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Report: Alabama Basketball Transfer Kris Parker Set to Visit OSU, OU
It could be a Bedlam battle to land a transfer basketball player from the Crimson Tide. Alabama transfer Kris Parker is set to visit Oklahoma State on July 24 and Oklahoma two days earlier on July 22, according to 24/7 High School Hoops. Listed as a 6-foot-9 guard, Parker redshirted in Tuscaloosa this past season.
17-year-old girl, 2 men shot inside vehicle in Center Point
CENTER POINT, Ala. (WBRC) - The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a 17-year-old girl and two men, both 24, were shot in a vehicle in Center Point. The shooting happened July 14 just after 7 p.m. in the 2400 block of 5th Street NW. Center Point Fire...
Alabama sales tax holiday beginning July 19
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday will be from July 19-21 and will offer parents a way to save. From 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 19, until midnight, Sunday, July 21, the state will waive its 4% sales tax on school-related supplies and clothing. More than 300 cities and counties throughout Alabama will […]
Nonprofit Eco Clean Marine promoting marine life through educational Fish Feeding Machines
A nonprofit organization dedicated to combating plastic pollution and creating awareness about ocean conservation along Alabama beaches is educating Gulf Coast visitors though Fish Feeding Machines. Eco Clean Marine installed the instruments along Fort Morgan, Alabama to Panama City, Florida. The organization also offers e-books to download at the feeder...
Alabama linguist is fixin' to tell you what makes Wiregrass dialects unique
This story is part of a partnership between the Montgomery Advertiser and the Living Democracy program at Auburn University. Now in its 13th year, the program disperses students across rural Alabama to spend 10 weeks learning more about the inner workings of the community and writing about what they observe.
Sports park, water park part of new project planned in area off Interstate 20 in Leeds
LEEDS, Ala. — Plans are moving forward to bring a new multi-component development to the city of Leeds. During its meeting on July 15, the city council approved a proposal for a new economic development project in an area near Interstate 20 at Exit 140. According to a news...
Look Back ... to the sale of a venerable Anniston house, 1999
Jul. 14—July 14, 1949, in The Star: Several reports of black panthers roaming in Talladega National Forest have been received in Talladega recently. Three young people who live in the Oak Grove community reported a "huge black animal" sitting on the walk in front of a home July 2. The animal was sighted around dusk, they said, and was screaming and snarling. It left soon afterward. A few days ...
Alabama’s Katie Britt to speak at Republican National Convention days after Trump assassination attempt
Alabama U.S. Sen. Katie Britt will be among the list of expected Republican national lawmakers to speak during Monday’s action at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The convention opens in the shadow of Saturday’s attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa.
Local US Transplant Games Participants Win Big
Several local athletes traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, last week for the 2024 Transplant Games of America, a biennial Olympic-style event promoting organ donation and celebrating second chances at life. “It's such a great event, lots of emotion, but lots of very warm feelings,” stated Team Alleghenies member, Jim Uhrig.
YMCA shares safest swimsuits for kids while swimming
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - To ensure you and your family are safe while swimming this summer, the YMCA is warning you about the kind of swimsuits you wear. Besides knowing how to swim, knowing what to wear while swimming can be just as important. Trey Sullivan, the Shades Valley YMCA...
276 home development opens near Huntsville’s Research Park and not one of them is for sale
When Birmingham-based Capstone Communities decided to build the Villas at Old Monrovia rental community in Huntsville, the company wasn’t venturing into the unknown. “This is our 10th rental community across the Southeast,” said Jim Beatty, Capstone’s vice president of development. “Huntsville was the location of our first development for our cottage program. It’s actually next door, the Cottages at Old Monrovia.”
Let off the gas! 'Operation Southern Slow Down' in effect now through July 21 in Georgia
Are you one to speed when you think no one will catch you? Fair warning: This week is Operation Southern Slow Down. This is a multi-state initiative with law enforcement agencies from Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to Georgia State Patrol Capt. Michael Burns via email. The participating agencies will be increasing their presence for cracking down on speeding and aggressive driving. ...
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