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Scooter's Coffee House coming to Prattville
PRATTVILLE − Scooter's Coffee House is coming to Prattville, and the chain will demolish a closed restaurant building in the process. SRS Real Estate Partners of Birmingham announced the news. The coffee shop's location will be in the old Church's Chicken building in the 400 block of South Memorial Drive. The restaurant closed about a year ago. The lot covers about half an acre, and the building is about 2,500 square feet. ...
Industrial Ground-Breaking Ceremony scheduled for Childersburg
CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – A growing new industry is coming to the Childersburg Industrial Park with a ground-breaking ceremony scheduled for Thursday, August 8th at 8:30 a.m. ARC – Automation, Robotics, and Controls, is where innovation meets precision in the vast world of industrial automation. With a highly dedicated, hard-working team, ARC prides itself in doing great quality work in a diverse range of industries including manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and many more.
CFB analyst gives incredibly high praise to Alabama interior offensive line
Alabama football’s interior offensive line is continuing to garner major attention. Pro Football Focus college football analyst, Max Chadwick is high on the Crimson Tide’s expected starting guards and center at the moment. Tyler Booker is expected line up at one guard position while Jaeden Roberts line up on the opposite side at guard while Parker Brailsford holds down the center position. Chadwick feels the Tide’s interior of its offensive front is easily the nation’s best.
Legendary R&B singer, Motown hitmaker dead at age 88: ‘His career touched the lives of so many’
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last remaining original member of the Four Tops, died on Monday at age 88 at his home in Detroit. Fakir’s family announced the singer’s death in a statement to The New York Times, Billboard and other media outlets, and said the cause was heart failure.
School Supply Drive: ‘Touch a Truck’ coming to First Methodist of Wetumpka
Touch a Truck is THIS SATURDAY (July 27th) from 11am-2pm!! 🛻. You are invited to the Touch a Truck Block Party at First Methodist Church Wetumpka! This is a great chance to explore your child’s favorite big trucks and vehicles including an ambulance, firetruck, police car, wrecker, vintage vehicles, motorcycles, and more! There will be lots of trucks and vehicles to touch and look at, a train ride, bounce house, food for the family*, giveaways, and fun! The cost to attend is just a school supply donation to benefit our local Elmore County schools.
Proposed Birmingham charter has not met enrollment numbers, says state commission
The Alabama Public Charter School Commission said Monday that Freedom Prep, a charter school slated to open in Birmingham this fall, missed a deadline to meet its enrollment numbers for the coming school year. In a June meeting, the commission approved an amendment to the school’s charter contract that included...
Investment firm launching aerospace hub in Northwest Alabama
CHEROKEE, Alabama — A new hub of aerospace manufacturing is on the horizon in rural Alabama. AE Industrial Partners is moving forward with its plans to transform a vast industrial facility in Colbert County into a high-tech center of innovation for aerospace and defense companies. The Boca Raton, Florida-based...
16 SEC Teams in 16 Days.....Alabama Will Miss The College Football Playoffs in 2024
We are smack in the middle of the Dog Days of Summer. And let's be honest..... all of our minds are starting to wonder towards the monster football season ahead. With that in mind I am cranking up the college football content to give the people what they want!. Being...
Jacksonville State University Bids Farewell to Jack Hopper Dining Hall
Jacksonville, AL – Today marks the final day for the beloved Jack Hopper Dining Hall at Jacksonville State University, which will close its doors at 6 p.m. after 62 years of service. The closure paves the way for the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art dining facility on Tuesday, July 23 at 7 a.m. Located next […] The post Jacksonville State University Bids Farewell to Jack Hopper Dining Hall appeared first on Calhoun Journal.
A glimpse into the housing authority’s safety effort that inspired the East Lake Safe Streets Initiative
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Birmingham Housing Authority Development has gotten creative to curb crime in certain areas. We first told you about their efforts earlier this year. Now city leaders are working to build off HABD’s success with the East Lake Safe Streets Initiative. That pilot program is...
Rock the South sees 50K attendees
CULLMAN, Ala. – Rock the South saw around 50,000 attendees at this year’s three-day festival over the past weekend. The Cullman Police Department handled things inside the venue, while the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office managed everything outside the venue, including parking. Cullman Police Chief David Nassetta said...
Floyd excited about 2024 Huskies
By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor For the 2024 season, Hewitt-Trussville head coach Josh Floyd enters his eleventh year at the helm of the Husky football program. Floyd, the 2023 Alabama Football Coaches Association 7A Coach of the Year, led his Hewitt team to a 9-4 record and an appearance in the 7A semi-finals. The […]
Congressman Rogers Announces $74,857.14 Federal Funding for Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department
Washington D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (AL-03) announced that the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department in Calhoun County will receive $74,857.14 in federal funding. This allocation is part of over $915,000 awarded to first responders in East Alabama through the Department of Homeland Security’s FY 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The grant program is […] The post Congressman Rogers Announces $74,857.14 Federal Funding for Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department appeared first on Calhoun Journal.
Nick Saban is already helping Alabama even if he’s no longer coaching
If you take one lesson from Nick Saban's tremendously successful time as the head coach at Alabama, it should be this: don't take the rat poison. Saban used to get made fun of for how fixated he was on that proverbial toxin, but he knew what he was doing. Having unparalleled success year after year may sound easy when you can get all the best recruits. In reality, the ability to keep college kids focused on becoming as great as they can be and ignoring all the outside noise telling them how great they are is not so simple.
Bham has one of the top United Way training programs in the US—how to apply by Aug. 2
Are you interested in growing your leadership skills, expanding your local network and giving back to important nonprofits? You need to know about United Way of Central Alabama (UWCA)’s Loaned Executive Program. Every year, 30 or so people (called “Loaned Executives,” but don’t let the name intimidate you) from...
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