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EventsALL: An event center that does it all opens in Lanett
Cars filled up one side of the parking lot at the Cherry Valley Shopping Center in Lanett on Tuesday as a crowd gathered at the city’s new event center. The post EventsALL: An event center that does it all opens in Lanett appeared first on Valley Times-News.
GloRilla, Boosie and more to perform at HBCU homecoming
GloRilla will show up at an Alabama HBCU homecoming for the second year in a row. See where and who will be joining her. The post GloRilla, Boosie and more to perform at HBCU homecoming appeared first on HBCU Gameday.
Alabama MAN SENTENCED TO 71 MONTHS FOR DEFRAUDING Investors of $4.7 Million in Business Scam
BIRMINGHAM, Ala – A Pell City man has been sentenced in a plan to defraud more than 40 investors in his different businesses out of more than $4.7 million, according to U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples. Chief...
Quentin Turner to lead Rainbow as Principal
MADISON – Madison Board of Education has selected Quentin Turner to lead Rainbow Elementary School as Principal. “I’m committed to establishing and maintaining positive relationships with faculty, staff, parents and community stakeholders in order to build a foundation that will enable all students to continue high academic success,” Turner said. “Rockets, let’s SOAR!”
U.S. Department of Defense awards $23M for aluminum casting supply chain
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded $23 million to the Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC to increase its aluminum casting production. The Muscle Shoals, Alabama-based company plans to use the funding to increase its annual capacity for aluminum casting up to 300 million pounds. The added capacity will help the company […] The post U.S. Department of Defense awards $23M for aluminum casting supply chain appeared first on Transportation Today.
Area Nonprofit Works to Protect Birmingham Children from Violence
This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Kings Kids Outreach, a nonprofit created to help Jefferson County and Birmingham youth, started with just two people. In...
Court returns control of Alabama town to its first Black mayor: ‘It feels good’
Patrick Braxton, 57, the first Black mayor of Newbern, a rural town in Hale County, has been officially reinstated to his office after a four-year battle. In 2020, Braxton became mayor of the tiny, majority-Black town, which hadn’t held a true election, most people guessed, for 60 years. But local white officials refused to let Braxton use his office.
The Worst Colleges In Alabama Wont Surprise Many
Why would you ever choose to attend a failing school?. Under the new Alabama Accountability Act, the state's Department of Education must release a list of failing schools. Failing Alabama colleges are measured by graduation rate. This is represented by the percentage of students who graduate within 150% of the usual expected time it takes to complete the degree.
Alabama students bring invention, ingenuity to aerospace industry
Universities across Alabama have become hubs of aerospace innovation, with student and faculty projects that offer promising contributions for the global industry. The latest crop of this work involves plum NASA grants, deep dives into weather system data, space craft development and competitions on the national stage. “The spirit of...
Aviation training takes off in rural communities with historic ties to flight
After attracting nearly $6 billion in new investment since 2020, Alabama’s rural counties are becoming a go-to location for companies involved in activities that include solar panel manufacturing, aluminum auto parts and graphite processing. And don’t forget flight training. In fact, two rural Alabama communities are hosting new...
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