Author Archives: Alabama News Center
On This Day In Alabama History: Bay Of Pigs Invasion Began
April 17, 1961: At dawn, some 1,200 Cuban exiles, using U.S.-supplied weapons and landing craft, stormed ashore at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in a doomed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro Continue reading →
Innovate Birmingham Prepares Students For Tech Jobs
The 28 graduates of an Innovate Birmingham program are “the full definition of getting it right” according to Birmingham’s mayor and “how workforce development is supposed to work” according to an Alabama Power executive. Continue reading →
Jackie Robinson Day In Birmingham Remembers The Legendary Baseball Player
Michelle Clemon has been a baseball fan for only two or three years. But the Yale University product has long appreciated history. Continue reading →
Fairhope Soap Is A Bath Bomb Of An Alabama Maker
Fairhope Soap Company (Fairhope and Foley) Continue reading →
Alabama’s Plant Farley Gets High Marks From Federal Regulators For Safe, Reliable Operation
For more than 40 years Farley Nuclear Plant has provided safe, reliable and affordable energy to Alabama Power customers, and 2017 was no exception. Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Ladies Memorial Association Created
April 16, 1866: On this day, a group of prominent Montgomery women gathered at the Court Street Methodist Church Continue reading →
South Alabama Music Professor Hand Crafts 17th-century Replica Trumpet
While on sabbatical in the fall of 2015, Dr. Peter Wood spent five solid days in Bloomington, Ind., hammering pieces of sheet metal. Continue reading →
Mercedes Plans Electric S-class Sibling To Challenge Tesla
Mercedes-Benz is developing a battery-powered sedan about the size of its $90,000 flagship S-Class, challenging Tesla Inc.’s Model S for high-end electric-car buyers. Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Reuben Kolb Was Born In Eufaula
April 15, 1839: Reuben Francis Kolb Sr. was born in Eufaula. Kolb is perhaps best known as the voice of populism in Alabama’s bitterly contested gubernatorial elects of 1890, 1892 and 1894. Continue reading →
Auburn Students Win $50k Toward Electrotherapy Garment To Aid Injury Rehabilitation
Auburn University students who developed a personalized electrotherapy garment to aid injury rehabilitation earned $50,000 in funding and services as winners of the fourth annual Tiger Cage student business pitch competition. Continue reading →
