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Electric-powered tractor to transport Honda vehicles, developed in Alabama, unveiled
An all-electric truck developed to transport newly built Honda vehicles from the company’s Lincoln plant was unveiled Monday after a years-long development process. Virginia Transportation Corp. showed off the tractor-trailer transport truck on Monday, which will carry Honda’s vehicles to the nearby CSX railhead for shipment. The new...
Statewide summit on truancy coming to Grandview Marriott
The Alabama State Department of Education, in partnership with the University of Montevallo, will host an Absenteeism and Truancy Summit on Sept. 4-5 at the Grandview Marriott on U.S. 280 in Birmingham. The two-day event is expected to draw educators, administrators, and experts from across the state. The event will...
This new Spanish Fort High School athletic program is a game-changer for girls
SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WKRG) — This season, the new flag football team at Spanish Fort High School is showing that girls can play football too. Flag football is the new up-and-coming sport for girls across the country. Six teams in Baldwin County will compete this season. For Spanish Fort High School, this is the first […]
NASA ships Alabama-made space hardware to Kennedy for next SLS flight
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — A key piece of space flight hardware, manufactured at Alabama’s Marshall Space Flight Center, is on its way to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis program. Last week, Marshall workers in Huntsville rolled out the launch vehicle...
Robot plant aide coming soon
Ornamental plant growers in Alabama feeling the squeeze of a competitive labor market may soon find help in an unexpected form. An artificial intelligence-powered robot, currently in development at Auburn University, will be able to inventory thousands of plants while also collecting data on plant growth, pests and diseases. A...
Rain down the road? The latest drought update for Central Alabama
Birmingham has measured less than a half inch of rain as of Aug. 25. Normal rainfall through the end of the month would be around 4.3 inches. What does this mean for the current and future drought status?. DROUGHT MONITOR. Most communities across central Alabama have measured less than an...
Alabama congregation founded in 1847 sues United Methodists, says it owns church building
A 177-year-old Demopolis church has sued the Alabama-West Florida Conference arguing that it should be allowed to leave the United Methodist Church and take its property with it. The First Methodist Church of Demopolis, founded in 1847, says it has owned its own property throughout its history and has never...
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