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Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why
Darrell Dixon’s father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough blood to his body. He died in 2013 at the age of 49.
State-run psychiatric hospitals in Alabama show progress in staffing amid pay increases
The head of the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) said Friday that the department has made progress addressing staffing shortages at several state facilities. Commissioner Kimberly Boswell said at a Friday meeting of the board of trustees in Montgomery that staffing levels have improved. Across the three Tuscaloosa-based state-operated facilities — Bryce Hospital; Mary […]
Upgrades at Alabama sorority houses highlighted in Wall Street Journal
The University of Alabama’s investment to Greek life is well known, not just around the state but also nationwide. Sorority row seems to get bigger and bigger every year with improvements to the exterior of the buildings being noticeable to the public. But the renovations don’t end there, as the Wall Street Journal has pointed out in a recent profile of sorority houses across the country.
Alabama GOP sends voter registration forms with political mailers; Secretary of State disapproves
The Alabama Republican Party has mailed out voter registration forms attached to political mailers, a practice the Alabama Secretary of State, a Republican, said he disagrees with. The political mailers contain conservative messaging asking residents to “stand against the woke agenda destroying America,” with examples underneath such as “Liberal Indoctrination of Our Children” and “Out-of-Control […]
Crews battle house fire in Limestone Co.
ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - Crews are currently on the scene of a house fire in Limestone County on Saturday morning. East Limestone Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tony Kirk said crews were “actively fighting the fire” on St. John Road in Athens. According to Athens Fire and Rescue Chief...
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