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Celebrate 32 years with Sam Gaston

Celebrate 32 years with Sam Gaston

Sam Gaston is celebrating his 32nd anniversary as City Manager of Mountain Brook, marking a long career of steadfast leadership. Gaston stepped in to the role in 1993, and he announced in January that he would be retiring in November. Prior to his...

Alabama fishing tournament fatal crash: Company disputes ‘blatantly false’ account in lawsuit

Alabama fishing tournament fatal crash: Company disputes ‘blatantly false’ account in lawsuit

A fishing tournament production company being sued for a fatal collision during an Alabama event has accused a victim’s estate of presenting “blatantly false, inaccurate, and misleading allegations” about the conditions under which the crash...

‘Let your nerd flag fly’: Gamers can eat, drink and be merry at this welcoming haven in Alabama

‘Let your nerd flag fly’: Gamers can eat, drink and be merry at this welcoming haven in Alabama

It’s become a rite of passage for gamers over the years, and a familiar scene for anyone who’s watched the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” A shabby card table. A bunch of folding chairs. An intense group of folks hunched over a board game —...

Recruiting scoop, scouting reports on all 20 QBs set for Elite 11 Finals

Recruiting scoop, scouting reports on all 20 QBs set for Elite 11 Finals

The 2025 Elite 11 Finals are set. Twenty of 2026's top quarterback recruits are set to compete at Manhattan Beach (Calif.) Mira Costa this week as the annual competition runs from Tuesday through Thursday. Three five-star signal-callers are...

Alabama’s Severe Weather Threat Includes Isolated Tornadoes

Alabama’s Severe Weather Threat Includes Isolated Tornadoes

We have had several days of busy and active weather across Alabama, and today and tomorrow will be no different. We are currently in the middle of various waves of strong to severe thunderstorms, so the best bet is to stay weather aware. Sunday...

THC Gummies 2025: Area 52'S Strain Specific Legal Edibles Infused With Cannabis Now Available Online

THC Gummies 2025: Area 52'S Strain Specific Legal Edibles Infused With Cannabis Now Available Online

(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESS Newswire / June 16, 2025 / Area 52 , the High Times-voted #1 online dispensary and pioneer in premium cannabinoid innovation, proudly unveils its Best THC Gummies 2025 Collection -purpose-engineered to...

6.11.25 LEGAL NOTICE: Cleary Construction Inc. Green Mountain Booster Station Project

“In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama 1975, notice is hereby given that Cleary Construction Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for the Green Mountain Booster Station Project for the City of Huntsville Utilities,...

New interactive map to feature Alabama Historical Association markers

New interactive map to feature Alabama Historical Association markers

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The Wiregrass Archives at Troy University, with help of others in the state, created an interactive map of Alabama Historical Association markers. Alabama Historic Association markers are easy to distinguish as you travel in...

Search continues for 10-year-old girl last seen in water near Destin Pass

Search continues for 10-year-old girl last seen in water near Destin Pass

Search continues for 10-year-old girl last seen in water near Destin Pass I’M ACTUALLY SEEING A LOT OF LIGHTNING ON OUR LIVE DOPPLER. YES, WE’VE GOT SOME STRONG STORMS OUT THERE. A FEW OF THEM ARE EVEN SEVERE WARNED AT THIS POINT. IF YOU LIVE IN...

See all winners from 2024-25 Detroit High School Sports Awards show 

See all winners from 2024-25 Detroit High School Sports Awards show 

The 2024-25 Detroit High School Sports Awards show was Monday night at The Fillmore Detroit. The show was produced with the support of Gift of Life Michigan. More than 300 athletes from the Detroit area were honored, including the Player of the...

Children’s of Alabama kicks off child safety campaign

Children’s of Alabama kicks off child safety campaign

BIRMINGHAM (May 29, 2025) — Children’s of Alabama urges drivers to look before they lock. The Children’s of Alabama Look and Lock: A Child Safety Campaign kicked off on May 1. The campaign raises awareness about pediatric vehicular heatstroke and...

Alabama Wheat Combines Roll as Rain Finds Nebraska

Alabama Wheat Combines Roll as Rain Finds Nebraska

"They should get a break from the weather through this week, or the first half of it," said Baranick. "Temperatures are rising too, with daytime highs in the mid-80s as of this forecast. "We should see systems moving across the Northern Plains...

ETSU fossil discovery reveals giant ancient salamander

ETSU fossil discovery reveals giant ancient salamander

Published 3:46 pm Monday, June 16, 2025 A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped shape...

Kirk Herbstreit Reacts As 'College GameDay' Sets Lee Corso's Final Show Destination

Kirk Herbstreit Reacts As 'College GameDay' Sets Lee Corso's Final Show Destination

College football changed ever so subtly on Oct. 5, 1996, when ESPN analyst Lee Corso correctly predicted No. 3 Ohio State to beat No. 4 Penn State by donning the head of the Buckeyes' mascot, Brutus. From then on, Corso would set the tone for over...

Pastor Mike McClure brings divine assignment to Juneteenth event

RUSTON, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Zion Travelers Baptist Church and Real Change in Ruston brought the community together for their annual Juneteenth celebration. All smiles at upcoming Juneteenth celebration in Queensborough The event was a gospel explosion...

When protests aren’t safe and politics turns deadly

When protests aren’t safe and politics turns deadly

Violence struck the state of Utah over the weekend as civilians were left fleeing for safety in situations that should have never been met with fear — a planned protest and a community celebration. In Utah’s Salt Lake Valley, there were multiple...

Current Weather Conditions Across Alabama

Current Weather Conditions Across Alabama

The Storm Prediction Center has Alabama split between a thunderstorm risk and marginal risk for strong to severe thunderstorms. Here are the latest weather alerts that pertain to West Alabama from the National Weather Service in Birmingham. *...

Kirk Herbstreit reacts to ESPN ‘College GameDay’s destination for Lee Corso finale

Kirk Herbstreit reacts to ESPN ‘College GameDay’s destination for Lee Corso finale

Kirk Herbstreit needed only one word Tuesday to describe the setting for Lee Corso’s final “College GameDay” destination: Perfect. ESPN announced the popular college football pregame show will kick off the 2025 college football season on Saturday,...

Thunder on the Mountain returns to Red Mountain this Independence Day

Thunder on the Mountain returns to Red Mountain this Independence Day

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama’s most spectacular Fourth of July fireworks show returns to Red Mountain on Friday, July 4. Birmingham, AL: Thunder on the Mountain, annual fireworks display, with Vulcan, city icon statue, July 4th, 2011.(Meg...

Time Travel Tuesday: 1948 Peanut Festival

Time Travel Tuesday: 1948 Peanut Festival

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - In this edition of Time Travel Tuesday - a look at a Peanut Festival from Dothan, Alabama in 1948, footage of a late governor before his death, and Tombstone Territory western theme park. Bill Hudson joins Donna Bell...

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