Florence Alabama

The city of Florence has reached a tentative agreement to settle a free speech lawsuit brought by an organization that staged dozens of protests against a local Confederate monument. News of the settlement came in a Monday court filing.

One of the first things that visitors to downtown Florence may notice is a statue at the entrance to Wilson Park. WC Handy welcomes visitors to the park holding his trumpet high. November marks the 150th anniversary of Handy’s birth. He was a man whose determination pulled him up from homelessness to being recognized as the "Father of the Blues."

Over two thousand students will be coming to UNA to build robots. The University of North Alabama is set to host the annual BEST Robotics competition in December

Tuscumbia is gearing up to celebrate the city’s 22nd annual African Heritage Festival. The event runs from June 2nd-3rd. It will take place at the Willie Green Recreation Center. Admission is free. The festivities kick off on Friday at 4 p.m., and Saturday’s festivities begin at 10 a.m.

The City of Florence has officially opened a new biking trail that was four years in the making. It’s the first professionally built mountain biking trail at Wildwood Park. This new development has been in the works since 2019

Roughly 10,000 travelers are expected flock to Florence for the 36th annual Arts Alive Festival.

Police say an Alabama man who held two people hostage and fled across state lines was shot and killed by police in Hardin County, Tennessee. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were in a “standoff” with an armed individual, who was inside a vehicle with two hostages, on Highway 69.

Three teams from the Kilby Elementary School Robotics Club have been invited to compete at the VEX Robotics World Championship this summer.

The University of North Alabama is honoring its first black student by renaming part of campus in his honor. A statement from the school says the…