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Alabama labor force decreases, employment at record high
Brewton Standard - Alabama
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August 18, 2025
Published 7:42 am Monday, August 18, 2025 Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced today that Alabama’s labor force participation rate for July decreased slightly to 57.9 percent, down from 58.0 percent in June. Over the year,...
Daphne, Alabama Tragedy: Family Of 4 Found Dead in Murder-Suicide
Blavity
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August 18, 2025
An autopsy report in Baldwin County, Alabama, has confirmed that a family of four died from a murder-suicide. Investigators believe 44-year-old Kenny Smith shot and killed himself after murdering his 41-year-old wife, Larrica Gaines Smith, and...
Virginia Sues Trump's VA over Education Benefits
Military.com
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August 18, 2025
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Thursday sued President Donald Trump's Department of Veterans Affairs, asking a federal appeals court to force the VA to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that guarantees veterans full education...
Justice Will Sellers: Antisemitism is dead in Alabama
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 18, 2025
No one presided over its funeral, but vestiges of antisemitism died suddenly here, and no one missed its pernicious influence. Segregation based on race was an overt policy for years, but segregation on the basis of faith was a subtle form of...
How Affordable Is Alabama for Recent College Grads?
The Citizen of East Alabama
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Image Credit: PrasitRodphan / Shutterstock As summer winds down and a new academic year approaches, many young adults across the U.S. are preparing to start college, while others are navigating the transition from campus to career. For the class...
Alabama lawmakers, make prostate cancer screenings free — save lives
AL.com - Alabama
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August 18, 2025
This is an opinion column. Get my weekly newsletter, The Barbershop. Sign up here for free! Rarely does Alabama have the opportunity to crash the top 10 among states in anything — unless we’re talking football and faith, of course. And food....
Opinion | Antisemitism is dead in Alabama
Alabama Political Reporter
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August 18, 2025
No one presided over its funeral, but vestiges of antisemitism died suddenly here, and no one missed its pernicious influence. Segregation based on race was an overt policy for years, but segregation on the basis of faith was a subtle form of...
At Alabama Plantation, Families of Enslavers and Enslaved Strike a Deal
The Japan News
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August 18, 2025
Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post The Wallace plantation house in Harpersville, Alabama. The Washington Post 15:45 JST, August 18, 2025 HARPERSVILLE, Ala. – Word travels fast in this small town, so when Theoangelo Perkins heard that the...
Once the largest Baptist church in Alabama, this congregation is downsizing
Baptist News Global
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August 18, 2025
Another church that once was among the largest in the Southern Baptist Convention is selling it 19-acre property and downsizing. The property of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala., is now listed for sale for $28.5 million. Current pastor...
Alabama among coastal states restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas
AL.com - Alabama
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August 17, 2025
By Tammy Webber, Associated Press In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the New York and New Jersey coasts, beaches ravaged by Superstorm Sandy underwent extensive restoration. In...
ANNOUNCING: 2025 Soul of the South Winners nominated by Alabama greats
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 17, 2025
From culinary icon Chef Frank Stitt to visionary architect Jeffrey Dungan and trailblazing entrepreneur John Cassimus, the 2025 Soul of the South nominations came from Alabama greats in 11 categories, raising the bar of the third annual Soul of...
Montgomery family benefits from new school choice law: ‘Give your children the advantage we did not have growing up’
1819 News
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The McDades are one of thousands of Alabama families utilizing the CHOOSE Act, an education savings account (ESA) program signed into law in 2024, this school year. Breauna McDade, of Montgomery, has three sons who are 14, 11, and 4 years old....
Alabama pilgrimage honors Civil Rights activist from Keene
Sentinel Source - New Hampshire
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They came in twos and threes, in cars and buses, flowing along U.S. 80 and down Interstate 65 into Alabama. They journeyed across the nation, from towns including New London, N.H.; Baton Rouge, La.; Amherst, Mass.; and Tuscaloosa, Ala. Some were...
Alabama TV icon Brenda Ladun to exit anchor desk, focusing on family and new projects
WJSU - Alabama
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Veteran ABC 33/40 anchor Brenda Ladun has announced she will exit the anchor desk at the end of August, shifting her focus to family and new projects. Brenda crafted this letter to the wonderful viewers of ABC 33/40: 'Thank you for being a friend'...
A Small Team’s Best Finish in 40 Years: How Brayton Laster Made History for Wayne Peterson Motorsports
Media Referee
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August 18, 2025
Seventh place doesn’t usually make headlines, but Sunday at Springfield it was 40 years in the making. Brayton Laster’s career-best run gave Wayne Peterson Motorsports their best finish since 1984 and first lead-lap result since 2018. Peterson has...
Alabama SNAP-Ed sunsets after 30 years of life-changing service
Daily Mountain Eagle - Alabama
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — Twenty years, six months and two days. Debbie Beverly is counting each precious day she has spent with children and families as a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education agent assistant in Conecuh County. She...
Rep. Suzan DelBene addresses salmon funding cuts and education priorities
East King News - Washington
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August 16, 2025
Rep. Suzan DelBene, who represents Washington’s 1st district in the U.S. Congress, has recently used her social media platform to address issues ranging from environmental funding cuts to education and tax policy.On August 14, 2025, DelBene...
Alabama man indicted for alleged attempt to engage in illicit conduct with minor
Evergreen Reporter - Washington
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August 15, 2025
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/ Justin William Gifford, a 26-year-old resident of Enterprise, Alabama, has been indicted in federal court on charges...
Alabama schools receive thousands in TVA robotics awards to boost STEM programs
WZDX - Alabama
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August 15, 2025
The TVA and Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc. awarded $655,000 to boost robotics in 179 schools and nonprofits. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Tennessee Valley Authority and Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc., announced $655,000 in robotics awards for 179 schools...
Civil Rights Activist Bishop Calvin Woods Sr. dies
WBRC 6 News - Alabama
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August 16, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Civil Rights Activist Bishop Calvin Woods Sr. has passed away. Woods family confirmed the news to WBRC shortly after his passing on Friday, Aug. 15. Woods was 91. Woods served as head of the Southern Christian Leadership...