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FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama recently hosted the fifth International Conference on Literary Juvenilia June 15-17.   Dr. Lesley Peterson, professor emerita of English and Dr. Jeffrey Bibbee, professor …

MONTGOMERY—The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs will be teaming up with law enforcement offices throughout the state and the Southeast July 17-23 as part of a special traffic …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced on Wednesday that she has appointed James “Jim” Purcell, Sr. as Acting Secretary of Information Technology and Todd Cotton as Acting Commissioner of the Alabama Department …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama’s online Masters of Business Administration degree program has been ranked first in the 10 best online executive MBA program, published by onlinecoursereport.com. The report mentions …

MUSCLE SHOALS– Nearly 12 million rounds of golf have been played on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail since opening 25 years ago. To mark the 25th anniversary, a series …

FLORENCE-The Shoals Front Porch Storytelling Festival is excited to invite everyone to come out to play music on the front porch of Kennedy-Douglass Center of the Arts on August 26, 2017 from …

TUPELO, MS – Lana Lollar, Budget Analyst for the Natchez Trace Parkway, received the Department of the Interior’s prestigious Superior Service Award.  “Honor awards, such as the Superior Service Award, …

FLORENCE- UNA student Tiera Leftwich grew up watching the Disney Channel like most teens, listening to the likes of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.  However, it was hearing country music …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey today announced that five Alabama school systems, with a total of eight individual schools, will lead a new effort to improve student success by aligning effective …

FLORENCE-The Tennessee Valley Strummers will return to the Florence/Lauderdale Visitor Center in McFarland Park to play folk dulcimer music in the Gallery on Friday, July 14 from 2 to 4 …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) annually updates fish consumption advisories based on data collected the preceding fall by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).  ADEM, the Tennessee …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced on Monday the appointment of George C. Day, Jr. as a judge on Alabama’s Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in Etowah County. Judge Day is filling the seat …

MONTGOMERY-Many harmful organisms lurk in lakes, rivers, along the coast, and in other bodies of water. Some bacteria may lead to destructive soft-tissue infections and other illnesses, the Alabama Department …

THE SHOALS-The Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council is hosting their fourth annual Lamb Jam! event on Thursday, July 20, 2017. It is a WC Handy event catered …

  WILLIAMSON CO, TN – On Saturday, July 8, 2017, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Greg Goodman and Tyler Noe were cycling on the Natchez Trace Parkway, a designated bike route, near …

TENNESSEE VALLEY-There probably aren’t many five-generation families working at TVA, but Anita Smith Snyder (formerly of Florence, Alabama) is part of one. Her great-grandfather, grandfather, mother, father, son, daughter, two …

TUPELO, MS –  The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Who Left That?” a  Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center on  Saturday, …

TUPELO, MS – The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on July 22, 2017. The …

FLORENCE-Southern Short Stories writer, Tom McDonald will give a presentation and sign copies of his newest release, “Promises to Keep” on July 22 at the Florence/Lauderdale Tourism Visitor Center. The …

BIRMINGHAM – Republican lawyer and criminal court judge Chess Bedsole launched his campaign to receive the Republican nomination for Alabama Attorney General. Bedsole spent the last couple of years working with …