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UAB Offers Tips to Shop on a Budget When Going Back to School This Fall
Back-to-school season is right around the corner, and it is a time when many parents are left scrambling to buy classroom supplies and an updated wardrobe for a growing kid along with paying registration and sports fees. University of Alabama at Birmingham Regions Institute for Financial Education Director Stephanie Yates,...
SHANNON FAGAN: Blanchard made a positive impact in many people’s lives
Cancer has taken another life way too soon. Former Piedmont baseball head coach and football defensive coordinator James Blanchard passed away on Friday morning. He was 59. “We lost a great man today, but the impact and the influence he’s had on kids will be felt for a long time,” friend and former Piedmont/current Westbrook Christian head coach Steve Smith said. “I ask that we keep the Blanchard family in our prayers. It’s obviously a tough time.”
In wake of assassination attempt, Alabama GOP leaders coalesce behind Trump at RNC
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A number of leading Republican figures from Alabama participated in the Republican National Convention this past week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and all shared a similar message: that the Republican Party was wholly unified behind now-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. That wasn’t necessarily the case seven years...
Local athletes compete in AHSAA All-Star Week
Briarwood’s Taylor Leib (10) dribbles the ball during the Class 6A girls championship game against Mountain Brook at John Hunt Park in Huntsville on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Briarwood fell to Mountain Brook 2-0. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney. The Alabama High School Athletic Association held its annual All-Star...
Major reductions in prescription drug prices for some with Medicare could raise premiums
Significant changes in prescription drug prices for people with Medicare in Alabama will soon become a reality saving them hundreds of dollars, but the difference could be made up elsewhere prompting a potential spike in their monthly premiums.
Housing Authority of the Birmingham District makes $2 million investment into police task force
The Birmingham City Council has approved a renewal of an agreement with the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District that will provide housing authority properties with a police task force and community policing programs.
Funeral honors 3 Birmingham nightclub mass shooting victims
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The community is remembering the people lost in a mass shooting at a Birmingham nightclub last weekend. A funeral service was held Saturday inside Boutwell Auditorium for three of the four victims. Many people were in tears as they said farewell to 24-year-old Lerandus Anderson, 42-year-old...
Jacksonville State football adds Auburn to schedule, will travel to Jordan-Hare in 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WBRC) - Returning to the Plains. That’s what Jacksonville State football will be doing in 2026, according to JSU Athletics. JSU Athletics Director Greg Seitz announced Saturday that the Gamecocks will travel to Auburn Sept. 26, 2026 to take on the Tigers. “We’re very excited about the...
Man shot to death at gas station outside Walmart in Birmingham
A man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in a gas station outside two busy east Birmingham shopping areas. Birmingham police Saturday night identified the slain man as Richard Allen Judkins. He was 54 and lived in Birmingham. About 4:45 p.m, a man walked up to a sergeant at the...
UPDATED: Anniston Police Department Seeks Public Assistance in Locating Missing Teen
Anniston, AL – The Anniston Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating 19-year-old Bradley Allan Smyth. Smyth’s current whereabouts are unknown, but he is known to frequent the Blue Mountain area of Anniston. Smyth has distinguishing scars that may aid in identifying him: one on his right shin and another on his left […] The post UPDATED: Anniston Police Department Seeks Public Assistance in Locating Missing Teen appeared first on Calhoun Journal.
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