I’ve worked with Governor Kay Ivey for quite a while, and when she says she wants something done, she means it.  When Governor Ivey asked me to serve as director […]

HUNTSVILLE – Thrive Alabama is on the move, literally and figuratively. The organization has relocated its clinic in downtown Huntsville. It’s also hosting upcoming free health screenings and has started […]

HUNTSVILLE — Mayor Tommy Battle has issued an invitation to fellow bicycle enthusiasts to join him for an annual event at Big Spring Park to promote a healthy Rocket City. […]

MONTGOMERY – House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter hopes for Alabamians to actually vote on legalizing gambling may have been dashed by one vote in the Senate. “I’m proud that the House […]

HUNTSVILLE – Cindy Hewitt recently received pictures of the her 5-year old grandson dressed up like Paddington Bear for storybook week at his school. The photos also told a story. […]

GUNTERSVILLE — In a special GOP special primary runoff where every vote truly counted Tuesday, Jeana Ross defeated Alan Miller to win the Alabama House District 27 seat. Ross, a […]

FLORENCE – Basketball games, a golf tournament, backpack and medical kit drives are a few of the activities the newly-created nonprofit Florence Police Foundation is sponsoring in efforts to build […]

  HUNTSVILLE – A candle company lit a fire under judges and came away the winner in this year’s Singing River Trail Launch Tank competition. Flirty Flame Candle came out […]

HUNTSVILLE – A camp and a casual conversation led to a natural partnership for a local professional athlete and a nonprofit organization that champions youth sports in Huntsville. Brewer Hicklen, […]

ATHENS – Micky Wolfe is the force behind what has been called a “world-class junior golf program” at Canebrake Club in Athens, and his continuing unparalleled leadership at a place […]

HUNTSVILLE — When the sun is setting today, Huntsville Utilities contractors will be changing out the lights along I-565. Tonight, Wednesday and Thursday nights, crews will be working overnight to […]

ATHENS — The Athens community’s commitment to fighting cancer and supporting survivors leads a mayor, a football coach, a firefighter, a police officer and others to change jobs for a […]

ARAB — Voters in Alabama House District 27 will go to the polls today for a Republican special election runoff. Arab City Councilman Alan Miller and former Alabama Secretary of […]

HUNTSVILLE — As it prepares for its 150th anniversary, Alabama A&M University is considering purchasing Birmingham-Southern College, according to an official with Alabama A&M. The university official said A&M is […]

WASHINGTON – The number is startling. Disheartening. Horrible. Sad. There were 6,392 veteran suicides in 2021, according to the most recent data from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Most veterans […]

HUNTSVILLE – As the Rocket City grows, so do its government departments and the tools needed to keep them outfitted to meet growing demands. At last week’s regular meeting of […]

HOUSTON — “With the 12th pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos select Bo Nix …” And so continued a journey that has taken twists and turns and […]

HUNTSVILLE – Let the voting begin. Not to send someone to Montgomery or Washington, D.C., however, but to name the organization that sends air travelers to destinations far and wide […]

HUNTSVILLE – Senioritis season is nearly here. That condition which hits high school students on the cusp of graduation. Many of those students have plans for their next steps. But […]

HUNTSVILLE – The eight-member crime scene investigative team within the Huntsville Police Department likely let out a collective sigh of relief at last week’s regular meeting of the Huntsville City […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Avimanyu Sahoo, a researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been awarded a National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Fellowship totaling $279,105 to […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville City Council dealt with a subject that always draws plenty of interest from residents – neighborhood road paving. The council approved Phase 2 of the plan […]

FLORENCE – Front-porch sittin’. Sweet-tea sippin’. Neighbors stoppin’ by to say ‘hey’. That’s the vibe that the Shoals Storytelling Festival evokes each year: Neighbors and friends swappin’ tales.  The Shoals […]

DECATUR – Get ready for an unforgettable evening as Daikin America brings back its beloved Japanese festival to Decatur for the 30th year. Join us next month for a night […]