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Remy Fund: $69K+ awarded to animal nonprofits in Greater Birmingham
If you are an animal lover this is one of the best announcements you will hear all year. Today, The Remy Fund for Pets and Animal Services at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham awarded 11 grants totaling $69,200 to companion animal (dogs, cats, and horses) nonprofit organizations, serving Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, and Walker counties.
UAH senior David Harris touts benefits of CBYX program after year of study, work in Germany
David Harris spent the past year studying and working in Germany as the second student from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to receive a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) award. Now returning to finish his degree at UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System, he praises the professional and personal benefits of the program.
John Ritter era begins for Decatur football this fall
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The John Ritter era begins for Decatur Red Raiders Football for the 2024 season. Ritter became just the seventh coach since 1933 to be named Head Coach of the Red Raiders program. Ritter inherits a program that won just three games during the 2023 season. “Ogle,...
Annual Microwave Dave Day in tune with grand opening of The Lumberyard
HUNTSVILLE — It’ll be a blast from the past. A return to where it all began. Or, in musical terms, da capo. Any way you read it, this year’s Microwave Dave Day will be held at the historic AM Booth’s Lumberyard. The first Microwave Dave Day...
Austin Black Bears look to build on 8-3 season from 2023
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The Austin Black Bears will aim to return back to the postseason for the 11th time in 15 years under Head Coach Jeremy Perkins. “Well this team is unique on it’s own,” Perkins said. “We do have some playmakers on offense, guys like Gavin Fuqua at running back, Kenneth Joshua who played a lot of slot receiver and running back, Jackson Potter who played a ton of receiver last year, JL of course at Quarterback, we have a little bit of experience on the offensive line.”
Feral cat keepers angered by animal control captures
A group that takes care of feral cats, feeding them and having them sterilized, says that Birmingham Animal Control has been capturing the cats and taking them off the streets, which they say is a bad idea. As part of its recent Safe Streets Initiative, Birmingham has been clamping down...
New Alabama restaurant celebrates ‘Birmingham’s Batman’
For those who haven’t eaten at Magnolia Point, the new restaurant in a 90-year-old building on Birmingham’s Southside, Saturday may be your day to check it out. That’s when the restaurant -- which boasts a billboard-sized mural of the late Willie J. Perry, the everyday hero known as “Birmingham’s Batman” -- will celebrate Willie Perry Day with a special menu and cocktail in his honor.