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Northport Parents Are Acting Like Rednecks
You might be a redneck if your elementary school kids are hanging out of car windows and open rooftops. I don't think he had thought of that one. OK, I'm just having a little fun with the "redneck" thing. I'm a redneck too and there's nothing wrong with that at...
15 Labor Day Weekend events, including football watch parties—Aug. 30-Sept. 1
It’s Labor Day Weekend and there’s lots happening across Birmingham. From college football games and watch parties to farmers markets and concerts, plan now for August 30-September 1. Before you dive in, check out what’s open + closed on Labor Day in Birmingham. Have an event you’d...
Alabama tight ends coach says Crimson Tide fans will ‘learn quickly’ about transfer tight end
The coaching staff for Alabama expects big things from CJ Dippre and Robbie Ouzts, but is a third tight end ready to pop?. Bryan Ellis, the Crimson Tide’s tight ends coach, is excited about Josh Cuevas. The transfer from the University of Washington played on a Pac-12 Championship team and appeared in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in 2023.
Brasfield & Gorrie will have new CEO at end of year
Birmingham-based Brasfield & Gorrie will have a new CEO effective Jan. 1 in a leadership transition the company says has been in the works for several years. Rob Blalock will become CEO, and Jim Gorrie, currently CEO, will become executive chairman. Miller Gorrie will continue to serve as chairman of the Gorrie Legacy Trust.
Spain Park rallies, Bradley and Barber connect for game-winning TD in 39-37 win over Hoover
Following a go-ahead touchdown from Hoover with a little more than two minutes left in the game, Spain Park coach Tim Vakakes gathered his team around and stressed that the toughest team would win the game. Brock Bradley kept his cool. “There’s no quarterback in the country I’d rather have...
Alabama company recalls jerky because of lack of inspections
Hickory Hollow Jerky, a Eufaula, AL, establishment, is recalling 6,229 pounds of ready-to-eat jerky products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The beef jerky and bacon jerky products were produced on various dates...
“Into Light” Alabama Project Exhibition profiles faces lost to drug addiction
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Lining the walls of South’s Student Center -- are faces of lives lost to drug addiction. “Some have lived this -- others will live this,” said Jo Bonner, University of South Alabama President. On hand Thursday night -- founder of the non-profit “Into Light...
Alabama lagging other states in renewable energy generation
New costs for third-party power generation in Alabama come as the state is falling behind the country in adopting renewable energy. “Clean energy is surging in its adoption,” Brendan Pierpont, director for electricity modeling for Energy Innovation, a nonpartisan energy and environment think tank. “It’s really the largest source of new capacity additions on the […]
This week in HS Sports: Readers weigh in on their top football teams of all-time
This is an opinion piece. Last week in this space, I tried to chronicle the top 10 championship football team I’ve covered during my career. The team I ranked ahead of all others was Etowah High’s 1999 state title team that featured Carnell “Cadillac” Williams and was coached by Raymond Farmer. That team averaged 40 points a game and allowed just 13.
Alabama State Board of Education discusses possible adjustment to reading cut scores
ANNISTON — Members of the Alabama State Board of Education Wednesday discussed the possibility of changing a test score threshold that determines whether a student can advance to fourth grade. The 2019 Alabama Literacy Act, which was fully implemented this year, aims to have students reading on grade level by the end of third grade. […]
Community reacts to councilor’s idea of extending Birmingham City Schools two hours to curb violence
As an effort to curb gun violence, Birmingham City Councilor Clinton Woods proposed an idea that would extend school hours for Birmingham City Schools from 8 hours to 10 hours.
Downtown Tuscaloosa Bar Owners Fight Uphill Battle For Occupancy Increase
Owners of one of downtown Tuscaloosa's oldest bars say it won't survive unless the city council allows them to dramatically increase their occupancy limits - limits they save have only recently been enforced. Bradley and Jeremy Wyatt have owned and operated Rhythm & Brews in Temerson Square for 27 years....
Wine-making and new equipment unlock growth at Alabama blueberry farm
This story is part of a partnership between the Montgomery Advertiser and the Living Democracy program at Auburn University. Now in its 13th year, the program disperses students across rural Alabama to spend 10 weeks learning more about the inner workings of the community and writing about what they observe. CHATOM − Ferguson Blueberry Farm, established in 2008 on five acres near Chatom in Washington County, continues to grow with now 25 acres and an estimated 20,000...
Alabama Public Charter School Commission delays Birmingham school’s opening
The Alabama Public Charter School Commission Friday agreed to a delayed opening of a Birmingham Charter School. Under an amended contract unanimously approved by the board, Freedom Preparatory Academy, which currently operates in Memphis, will need to open on or before Sept. 13. The school has been a topic of discussion at several meetings over […]
Crews battle fire at abandoned bingo hall in Brighton
Brighton, AL (WBMA) — Fire crews battles a fire at an abandoned bingo hall in Brighton Friday morning. The structure sits just off of Bessemer Super Highway. Assistant Fire Chief with Brighton Fire Department Kenneth Hooten says the call came in at around 3:45 a.m. of a commercial structure fire.
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