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Birmingham socialists mad Alabama company is providing energy to Israel
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
On Friday evening, a group of protesters gathered in Birmingham near the corporate campus of Drummond Company Inc., an Alabama-based coal producer. Usually when you hear about a leftist protest at a coal-mining company, you’d think it has to do...
Local community theater company announces new season
Port City Daily - North Carolina
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August 26, 2025
The new season from Opera House Theater Company. (Courtesy photo) WILMINGTON — For more than four decades, Opera House Theatre Company has celebrated live theater in Wilmington. Shows for its 2025-2026 season have been announced as well. “After...
‘Alabama Village’ Looks at Where Time and Politics Forgot
The Indypendent - New York
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August 26, 2025
When evangelicals Dolores and John Eads quit their jobs in 2001 (he was a hospital administrator and she was a teacher) to create and run the Light of the Village church in Prichard, Alabama, they settled in a neighborhood called Alabama Village....
Alabama QB Ty Simpson leads college football's 25 most important boom-or-bust players of 2025
CBS Sports - Florida
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August 26, 2025
Which college football players are paramount to their team's success this season? Remove the obvious 2025 Heisman Trophy candidates from the conversation for a second and ponder this: Who filled crucial roles for elite teams whose endgame is a...
Alabama mill to benefit from $250 million expansion investment from International Paper
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
International Paper is making a major investment in Alabama with plans to spend $250 million at its Riverdale Mill in Selma. The company will convert the #16 paper machine to produce containerboard, a key material used in corrugated packaging. The...
Alabama Welcomes Mark Herndon On Stage For First Time In Two Decades
MusicRow - Tennessee
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August 26, 2025
Mark Herndon. Photo: Josh Weichman Alabama surprised the sold-out crowd at the Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama on Saturday night (Aug. 23) with a very special guest as the band’s former drummer Mark Herndon returned to the stage to join...
Grant awarded to help lumber company build plant in East Alabama
Alabama News Network
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August 26, 2025
Posted: Aug 26, 2025 2:02 PM CDT by WAKA Action 8 News A $180,000 grant has been awarded to a lumber company to build a plant near the Tallapoosa County-Coosa County line. Gov. Kay Ivey has announced the grant, from the Appalachian Regional...
Alabama counties unite to protect online sales tax program
Alabama Political Reporter
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August 26, 2025
The Association of County Commissions of Alabama, ACCA, released a resolution Monday encouraging the Alabama Legislature to oppose any legislative changes that would disrupt operation of the state’s Simplified Sellers Use Tax, SSUT, program or...
Caboose to the Hall — Bainbridge lands in southern HOF for economic development
The Clanton Advertiser - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
Published 12:45 pm Tuesday, August 26, 2025 1 of 2 Connie Bainbridge with the Chilton County Commission following her recognition at a meeting in August. (ANDREW WHITE | ADVERTISER) Connie Bainbridge alongside the Clanton City Council and Chilton...
West Virginia, Alabama mutually agree to cancel football games in 2026-27
The Dominion Post - West Virginia
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August 26, 2025
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia announced it has mutually agreed to cancel the home and away matchups with Alabama in 2026 and 2027. The Mountaineers will replace the two with home games against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 5, 2026, and Southern Miss on...
WVU football schedule updated after Alabama series canceled
On3
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August 26, 2025
West Virginia and Alabama have mutually agreed to cancel their two-game football series that was scheduled for 2026 and 2027. The Crimson Tide were slated to visit Milan Puskar Stadium on Sept. 5, 2026, while the Mountaineers were set to travel to...
Alabama small business gifts thousands of dollars in boots to the Crimsonettes
AL.com - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
The University of Alabama’s Crimsonettes will have a little extra sparkle in their step during the first home game halftime show this season, all thanks to a small business in Cullman eager to help them shine. Jack’s Western & Outdoor Wear in...
Dad and Son from Alabama Charged with Stealing $774K From Elderly Woman
Speakin' Out News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
BlackNews.com Father and son Charles and Dillon Cook Nationwide — Father and son Charles and Dillon Cook, who are from Mobile, have been accused of stealing $774,000 from an elderly woman’s retirement account after gaining her trust through their...
WVU, Alabama cancel 2026-27 football series
Lootpress - West Virginia
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August 26, 2025
MORGANTOWN, WV (LOOTPRESS) – West Virginia University and the University of Alabama have mutually agreed to cancel the two-game football series scheduled for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. The Crimson Tide were set to visit Milan Puskar Stadium on...
How to buy tickets for Alabama basketball vs. Arizona in C.M. Newton Classic
The Gadsden Times - Alabama
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Tickets to see Alabama basketball in the 2025 C.M. Newton Classic are going on sale this week. On Saturday, Dec. 13, the Crimson Tide will face the Arizona Wildcats at Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex with a tip time to...
WVU, Alabama cancel football series; Mountaineers to face Coastal Carolina in 2026, Southern Miss the next year
MetroNews - West Virginia
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August 26, 2025
West Virginia’s home-and-home football series with Alabama is no more. The Mountaineers and Crimson Tide have agreed to mutually cancel a series that was to be played in Morgantown in 2026 and in Tuscaloosa the following year. As a result of the...
North Alabama Area Labor Council Encourages Huntsville Auto Workers to Unionize
Speakin' Out News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
Pivotal election could shape the future of collective bargaining in Alabama’s auto industry. By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The North Alabama Area Labor Council is urging auto workers in Huntsville to support unionization ahead of a...
Two Dunkin' locations close in this Alabama city
The Tuscaloosa News - Alabama
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Two Dunkin' locations in Montgomery have closed their doors. The Dunkin' restaurants at 2975 Woodley Road and 2035 Eastern Blvd. both have their windows boarded up and "for lease" signage out front. Jonathan McCall with Moore Company Realty, the...
Country music legends Alabama reunite with estranged drummer Mark Herndon
SI Live - New York
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August 26, 2025
Some country music history went down Saturday night at Alabama’s sold-out concert at Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville. On Alabama’s last song of the night, “Mountain Music,” singer/guitarist Randy Owen and bassist/backing singer Teddy Gentry, the...
Cullman Regional CEO appointed to Alabama Rural Roadmap Initiative
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
James Clements, CEO of Cullman Regional Medical Center, has been appointed by Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) to serve on the Alabama Rural Roadmap Initiative. The initiative, formed during the 2025 legislative session under...