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Salvation Army Huntsville location set to reopen overnight shelter after 4-month hiatus
An essential resource that helps the unsheltered is re-opening! The Salvation Army's overnight shelter in Huntsville will once again house folks starting next week. Starting Tuesday, September 3, more than a dozen people will be off the streets and able to move into the Salvation Army's overnight shelter on Seminole Drive.
Veterans in Prattville: A Great Home After Military Career
Find out why Prattville/Autauga County is the perfect place for transitioning military members and veterans to plant roots. Transitioning military members and veterans in Prattville and Autauga County are choosing to plant roots here, thanks to the region’s high quality of life assets and its bountiful career opportunities. Located...
Pennsylvania Steel acquires Birmingham steel service center
Pennsylvania Steel Co. has acquired Birmingham-based Besco Steel Supply. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Bensalem, Penn., Pennsylvania Steel has 11 facilities in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. Besco has, in addition to Birmingham, a Winder, Ga. facility. “The integration of Besco Steel’s...
Premium Birmingham Outdoors Store to Open in Tuscaloosa, Replacing Downtown Pub
A high-quality, Birmingham-based sporting goods store will soon open a new location in Tuscaloosa, filling a space downtown that has stood vacant since a locally popular bar closed in 2020. For decades, Subs n' You and the Downtown Pub shared a large building on the corner of University and Lurleen...
Birmingham to discuss citywide rezoning in upcoming public meetings
The Department of Planning, Engineering, and Permits for the City of Birmingham will hold a series of public meetings to discuss a citywide rezoning initiative. The city says the goal of the rezoning is to create mixed-use districts that are transit-friendly and walkable. Below is the schedule for the meetings.
Pink Boot Boutique’s Small Business Christmas Market coming in November
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman woman and Pink Boot Boutique Owner Shayla Waldner had a vision to eventually host a Christmas market when she initially started her business, with a passion for fashion, clothing and, overall, giving women confidence in their daily lives. Waldner will host a Christmas market at the Cullman County Agricultural Trade Center on Saturday, Nov. 30, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. “I started the Pink Boot in October 2023 and knew immediately I wanted to host a Christmas market, but my hands were full with opening a mobile boutique at the moment,” Waldner said. “I love going to holiday events...
Former Alabama coach Nick Saban makes national championship prediction
ESPN “College GameDay” analyst and former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban predicts the Georgia Bulldogs will win the national championship. Saban is giving Kirby Smart and company some rat poison ahead of the Bulldogs’ season opener against the Clemson Tigers. Saban predicts Georgia will defeat the Texas Longhorns in the 2024 SEC championship game. He has Georgia as the No. 1 team in his projected College Football Playoff. The former Alabama coach also predicts Ohio State will win the Big Ten to secure the No. 2 seed. In his prediction, which he made before Week 0, he has Florida State...
Alabama A&M extends Bryant contract through 2027
HUNTSVILLE — Just two years after taking the reins as director of athletics at Alabama A&M, Dr. Paul A. Bryant has received a contract extension through 2027. Alabama A&M University President Dr. Daniel K. Wims approved the extension for Bryant, according to a news release Wednesday. Bryant was named director of athletics in August 2022.
Meet the 15-year-old LB, who is committed to Alabama
Ba’Roc Willis is only 15, and he is already verbally committed to Alabama with offers from Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss and others. Touchdown Alabama saw him in action recently and were able to put together a feature on the future Tide linebacker. The video feature can be stream below:
Police: Birmingham man kidnapped mother; reloaded gun during shooting that killed grandfather, family friend
A Birmingham man charged in the quadruple shooting that left two people dead, including his grandfather, kidnapped his own mother at gunpoint and forced her to drive him from one crime scene to the next, according to information released in court on Wednesday. Kerry Jackson Jr., 31, is charged with...
Crimson Tide’s “Mr. Irrelevant,” and a former Alabama star, cut from the NFL
It wasn’t a good week for two former members of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Safety Jaylen Key was waived by The New York Jets. The team picked the former Alabama player with the last pick of this year’s NFL Draft, making him known as the annual “Mr. Irrelevant.” There was also bad news for former Tide linebacker Ronnie Harrison.
Heat advisory for North Alabama until Thursday night
A heat advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 1:35 a.m. valid for Thursday between noon and 9 p.m. for Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan and Cullman counties. The weather service states, "Heat index values up to 108 degrees expected for areas in AL...
Alabama law banning puberty blockers, hormones for transgender minors remains in effect
Alabama can continue to enforce a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors after a federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to put the question of a preliminary injunction before the full court. A panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed U.S. District Court Judge Liles Burke’s...
High school students gain service academy insight
Choosing to attend a military service academy can invoke many questions, so to provide some answers, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong held an academy meet-and-greet event Aug. 17 In Huntsville. Strong, who represents Alabama’s 5th Congressional District, held his first Military Service and Academy Day in 2023 to help students and...
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