The Birmingham Business Journal recently unveiled its Top 40 Under 40 list for 2021, recognizing emerging leaders in the business community. Among those honored is Arnab Ghosal, Alabama Power’s Grid Inform & Connectivity general manager. Ghosal is part of a team that helps determine and implement strategic initiatives that improve the reliability and resiliency of the electric […]

Welcome to a universe where your superpower may be to withstand the power of an earthquake unharmed. Elementary school students: Get ready to have fun while learning about the forces of nature. Force Factory, a new children’s discovery exhibit, is being planned at Anniston Museum of Natural History to engage children and families in unique […]

When kids participate in the life of a garden, they see the complete cycle of growing food, cooking and preparing it to eat. School gardens are exciting places for kids to learn basic academic subjects, too. The Tuscaloosa community came together more than 10 years ago to develop a garden-based learning program called the Druid […]

She could neither see nor hear. But her vision influenced countless millions. Helen Keller’s influence reached far beyond her native Alabama. She became a celebrity at an early age and remained so throughout her life. Born in 1880 in Tuscumbia, Keller was 19 months old when an illness left her deaf and blind. With the […]

The pandemic forced many schools to switch to remote learning in spring 2020. But it also forced a virtual shift in critical summer academic programs. The big question: Would those summer programs be as effective in keeping kids on track? Results from one major statewide summertime academic initiative indicate the answer is yes. That’s encouraging […]

Jessica Meuse would love to become “the dark version of Carrie Underwood.” That might seem ambitious for an Alabama Music Maker from Slapout. But her talents have already taken her from Elmore County to Hollywood for her “American Idol” experience, and she is enjoying a career as a singer-songwriter. “Alabama is definitely the prettiest place I have ever […]

Growing up in Tallapoosa County’s Eagle Creek, Real Estate Specialist Scotty McKelvey was naturally drawn to playing outside. He loved it so much as a kid, he turned it into a career at Alabama Power. McKelvey’s been a member of the forestry/surveillance team at the Dadeville Shoreline and Forestry office for 37 years. His job […]

Bobby Horton has been interested in the Civil War since he was 9 years old, igniting his lifelong love of history. “Every adult male in my life, from my dad to my uncles to my baseball managers and even my band director were all World War II veterans,” said Horton. “When you understand that history is […]

Clarence Carter taught himself to play guitar while attending the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega. This Alabama music maker, a rhythm and blues singer from Montgomery, still performs at age 83. Carter is best known for his 1970 hit “Patches,” about a boy who was forced to care for his family after his […]

Teen girls think chemical engineering is a world away, but, actually, it’s as close as their lips. Making lip gloss with household items like honey and shortening was one of the ways used to introduce students to chemical engineering at the annual iCan Girls in Engineering Conference April 13. More than 100 sixth- through eighth-grade students participated […]