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Officials at Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts college in Alabama, will close at the end of May after running into financial difficulties and being unable to secure a financial lifeline from the state.

Birmingham city leaders have unveiled a new art exhibit that stems from the city’s StrongHer campaign, an initiative that aims to honor the unsung women who live, work, volunteer or attend school in the Magic City.

Students at Hoover High School are hoping to win the national level of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics contest. The campus is already the state victor of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition, where schools from across the country compete at both state and national levels to win Samsung technology for their schools.

Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women. Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador plans to seal a land deal involving an Alabama company that could saddle his replacement with a court battle that could cost the country billions of dollars.

A program giving girls a running start is coming back to Huntsville for its second year. Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a national non-profit that puts running-based programs at schools and community locations. The initiative has sessions at three Alabama locations around the state: South Central Alabama, North Alabama and Birmingham Metro area.

Freezing rain and sleet fell across portions of the Southeast into Tuesday morning. Winter storm warnings were in effect for Lawrence, Limestone and Madison counties in Alabama. Poweroutage.com reports just over six thousand (UPDATED) Alabama homes and businesses without power this morning.

Some of Alabama’s biggest cities are among the worst spots for singles. That’s according to the financial website WalletHub. Analysts looked into 182 areas for the Best & Worst Cities for Singles (2024) report.

Amidst the growing number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in Alabama, the Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest has stepped up with a thoughtful initiative. The facility is providing cognitive care kits to those affected by this challenging disease.

The city of Birmingham has named writer and educator Salaam Green as its first poet laureate.

Officials at Birmingham-Southern College say options are firming up to keep the 167-year-old private, liberal arts institution open at least for the rest of the school year after a hoped-for $30 million bridge loan from the state fell through.