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Franklin County Watermelon Festival returns soon
The Franklin County Watermelon Festival boasts non-stop musical entertainment, watermelon contests and more, including the presentation of the Watermelon Queen, arts and crafts vendors, an antique car and truck show, 5K and fun run, free wedges of juicy watermelon, youth performances, themed festival T-shirts for sale and more in downtown Russellville.
Franklin County student earns $1,000 Alfa Foundation Scholarship
Kaitlin Speck, of Russellville, Ala., was recently selected as one of 100 recipients of the 2024-2025 Alfa Foundation Scholarship Program. Speck, a freshman at Northwest Shoals Community College majoring in elementary education, received $1,000 to use toward tuition, fees, books or supplies. Since 2014, the Alfa Foundation has awarded $1,050,000...
Brightspeed launches state of the art fiber network to bridge the divide in rural areas
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — Brightspeed, a fiber broadband service provider, made a huge investment launching a state-of-the-art fiber network in the wiregrass community that lacks quality access to high speed internet. “It breaks my heart to see the numbers of where we are at and we have had internet...
Shakea Miller becomes first Black woman to open a degree-granting technical college in Alabama
Meet Shakea Miller; she is the first black woman to set up a degree-granting technical college in Alabama. She is the driving force behind the establishment of 1 on 1 Technical & Theological College in Phenix City, which officially opened its doors in June 2024. The college plans to offer...
Clotilda, the last known intact slave ship in US, is too ‘broken’ and should stay underwater in Alabama, report recommends
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The last known U.S. slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a yearslong investigation. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission said Thursday that the Clotilda, […]
Electric vehicle owners can get discount on admission to upcoming Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit
The Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit is offering a discounted registration rate for all EV owners to attend the event at the BJCC later this month. Before registering for the Summit online, EV owners must e-mail the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition (ACFC) at info@alabamacleanfuels.org to obtain the discount code that allows them to attend the Summit for $100 on Aug. 15. In addition, ACFC and the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA), which is coordinating the Summit, have partnered to offer $50 registration for the first 20 EV owner registrants. ACFC will pay $50 of the $100 registration fee for the first 20 EV owners.
Judge appoints overseer for former Alabama secretary of state’s Regions-managed trust fund
A Montgomery County circuit judge has appointed a temporary special fiduciary to oversee the charitable trust of a former Alabama secretary of state that has been the subject of a lawsuit. On Thursday, Circuit Judge Greg Griffin appointed James C. White Sr. of Birmingham to oversee the Mabel Amos Memorial...
Central-Phenix City opens at No. 22 in national high school football rankings
Central-Phenix City ranked No. 22 in the nation the media composite top 25 rankings, MaxPreps announced this week. The composite rankings pair computer algorithms with rankings from national media outlets to rank the top teams in the country, according to the release from MaxPreps. A team must be included in the top 25 of rankings from at least two national outlets to be considered.
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