Shoals has been named a Tennessee RiverLine Pilot Community. Beginning this summer, the Shoals and four other communities along the Tennessee River will help develop the vision of the …

 FLORENCE-The 33rd Annual Arts Alive Festival begins this Saturday,May 18 and will continue through Sunday, May 19 in Wilson Park. The festival takes place in Wilson Park and at Kennedy-Douglass …

 FLORENCE – Seven University of North Alabama graduates received awards as part of the commencement ceremonies that took place over two days, May 10 and May 11, in Flowers Hall …

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Legislative Leadership on Thursday held a press conference to give an update on the status of prison reform measures in the state. Following the update from Legislative Leadership, …

FLORENCE-The Florence/Lauderdale Tourism Office will host a free walking tour at the Forks of Cypress Plantation Site and Cemetery on Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 a.m.  The Forks of Cypress, …

 WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TN – The Natchez Trace Parkway will hold a biannual “Car Free Parkway Experience” day for bicyclists and pedestrians between mile markers 429 and 440 this Sunday, May 19. …

  ST. JOSEPH, TN-Indian Artifacts, Civil War Relics, and Collectibles Show, at City Park, Civic Center located at 10 Park Dr, in St. Joseph, TN, Saturday, May 18th, 7:00 a.m. …