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Youth soccer teams gear up for annual Alabama Labor Day Cup in Decatur
DECATUR – More than 70 teams from across the Southeast will travel to Decatur this month for an exhilarating youth soccer tournament. Celebrating its sixth year, the Alabama Labor Day Cup is set for Aug. 31-Sept. 1s, with all matches hosted at the Jack Allen Recreation Complex. Event Organizer...
Community reflects on life and death of Decatur teen: 'It haunts me every day'
Aug. 17—On May 3, 17-year-old Rashad Marquise Smith was dumped in a parking garage at Decatur Morgan Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. Rashad grew up poor. His parents weren't much in the picture, and his grandmother was all he had. She tried her best to fill that void and keep him on the straight and narrow, an impossible task, perhaps, for one woman. In Northwest ...
Auburn High School cancels varsity football season
The growing trend of students specializing in just one sport has diminished numbers for football at the Montgomery County school. The post Auburn High School cancels varsity football season appeared first on Cardinal News.
Parents of University of Alabama students buy million-dollar property
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — A new housing trend is hitting the market in Tuscaloosa as a long-term investment for some University of Alabama parents. Lisa Hill said it made sense to buy instead of rent when she and her husband looked at places for their two daughters to move into after freshman year at UA. […]
Free program to help caregivers in Athens
Grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings who serve as caregivers in North Alabama can get some help. A statewide program called Kids and Kin is offering training classes in Athens this fall. The classes include small groups, free toys, educational materials and children's books. All classes are held from 10:00 until...
Retail site to ‘transform’ area in north Cullman
CULLMAN, Ala. – A new retail center is under development just north of Urban Cookhouse and Pasquale’s on the northbound side of U.S. Highway 31 and 12th Way North in Cullman. This new development is slated to open in late 2025 if all goes well. Owned by Bill...
Paul Finebaum asks key question about Nick Saban on 'College GameDay'
Paul Finebaum covered Nick Saban for his entire career as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, and he has no doubts that Saban will be an “unbelievable” broadcaster. In an interview on Sports Business Journal’s The Sports Media Podcast released Thursday, Finebaum detailed what will make Saban so great as he joins the College GameDay panel Read more... The post Paul Finebaum: Nick Saban will be ‘unbelievable’ on ‘College GameDay’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Blank Space Bham installs new mural near City Walk [PHOTOS]
If you’ve been near Uptown lately, you might have noticed a new mural pop up on the side of the Sheraton Hotel facing City Walk BHAM. We spoke to local muralist and Blank Space Bham founder Meghan McCollum about its design and how this vibrant new project came to be.
Nitha Storey hired as Sylacauga High School’s new JAG Specialist
SYLACAUGA, Ala. – Sylacauga High School (SHS) has appointed Ms. Nitha Storey as the school’s new Jobs for Alabama’s Graduates (JAG) Specialist. Storey, a long-time presence at SHS, will now help prepare students for successful careers, ensure they graduate college, and establish students as career ready. The...
Prattville Planning Commission approves preliminary PUD for The Cottages at Prattville
The Prattville Planning Commission heard from Forge Residential Partners regarding The Cottages at Prattville, a project on Highway 82 and Constitution Avenue. The Birmingham developers are looking to build the “new” project, which has come before the Prattville Planning Commission and the Prattville City Council many times. This project will house roughly 192 total units as opposed to the previous project’s 234 single and multi-family homes built on 44.89 acres. This roughly equates to about five units per acre, Forge confirmed at the meeting.
FRIDAY FOOTBALL JAMBOREE ROUNDUP: Warriors blank North Jackson in abbreviated scrimmage
CENTRE – Mother Nature delayed Cherokee County’s football scrimmage with North Jackson for an hour and 18 minutes on Friday night, and she put an abbreviated end to the action once the two teams got going. However, they were able to play almost a complete half in which...
Move-in snafus at Tuscaloosa apartment complex for returning UA students
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Friday was supposed to be move-in day for some University of Alabama students at The Cottages apartment complex, which is about two miles or so from campus. But some parents of those students say they found their child’s apartment filthy, trashy, and not cleaned up after...
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