The second morning after Dolester Miles won the 2018 James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef in America, her Instagram account lit up with its first posts. Miles, who has worked for Frank Stitt at Birmingham’s Highlands Bar & Grill since he opened in 1982, posted photo after photo of her, of her desserts, of her with her […]

Restaurateurs and friends Reginald “Reggie” Washington and Duane Nutter opened Southern National in 2017, serving “globally inspired Southern food” in the historic Wilkins-Higgins Building in Mobile’s lively arts district. The buzz leading up to the opening was big; the response after they opened was even bigger. After only about four months in business, the restaurant was named […]

Nearly 80 years after Walker Evans and James Agee shined a light on life in Hale County, Alabama, Greensboro and its environs are taking center stage again, this time in RaMell Ross’ Oscar-nominated documentary film, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” follows Daniel Collins and Quincy Bryant, and their […]

This weekend, Jay Spencer became the first wrestler in his school's history to win a state title. And even more impressively, he did so while being...

Billboards. Television commercials. Print ads. Everyone in Alabama knows Alexander Shunnarah. In fact, the Birmingham-based...

A new report has named Alabama as the most financially friendly state for senior citizens. Research released this week by...

The story of one Gulf Coast Alabamian is being hailed as a "miracle" and "sign from God." As reported in the past few days...

Alabama has beaten Oklahoma once again, this time vaulting over the Sooner State to be named the most polite state in America.

The memorabilia collection is one clue that Cleon Jones is a pretty famous fellow. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder with the New York Mets for 13 years. In 1969, he caught the final out of the Miracle Mets’ World Series championship over the Baltimore Orioles. In other words, Jones has every reason to stay in New York and […]

Alabama foodies and ‘Top Chef‘ fans can celebrate one of their own advancing to the final six on Bravo’s hit television series. Dothan native Kelsey Barnard Clark continues to impress celebrity judges and fellow contestants on the show’s 16th season set in Louisville, KY. Clark is the chef and proprietor of KBC — a local Southern-French fusion […]

Alabama author Erin Brown Hollis has written a book she hopes will engage women spiritually and provide the same sort of outlet many seek through reality television. Hollis recently published The Remarkable Housewives of the Bible which she says is the first of a three-part series.

Two long-standing Alabama ministries recently found a way to help each other in a unique way. The Jimmie Hale Mission handed over its thrift ministry to King’s Home, creating for King’s Home a much-needed source of donations, according to a release from the group.

Lean On: Alabama is set to host its inaugural Alabama Women’s Summit on Friday, with a star-studded lineup of featured speakers on the agenda.

Not all heroes wear capes. And few take credit for their actions. Just count Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong as the latest example of this.

To the average person, Leldon Maxcy‘s basement in Cullman is home to a ton of wood. To the untrained eye, stacks of wood may not be exciting, at first. But to those with an artist’s eye, like Maxcy, the room holds a world of possibility. With the whir of his scroll saw, the billow of smoke […]

While the national media loves to portray University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban as an old grouch, the truth is that Saban's historic...

One police department in Morgan County has declared that crime needs to take a snow day as winter weather is set to hit parts of Alabama Tuesday.

The best of humanity often shines in the worst of tragedies. A "Good Samaritan" went out of his way to perform an act of kindness that he never imagined...

Wise beyond her years. Brave beyond belief. Resilient beyond reason. McKaylee Borklund, an 11-year-old who lives in the Birmingham area, has...

While an EF-2 tornado tore through downtown Wetumpka on Saturday and seriously damaged or destroyed dozens of buildings, it could not shake the faith of...

He might have been tripped up by the word "resemble" in finishing second in his school spelling bee, but one eight year-old University of Alabama...

Not everyone is thrilled about the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) these days, especially in and around the city of Birmingham. With a significant portion of I-20/59 to be closed for up to 14 months through the middle of downtown Birmingham, the Adamsville Church of Christ took a light-hearted jab at ALDOT. As shown in […]

While Chick-fil-A is known for going above and beyond in serving customers, one franchise location in Mobile just steered their southern hospitality...

Renowned author, speaker and Alabama native Andy Andrews is planning to host a leadership conference in Orange Beach this year.