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On This Day: Future Captain Shreve, Alabama football star breaks national record
On this day a decade ago, Kendrick Law had one attempt remaining in the long jump competition at the National Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas. Then 10 years old, Law gave everyone a preview of what was to come in his athletic career. Law’s jump of 16 feet, 8 inches...
Former Ala. lawmaker sentenced to year in prison for role in kickback scheme
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama lawmaker was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison for his role in a kickback scheme involving state grant funds. U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler sentenced former state Rep. Fred Plump to 12 months and a day in prison and three years of supervised release. Plump, a […]
Alabama gas and travel centers included in $1.1 billion acquisition
Casey’s General Stores Inc. on Friday announced it is acquiring the owner of CEFCO Convenience Stores for $1.145 billion, growing the company by 198 stores and a dealer network. Restaurant News is reporting the deal. CEFCO operates 11 stores in Alabama, clustered around the Gulf Coast. When completed, the...
Alabama Death Row inmate Alan Eugene Miller: Prison too ‘incompetent’ to fit his execution gas mask
Alabama Death Row inmate Alan Eugene Miller said he has no intention of holding his breath or resisting his execution from nitrogen gas suffocation, but he’s worried the state will fail at securing his gas mask because they’re “incompetent.”. “I don’t think ya’ll know what you’re doing,”...
Gov. Ivey awards grant for Juvenile Justice Summit
Governor Kay Ivey was keynote speaker to the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association Luncheon at Period Beach Resort Thursday May 16, 2024 in Orange Beach, Ala. Governor’s Office /Hal Yeager. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $65,475 grant to the Alabama Department of Youth Services...
US Environmental Protection Agency Awards Millions for Hempcrete Development
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a grant of approximately $6.2 million to the Nashville-based nonprofit Hemp Building Institute. The grant will support the development of hempcrete, a sustainable building material made from hemp. This funding is part of the EPA’s broader $160 million initiative to promote environmentally friendly technologies across various industries.
‘DEI’ is GOP’s new not-so-secret racial slur. Thanks, Alabama
This is an opinion cartoon. Alabama’s bass-ackward politicians are always a step ahead of America’s demise. Leading the way backwards is what we do here in this environmentally beautiful, absolutely friendly but politically oppressive deep red state. Alabama people - southerners in general - are good people. Nobody’s...
The real story behind the perceived increase in HS transfer athletes: ‘It’s 100 percent out of control’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories based on AL.com’s anonymous offseason survey of Alabama high school football coaches. The surveys are anonymous to allow coaches to share their thoughts more freely. Most Alabama high school football coaches believe the number of student-athletes transferring...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduces legislation to protect Alabama Underwater Forest
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduced legislation Thursday that would designate the Alabama Underwater Forest as a National Marine Sanctuary, weeks after the House of Representatives passed a similar bill. “I am proud to introduce this legislation that ensures Alabama’s distinctive underwater forest remains intact,” Tuberville said in a news release....
U.S. Senators Call on Mexican President to Halt Land Seizure of Alabama-Based Vulcan Materials Company
Washington D.C. – In a bipartisan effort, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) have urged Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to cease his government’s attempts to confiscate land owned and operated by Vulcan Materials Company, an Alabama-based construction aggregates producer. Last week, the López Obrador […] The post U.S. Senators Call on Mexican President to Halt Land Seizure of Alabama-Based Vulcan Materials Company appeared first on Calhoun Journal.
Alabama FC South to host GCPL championship
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - It might be their inaugural season, but Alabama FC South is just one win away from a Gulf Coast Premier League championship. “Our very first tryout session that we had, an open tryout, we had the group together and we said, ‘Hey look, we’re not just putting a team to compete. We’re putting a team that has a chance to win it all,” said AFC South general manager and coach Manny Sanchez.
Planning Commission delays The Cottages at Prattville yet again
The Prattville Planning Commission heard from Forge Residential Partners at Barrett-Simpson Inc. again with two separate public hearings, where business regarding The Cottages at Prattville was postponed until next month’s Planning Commission meeting. The commission voted first on the preliminary Platt and then the Planned Unit Development or PUD...
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