The holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving is next week, and stores are already filled with turkeys, Christmas decorations, and Black Friday deals. Broadway Baptist Church in Rainsville is also preparing for Christmas. Once again, members of the church are inviting everyone to Walk Through Bethlehem without leaving the state. For several years now, the […]

You may have heard the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Two Alabama entrepreneurs decided to make tea instead and were rewarded with a booming business and $500,000 from the reality television show Shark Tank. The successful tea company named Y’all Sweet Tea came to be after one of its founders, Darien Craig, was […]

“Man only has one life to live,” as the saying goes, and blessed is the man who lives it serving others. Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) honored one of those men today by naming its new state-of-the-art softball facility the Nathaniel Ledbetter Stadium. The name recognizes the efforts of Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter […]

DeKalb County educator and University of West Alabama adjunct professor Dr. Brandon Renfroe spoke at the recent National Forum to Advance Rural Education, held in Savannah, GA, on a topic dear to his heart: improving the lives of students suffering from very low food security (VLFS). At the forum, Dr. Renfroe presented information on the […]

On October 31, Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter returned to his hometown of Rainsville to welcome Governor Kay Ivey to the Tom Bevill Center as she made one of her final stops of the Rebuild Alabama Road Tour. There, a large group of community members met to greet the Governor and celebrate the announcement […]

On Monday, representatives from Alabama’s Mountains, Rivers, & Valleys Council (RC&D) welcomed Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter, Senate Majority Leader Steve Livingston, and DeKalb County grant recipients for a $59,000 check presentation.

Terry and Candace Stevens of Mobile never thought that a small springtime planting project would put them on the brink of a world record. The couple planted a few okra seeds in their backyard last March, hoping for a decent harvest for summer.