Libby Foster

The Saint Louis Cardinals won baseball’s world series in 1982. You might say listeners of in-depth journalism got a home run of their own that year because that’s when Alabama Public Radio first went on the air. The APR news team is observing our fortieth anniversary by re-airing some of our best stories. This one is from last year. APR student intern Libby Foster witnessed the end of a tradition near the Tuscaloosa campus of the University of Alabama.

The federal government has weighed in on a controversial new law in Alabama.

An iconic Alabama recording studio is opening a record label and celebrating a big anniversary.

The US News and World Report has released its yearly rankings of the best public high schools in Alabama.

Two of Alabama’s rivers are the most endangered in the nation.

Healthcare in rural Alabama may be a little more available today. The state’s Remote Area Medical Clinic will operate for the first time in Alabama in Gadsden this weekend.

Mercedes Benz is unveiling its new electric SUV built in Alabama today. This move comes as State leaders are working to electrify how residents get from here to there. Hyundai and the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition are joining together to create Drive Electric Alabama.

Alabama football season is just around the corner and fans will get a taste of it tomorrow. The annual A-Day kickoff game will showcase Alabama’s offensive and defensive lines. Crimson Tide football impacts Tuscaloosa far beyond the doors of Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Today is the last day to see art made behind bars in Montgomery. The Alabama Department of Archives and History is showing “Changing the Course: Art by the Currently and Formerly Incarcerated.” Auburn University’s Prison Arts and Education Project teaches art classes at prisons and transitional homes throughout the state.

The pushback continues in Alabama over a series of bills dealing with LGBTQ youth.