Residents of historic North Titusville in Birmingham will soon welcome new neighbors to the community’s first Smart Neighborhood: Live on 1st. Live on 1st was officially dedicated today as part of a partnership between Navigate Affordable Housing Partners and Alabama Power. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners is a nonprofit engaged in developing, owning and managing affordable housing, and Live on 1st […]

Next month, Alabamians will have the opportunity to wish a happy 100th birthday to retired U.S. Army Sgt. Victor Butler, one of the oldest surviving Tuskegee Airmen. 

"Thanks to these Auburn Engineering students, I got to feel the wind in my face again," said former Auburn University basketball player Gary Godfrey after completing his third Bo Bikes Bama event.

Alabama’s Caleb Hicks was invited to the White House earlier this month to participate in the president’s annual Easter Egg Roll.

It was unique in the history of telephone calls. She asked the ministry assistant if she could talk with the pastor and we connected. “I won’t give my name,” she said, so I conversed with this unknown person for some time. She explained she was married to an area pastor, and her husband thought he […]

Investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are enrolling patients in an international trial of a promising new drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Preliminary studies reported last year indicate the drug, masitinib, may help prolong overall survival by up to two years. The new study will enroll more than 400 patients from countries […]

Seventy-five years after breaking the “color barrier” as major league baseball’s first black player, Jackie Robinson remains at least passingly familiar to most Americans. In a career that lasted from 1947 through 1956 – all with the Brooklyn Dodgers – Robinson was unquestionably great. He appeared in six All-Star games, won the National League’s Rookie […]

It’s an unusual relationship – between a soft-spoken, Alabama-based graphic artist and a long-dead New York photographer who once was renowned for “cheesecake” pinups of showgirls and portraits of Hollywood stars, but who has faded into almost complete obscurity. And yet, Clyde Adams can’t get photographer Murray Korman out of his head, driving Adams along a nearly-decade-long […]

After five years in the heart of downtown Birmingham, Pizitz Food Hall has become a mainstay among the weekday lunch crowd, as well as weekenders enjoying a day of activity in the Magic City. The bustling building hosts an array of businesses, ranging from the state’s only Warby Parker outpost to a full bar and an independent […]

In this episode, Tim James details what he believes is a critical point in our state and nation's history.

The wind in my face was bitterly cold in downtown Dallas a few years ago since the winter weather was yet lingering. My continuing education classes had ended at the seminary in nearby Ft. Worth, so the afternoon was free for some sightseeing. A chill came over me independent of the temperature when I walked […]

A couple of cats can produce a litter that, over the course of six years, can balloon to 70,000 offspring if not spayed or neutered.

A volunteer cleanup at Double Cove Park at Lake Logan Martin has put some springtime shine on this public recreation space.

The scandal rocked the nation for two years. It was the origin of the “gate” reference to most every other scandal and the genesis of my interest in presidential history.

Crack! The solids and stripes scatter across the table in all directions. Ed Gill is shooting pool, and his opening breaks for 8-ball and 9-ball games are as strong – and as accurate – as those of many of his competitors, who are one, two and even three generations younger. So are his long shots […]

Governor Kay Ivey and Conservation Commissioner Chris Blankenship were thrilled to revive the dormant Alabama Governor’s One-Shot Turkey Hunt last week as numerous Alabama landowners treated business and industry representatives to our state’s renowned turkey hunting and abundant Southern hospitality.

When Delaney and Riley McIntyre were in elementary school, their parents Kellie and Dale set a goal for the family: to visit every continent except Antarctica by the time the girls graduated high school. The adventurous family figured they’d accomplish their goal during winter and summer breaks, but all that changed when they encountered a […]

Adventures with Jesus are available every day. Vickie Smith likes to go on these adventures, and we were fortunate to have gone on one together in December. In this episode, Vickie shares what God has done in her life and what she has seen God do in the lives of others. She takes what she […]

The Jefferson County Board of Education this week announced that it will meet the demands of the nation's most prominent secularist advocacy organization by barring prayer from being spoken over the loudspeaker at the district's high school football games.

Ed Farm, in partnership with Birmingham city schools, on Friday unveiled the South Hampton Innovation Library, the organization’s first learning space designed through its Ed Farm “Spaces” initiative. The goal of Spaces is to further Ed Farm’s vision to create an inventive world where all people have access to the tools they need to fill or […]

If a fair measure of a farmer is what that farmer grows, Annie Diann Caver is one heck of a farmer. Oh, sure, she sows enough seed and feed to raise an abundance of crops and cattle – enough to feed her and her family and have plenty left over to sell at market. Caver’s […]

“Ladies of the Jury” is like many great plays. It blends fact and fiction, relies on memory and imagination, touches on themes of great importance and connects deeply to a person or place. In this case, that place is Andalusia in Alabama’s Covington County. It tells the true story of the first time women were […]

Kelsey Barnard Clark is a small-town girl at heart, but she’s also a big-city chef who has made a national name for herself. After winning “Top Chef” in 2019 and a subsequent splashy feature in Food & Wine magazine, people now come from all over the country to eat at her KBC restaurant in historic downtown Dothan. There, they find […]

As spring turns Alabama green again, the  Alabama Power Foundation is inviting communities and nonprofit organizations to apply for Good Roots grants that can pay for tree-planting and other beautification efforts. “Our Good Roots grant program is designed to help make Alabama even more beautiful while also promoting the wonderful cities and towns where we live,” said Tanganyika Grayson, […]