Author Archives: Alabama News Center
Alabama NewsCenter — Is your child’s car seat installed and fastened properly?
Every three hours, a child dies in the United States because of injuries sustained in car crashes. The fatalities are often the result of a car seat improperly used or installed. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Meet Mike Suco, Coca-Cola United CEO and co-founder of Fiesta Birmingham
Mike Suco is CEO of the second-largest privately held Coca-Cola bottling company in North America and the third-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States and co-founder of Fiesta BHAM. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Alabama artists celebrate wildlife at new Wetumpka festival
When Thomas Harris learned that the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery in Wetumpka was featuring Alabama wildlife during its art exhibit series this fall, he envisioned a bigger, more far-reaching event that would have a greater impact on the city as well as the state. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Alabama Power’s Leigh Davis is a Top Birmingham Women 2022 award winner
Leigh Davis, Alabama Power’s vice president of Economic and Community Development, has been named one of the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Top Birmingham Women 2022.” Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Can’t Miss Alabama: Fiesta to celebrate its 20th anniversary spotlighting Latino culture
Celebrations, concerts, festivals, and rodeos headline activities you can read about in this week’s Can’t Miss Alabama. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Five Star grant supports water quality improvements, tree planting, more in Auburn, Alabama
A grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will aid Auburn’s efforts to improve water quality in a creek and engage residents in learning to protect community natural resources. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — New Cooper Green facility gains final approval to begin construction
The Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority has received approval from the board of trustees of the University of Alabama System to move forward with plans to replace the current building with a state-of-the-art medical clinic. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Heritage Landing promises economic opportunity for southern Walker County, Alabama
For more than a century, Walker County’s economy was driven largely by the rich seams of coal that underlie the region. By 1900, the bounty of the famed Warrior Coal Field had transformed an agricultural county into the second largest producer of coal in Alabama, just behind rapidly industrializing Jefferson County. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Alabama celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Birmingham’s ‘Fiesta’ and Mobile Latin Fest
The ever-popular Fiesta festival on Sept. 24 marks 20 years in Birmingham and Mobile Latin Fest returns for its second year Oct. 14. Both events honor Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Sept. 15 and runs through Oct. 15. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — ‘Childhood sweethearts’ from Mountain Brook, Alabama, compete on ‘The Amazing Race’
Though only in their mid-20s, Abby Garrett and Will Freeman have a long history together. They grew up down the street from each other in the Cherokee Bend section of Mountain Brook, Garrett often playing with Freeman’s little sister. Continue reading →
