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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...

When John Dorsey moved to Greensboro in 2005, he took on a small role with an after-school program in the community. That role quickly turned into a passion and now, he’s the executive director of Project Horseshoe Farm. The non-profit organization is helping to create a sense of community through social and emotional support for those who need it the most.

Several counties in the Black Belt region are among others experiencing a decline in child oral health due to lack of access to medical care, says a report from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). The report says that dental services is particularly short in Greene County in the...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — WVTM 13 is a proud partner in the fight to end hunger with theCommunity Foodbank of Central Alabama, and during its Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drive. WVTM 13 will be live at designated Milo's Hamburger locations on Sept. 6, 13 and 18. Join us!. In 2023,...

A 177-year-old Demopolis church has sued the Alabama-West Florida Conference arguing that it should be allowed to leave the United Methodist Church and take its property with it. The First Methodist Church of Demopolis, founded in 1847, says it has owned its own property throughout its history and has never...

A report from the Alabama Department of Commerce's (ADC) Made in Alabama says that "significant" economic expansion is occurring in the state, which also involves communities the Black Belt region. “To ensure that we expand opportunities everywhere, my administration is committed to helping spark revival and growth in the state’s...

Special to the Advance Gulf Winds made a donation to the Escambia County Area Agency on Aging in Atmore on Aug. 27, according to officials. Gulf Winds Credit Union’s charitable arm donated $5,000 to support the agency’s ongoing work to provide local seniors with opportunities to socialize, access nutritious meals and receive supportive services, a […] The post Gulf Winds supports Escambia County Alabama Area Agency on Aging appeared first on The Atmore Advance.

A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Wednesday at 2:46 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 3:30 p.m. for Escambia and Baldwin counties. Prepare for marble-sized hail (0.5 inches) and wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 2:46 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Bratt,...

An announcement from the Middle District of Alabama has announced that Jonathan S. Ross resigned effective Aug. 24 and has been replaced by Kevin P. Davidson from Montgomery. During his time as U.S. Attorney Ross "prioritized" prosecution of violent offenders, which included possession of machine gun conversion devices, and narcotics dealers.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A man charged with fatally shooting a woman in front of her children now faces a capital murder charge. A Mobile County grand jury upgraded the charges against Milton Lamar Farris, 38, of Mobile. He also faces charges of robbery, kidnapping, receiving a stolen firearm and raping a child.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Northview’s Lady Chiefs fell 3-0 (17-25, 21-25, 20-25) to Flomaton Tuesday night at home. The Lady Canes took leads in each game, and held on late despite a late surge by the NHS girls.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile City Council approved their part of an agreement to help fund Spring Hill College’s new Health and Science Innovation Center. It’s an agreement that’ll see the city council and the county commission each contribute $250,000 a year for the next three years to go towards the project. The new center will allow them to increase their nursing program from 40 to 120 students while also increasing enrollment in their pre-med and health sciences program. Spring Hill College says an economic impact study shows just how beneficial this project is for everyone.

In the search for the new superintendent for the Brewton City Board of Education, the names of the five finalists were revealed during a meeting of the group on Monday. According to information released by the Alabama Association of School Boards, who is conducting the search, the five candidates vying for the position are: George […] The post Finalists named for Brewton City Schools superintendent appeared first on The Brewton Standard.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries is preparing to host an event that organizers say is designed to spread hope and Christmas cheer to Alabama foster children. According to a news release, the Trees for Hope Gala and Auction is scheduled for Nov. 14 from 6-8 p.m. at Spring […]

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, who considered running for Congress in Alabama’s redrawn 2nd District but did not, endorsed Democratic nominee Shomari Figures of Mobile at a press conference today in Montgomery. Figures faces Republican nominee Caroleene Dobson, a Montgomery attorney, in the Nov. 5 general election. Figures, who is...

Gulf Shores, Ala. – (OBA) – The Gulf Shores City Council met this week to vote on several items. After approving expense vouchers in the amount of $1,882,331 (new fire truck was within the expenses) the city council heard from Lee Jones of the City Planning Department. Mr....

CHICKASAW, Ala. (WKRG) — The Chickasaw Police Department and the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office are looking for a man who was wanted in connection to a burglary. CPD responded to a burglary call at Liberty Tax and Loan, located at 325 N. Craft Highway, on April 15. Over the course of a five-month investigation, 22-year-old […]

The Tropics Aren’t Broken, Meteorological Narratives Are Broken – Top 3 Takeaways. The tropics aren’t broken. It’s meteorological narratives that are broken. As we’re currently firmly inside of the peak weeks of hurricane season, with only a tropical disturbance that isn't expected to amount to much in sight...increasingly the question being asked by Floridians, and for that matter by many Americans is “why has hurricane season been so quiet”? Seriously, on Google that has been the second most searched for question pertaining to hurricane season over the past two weeks. The reason so many are wondering why it’s been so quiet is due to the unprecedented pre-hurricane season weather hype. The preseason hurricane forecasts put out by AccuWeather (which infamously coined this season as one that would be “explosive” and “super-charged”), Colorado State University, the Weather Channel and NOAA all had one thing in common. A warning that this hurricane season would be one of the most active on record and potentially the worst on record (the aggregate of the preseason forecasts was the most aggressive we’d ever seen). And the rational between the forecasts was all the same. Rising air temperatures due to climate change had resulted in rising oceans temperatures which had reached record levels, which in turn would result in potentially record setting tropical activity (along with the shift from the El Nino weather pattern last year, that’s less conducive for tropical activity, into a developing La Nina pattern that’s conducive for it this year). Well, as we’re approaching the halfway point of the hurricane season with only five named storms, it obviously hasn’t happened yet. This led to one of the increasingly rare pragmatic meteorologists, Ryan Maue to post on X... "The tropics are broken." What happened to the Atlantic hurricane season? While no one is complaining about the recent quiet time, forecasters wonder what happened. One forecast even called for 33 named storms! But, as I mentioned at the onset, it’s not the tropics that are broken but it is very much...