There is reportedly an option for Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine to keep a job with the city. The news comes after Mayor Sandy Stimpson requested the city council to adopt an ordinance on Tuesday, April 23 to remove Prine from his position after what Stimpson described as "irreconcilable differences" with Prine.
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While at StoryCorps, death doula Marjorie Bowden interviews her niece, Nafeesah As-Salafeeyah, who’s a birth doula. They discuss how Nafeesah found this passion, the history of caretakers within their family, and the importance of having access to care and advocacy.
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Auburn is gearing up for what’s billed as the city’s largest free outdoor festival of the year. The 23rd annual Auburn CityFest is back in town Saturday, April 27 at Keisel Park. The 2024 theme is Space Adventures.
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For Pride Month 2024, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives who live in Montgomery and its surrounding communities. The MMFA is currently taking art submissions for the Museum Shop Popup: Show Your Pride event through Friday, April 26.
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Lou Groza Award winner Graham Nicholson plans to transfer to Alabama. The former Miami of Ohio All-American, who won the award as the nation’s top placekicker last season, announced his commitment on social media.
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Alabama joins the globe in celebrating the 54th annual Earth Day on April 22. The state has something for everybody, whether that’s the Appalachian Mountains, Cathedral Caverns or Gulf coast beaches. The state’s nine national parks offer a unique experience of variety and biological diversity.
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Athletes of all ages and abilities can register for the 41st Alabama State Games, happening June 7-9 across Birmingham and Jefferson County. The Alabama Sports Festival (ASF) Foundation is a non-profit that hosts the State Games.
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The application deadline is approaching for interested Alabama 6th and 7th grade students to apply to the Estuary Corps Middle School Program. Middle school students are invited to engage in activities that explore and improve the Mobile Bay Estuarine system during the three-day program.
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After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, hundreds of children from the affected areas dealt with multiple health issues caused by radiation from the nuclear meltdown. A few years later, families from all across Alabama housed many of those same children for a summer to give them access to better healthcare and a reprieve from the radiation.
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Upcoming Beef and Forage Field Days offer Alabama producers access to industry information, researchAlabama cattle and forage producers are being invited to "beef up" their herd and pasture management. 2024 Beef and Forage Field Days dates and locations included April 23 at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center and May 3 at the E.V. Smith Research Center.
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The University of Alabama basketball team is losing players to the NBA Draft and the transfer portal. It may soon gain a point guard.
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An Atlas-V rocket, built at the United Launch Alliance factory in Decatur, is on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s Atlantic coast. Its job is to carry two astronauts aboard the new Boeing Starliner spacecraft to orbit. A successful mission will add astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore to an elite group of people to have flown on three types of space vehicles.
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The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country. There may be a tougher fight leading up to a vote in Alabama.
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The Rottweiler is one of the most popular dog breeds. it is strong, powerful, courageous, handsome, and intelligent. In a good home, a Rottweiler is a wonderful pet, a true friend and companion!
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Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW's renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. All eyes now turn to Alabama’s North American Mercedes Benz plant, which is set for a union vote next month.
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The warden of an Alabama prison was arrested on drug charges, officials with the state prison system confirmed.
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NASA is preparing for a planned May launch of an Atlas-V rocket, built in Alabama. The booster is set to carry the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station. Once the vehicle docks with the orbiting outpost, there will be a meeting of two “penguins."
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On this week's Keepin' It Real, Cam Marston wonders if could do the same thing for fifteen years and know, just know in his bones, that it would pay off.
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MONOPOLY has unveiled a new version of the classic board game that features Birmingham, making it the first time that an authorized version of the game has been based in Alabama.