She was only five years old when she tentatively toddled over to the paleontologist to show him her dinner-plate sized find. He leaned in with a smile of patience, assuming it was just a rock. He flipped up his sunglasses for a better look. The fossil hunt was 20 minutes in and the smallest child […]

Lakepoint State Park located on the banks of the 45,000-acre Lake Eufaula, offers a variety of amenities which includes a full-service restaurant and lounge, marina, hiking trails, modern campground, swimming complex, tennis courts, and playgrounds.

When the world was a mess, Alabama showed plain common sense. Our tourists are proof positive of that. Over the last two years, tourists and vacationers have flocked to Alabama to escape unnecessary restrictions and mandates. They also traveled here in record numbers because Alabama has something for everyone. From our white sandy beaches on […]

Thanks to a newly unveiled museum exhibit, visitors to Auburn University can travel back in time 82 million years. Millions of years ago, a fragile dinosaur egg approximately 2 inches long washed out to sea and was protected in layers of sediment for an incredible journey. In the 1970s, the fossilized egg was discovered by a group […]

They say dogs are a man’s best friend, but a Birmingham-based nonprofit is proving that they can also be much more than that. Animal-assisted therapy provider Hand in Paw has been serving Central Alabama since 1996 when former Greater Humane Society of Birmingham Executive Director Beth Franklin founded the organization. After years spending day in and day […]

The road to reserving a table at Birmingham’s popular Automatic Seafood & Oysters restaurant just got “bumpier.” Chef Adam Evans on Monday night won a coveted James Beard Award for Best Chef: South. Many consider the awards to be life-changing for those in the restaurant industry who become semifinalists and finalists, but especially for those who win. A […]

Included in the lists of great speakers of the 20th century are Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King and Adolph Hitler. The latter addition may cause us to do a double-take since we recognize Hitler as psychotic, or demon possessed, depending on one’s perspective, but Hitler ranks high as a man whose passion moved […]

Music can be cathartic. Mark Kelly has been a writer and a journalist in Birmingham for decades. He works at Alabama Power and is a regular contributor to Alabama NewsCenter. Kelly is also a musician and a member of the band The Burnells (formerly The Happy Burnells), a band that enjoyed some success in the Birmingham area from 1997 to […]

To help make higher education more accessible for active-duty military members, University of Alabama Online is launching a new grant that will help cover tuition costs. The UA Online Military Tuition Grant is designed to help remove financial barriers for service members who want to earn a bachelor’s degree. “By reducing the financial obstacles and resolving the limitations presented […]

“Tough times” is a phrase that is both relative and universal. What constitutes tough times for one may be different for another, but if you’ve lived any time at all, you have probably known your own version of tough times. A global pandemic and other large-scale issues have amplified those tough times for many. That’s […]

When Alabama National Guard Pfc. Elioenai Campos enters the coliseum in July, it will be the culmination of 26 years’ worth of literal blood, sweat and tears. Campos, an infantryman assigned to the 1-167th Infantry Battalion, will represent the United States in jiu-jitsu at the 2022 World Games July 15 in Birmingham. The World Games is an international multi-discipline […]

Daniel Kolson is a businessman who has pursued and achieved success at the highest levels. He bought into the thought that if you have everything you ever wanted, you would be fulfilled. The only problem was he accomplished his goals, but that fulfillment never came. In this episode, he shares how a friend’s encounter with […]

If you ever visited the Birmingham Zoo, you know that one of the unique features is the train ride that winds around the 120+ acre facility. As a child it offers a unique viewing opportunity and the excitement of riding a train!

When 77% of voting Alabamians passed a statewide amendment to improve our 21 state parks, they did us a favor. Of the $85-million bond approved, $80 million will go toward modernizing the parks and investing in infrastructure to improve them. The funding will make the parks more profitable and improve their position as premiere tourism […]

Alabama Power’s Renew Our Rivers program is helping get Alabama waterways ready for summertime recreation.

Whether at a grill, a poker table, with a bow or golf club – more than 1,700 people helped the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama.

I met her at a conference where we were assigned to the same table. She was bubbling with excitement about her church.

With honey, dates, anise, coriander, rosewater and other Middle Eastern flavors, Cole creates confections that share her Egyptian heritage.

Only about five people die per year from snakebite in the United States. So, once the initial shock has passed, there is a better question to ask: “Will I be maimed for life?”

Far from the stodgy image of the large woman in a Viking helmet, this progressive company takes opera to the street, the bar, and the brewery.

The four finalists at the recent 7th annual Alabama Seafood Cook-Off at The Lodge at Gulf State Park gave the five esteemed judges a difficult task in determining who will represent the state in the Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans. With a variety of creative dishes to sample, the judges voted the more […]

The Rev. Bill Greason fought on Iwo Jima as a Montford Marine during World War II. After the war, he became an ace starter for the Birmingham Black Barons from 1948 to 1950. In 1948, he won two games in the playoffs against the Kansas City Monarchs, helping the Black Barons win the Negro American League […]

It used to be said that we had more Baptists than kudzu in Alabama. Now there are a few less since I bade farewell to three on the same day. A Baptist girl whom I had baptized, along with her mother, had a Roman Catholic wedding a few days ago. She took the faith of […]

When Lindsey Christina walks the grounds at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, she often finds “little pieces of art” that have escaped notice or simply been forgotten. “I find things in sheds, in closets, under the viaduct,” she said. “I found an old rusty coin in the gravel on the road the other day, and it was a […]