7 Tips to Prevent Holiday Crime this Christmas Season
Don’t let the Grinch steal Christmas this year, or any other. Follow these helpful tips to help prevent those Holiday crimes.
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Powerful. Anniston Star’s letter to President Obama supporting Freedom Riders National Monument
With little more than a month left in President Obama’s presidency, the Anniston Star, yesterday wrote a powerful editorial supporting the designation of a Freedom Riders National Monument. Last October’s visit by Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell to the Freedom…
Happy 197th Birthday Alabama! “… where our future and aspirations are bright like a sunrise.”
Today – December 14th, 1819 is the date Alabama was admitted into the union. 197 years. The photo above was taken at sunrise at the State Capitol in Montgomery. Nearing ever more closer to our state’s bicentennial, let’s declare it…
Wednesday’s Quiz Day | The Hardest UAB Quiz you’ll ever take.
Another Wednesday equals another Quiz Day. This one is for all of you UAB lovers out there. Find out if you really bleed green and gold! Be sure to share your results! [viralQuiz id=2]
Alabama Environmental Council’s Recycle Alabama is now “recycal”
The Alabama Environmental Council, the group that started drop-off and curbside recycling in Birmingham decades ago, has re-branded the name of their recycling program from Recycle Alabama to Recycal.
Get your 2017 Sloss Fest tickets Tuesday!
Don’t miss the opportunity to snag early-bird tickets for Birmingham’s Sloss Music and Arts Festival, set for July 15-17, 2017. What a perfect gift (hint hint) for the holidays!
Gifts with nature in mind, gifts that give back
Are you looking for ways to make your holiday gifts this year more nature-based  and meaningful? We call it the  “natural twofer.”  Purchase a holiday gift from a nature organization and by doing so, support your local conservation efforts.…
Don’t forget Alabama Wildlife Center’s Holiday cards! (deadline Dec. 14th)
Love screech owls? Eastern bluebirds? Great Egret? The Alabama Wildlife Center is selling holiday cards featuring their most famous patients. Visit the Alabama Wildlife Center Holiday Greeting Cards website to learn how you can surprise someone with a gift of…
All your soccer needs in one place – Soccer Nation
Attention all soccer fans: If you love the “beautiful game” in the Birmingham area and you are looking for that perfect soccer holiday gift for your son, daughter, family member, teammates and friends – Soccer Nation in Vestavia Hills is…
Discovered at Legion Field – Monument to city’s first black orphanage and old folks home
Last week, while taking photos of Legion Field, in the midst of a vast asphalt parking lot on the north side of the stadium, stands a small green patch of planted, well kept, overlapping shade trees and vines, with two…
Birmingham’s “Christmas Tree” Building – the Regions Center (slideshow)
One of Birmingham’s best traditions during the holiday season is the Christmas lighting designs on the Regions Center building. Last year, Alabama Newscenter’s Mike Tomberlin interviewed John McGowan, the Regions Center building head of facilities about how tradition began and…
Which Birmingham Building are you? Take the Quiz.
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Generosity: Rojo community fundraising tops $26,000 in 2016
Almost every Tuesday, Rojo, a neighborhood restaurant in the Highlands Park area, holds a 10% Tuesday night for local charities. As the 2016 calendar year comes to an end, more than 40 nonprofit organizations have benefited from the weekly events, raising…
Remembering Pearl Harbor at Little River Canyon – “releasing of the wreath” (photos and video)
Yesterday, at Little River Canyon, atop the Highway 35 bridge, a sacred ceremony was held in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Below are photos and video from this powerful and solemn event.
Celebrate Alabama’s Rivers
The Alabama Rivers Alliance announced this week several ways people can “celebrate Alabama’s rivers” over the holidays.