Author Archives: Alabama News Center
Alabama NewsCenter — Can’t Miss Alabama: Jasper’s Foothills Festival lights up the stage with electrifying performances
Take a look at some of the best weekend entertainment around the state in this week’s Can’t Miss Alabama. Continue reading →
Alabama Newscenter — Good food, Neely Henry Lake vistas add to Current Market and Deli’s appeal
The new Current Market and Deli on Neely Henry Lake provides a true waterfront dining experience: al fresco dining with lovely views of rippling blue-green waves. Continue reading →
Alabama Newscenter — Dr. Ann asks: Are sugar substitutes healthy?
Today I want to share a word of caution about sugar substitutes: We are consuming record amounts of sugar substitutes, yet rates of obesity continue to mount. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Ranburne, Alabama, family turns dairy farm into plant nursery, café and community space
Though they’ve been open for just over two years, Taylor says The Barn of Blooms has been years in the making – she and her husband just “didn’t see God’s bigger vision for it initially.” Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Sisters, survivors of the Holocaust, die within days of each other in Birmingham, Alabama
Ruth Scheuer Siegler and Ilsa Scheuer Nathan were as close as sisters could be. Not only did they and their families spend much of their lives together in Birmingham, they were also inextricably connected by a childhood experience that no one should have ever had to endure, as Jewish survivors of the Nazi death camps. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Honda, LG set to build $4.4 billion EV battery plant in U.S.
Honda Motor Co. and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. will spend $4.4 billion to build a new battery plant in the U.S. as the Japanese carmaker seeks to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles completely by 2040. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — TaxxWiz and Ride Resorts win a combined $75,000 in Alabama Launchpad competition
Two Birmingham-based startups earned a combined $75,000 in funding at the Alabama Launchpad Cycle 2, 2022, Finale on Aug. 30. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — Comprehensive survey of African American history makes statewide debut at Auburn museum
On Aug. 23, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University became the first venue in Alabama to present “The Kinsey African American Art and History Collection.” Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — UAB’s Proton International therapy center celebrates its 500th patient
The UAB Proton Center’s 500th patient, 63-year-old Anthony Natale, is a resident of Pensacola, Florida, and traveled to Birmingham for his treatments. Natale feels very fortunate to have received his cancer treatment at UAB’s state-of-the-art facility. Continue reading →
Alabama NewsCenter — 3-year-old’s bluegill catch wins ALBBAA’s 2022 Big Fish Photo Contest
Ryker Ingram dangles a bluegill he caught on Lake Eufaula in the photo that won the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association’s 2022 Best Fish Photo Contest. Continue reading →
