By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Dozens of former baseball players – and one heavyweight boxing champion – were on hand on July 4 to get an early look inside the Negro Southern League Museum. While the official grand opening is weeks away, Birmingham Mayor William Bell said it took a team effort to bring the museum […]

(Video Above: The Alabama NewsCenter showcases Alabama’s Peach Paradise in Chilton County) By Michael Tomberlin If you play word association with anyone from Alabama and say “Chilton County” the response will likely be “peaches.” The fruit has become synonymous with the central Alabama county, and the state’s most recognizable water tower. Around 3,000 acres of […]

By John Herr Welders wielding blowtorches. Students repairing air conditioners. An instructor teaching administrative office skills. It could be a vocational school anywhere in the U.S. But it’s not. This is J.F. Ingram State Technical College, one of the only community colleges in America exclusively serving men and women serving time. Headquartered in Deatsville, the […]

By Bob Blalock In Double-A Best of the Ballparks voting, fans chose Regions Field, home of the Birmingham Barons as the best ballpark. Regions Field eked out a close win over Riverwalk Stadium, home of the Montgomery Biscuits. Fittingly for the Barons, the winner was announced at Riverwalk Stadium during the Southern League All-Star Game. […]

By: Emily Kearley What was once an eyesore and an environmental concern in a historic Montgomery neighborhood has been transformed into a community attraction and resource that will also help improve water quality. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange and other city officials recently joined community members and representatives from county, state and federal agencies to celebrate […]

By Scott Soshnick & Jamie Butters (Bloomberg) – Hyundai Motor Co. is close to an agreement on a sponsorship contract with the National Football League, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The South Korean automaker would replace General Motors Co., which ended its association with the most-watched U.S. sports league this past season […]

By Michael Tomberlin There was a time when the name “Barber” was synonymous with milk and dairy products in Birmingham and throughout the South. Now “Barber” is the cream of the crop in racing venues with the world-class Barber Motorsports Park and the world-record motorcycle collection and museum that is part of its ever-growing campus. […]

By Donna Cope Sunday, June 21 marked the summer solstice: It’s the day with the most hours of sunlight and is the official, first day of summer. With good old summertime starting to heat up Alabama, it’s a point of interest to Jim Stefkovich that, based on overall weather data, Fort Morgan is the state’s […]

By Linda Brannon “Pigs gone wild” might sound like a bad, cable TV show, but they are no joke when it comes to their environmental impact. In Alabama, feral hogs – with their destructive rooting behavior and voracious appetites – pose a real threat to native plants and habitats. At the 1,850-acre site of Farley […]

Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo. (Video Above: Sister Schubert’s Homemade Rolls from the Alabama NewsCenter) By: Karim Shamsi-Basha All it took was a worn-out wooden kitchen stool. When Patricia Schubert was a preteen, she used to climb on a kitchen stool and help her grandmother Gommey make bread rolls. She learned […]

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Boxing history will be made at Birmingham’s Bartow Arena Saturday night when Tuscaloosa’s Deontay Wilder makes the first defense of his World Boxing Council heavyweight title against Eric Molina. Wilder, 29, is not the state’s first native son to be a heavyweight boxing champion. Atmore native Evander Holyfield and Joe Louis […]

(Video Above: Fans await debut of Harper Lee’s next novel) On a sunny spring day in Monroeville, deep in the southwestern part of the state, there are mockingbird houses everywhere. In this town, home to Harper Lee, the celebrated author of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” talk of Atticus Finch, Scout, Jem, Dill, Boo […]

(Video above: An interview with pastor and Alabama Power employee Leo Campbell) There’s one thing Leo Campbell has learned about miracles: they may not happen at the most convenient time. The Tensaw pastor and Alabama Power employee’s Easter began just as any other Sunday. But just a few minutes from his home, he learned a […]