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Women with Hoover ties named finalists in Miss Alabama service, STEM contests
Hoover Sun - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
Several women with Hoover connections this week were named finalists for the Community Service Award or STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) Award in the 2025 Miss Alabama competition. Miss Hoover Emma Terry was named one of eight...
Alabama State University breaks ground on new student apartment complex
WSFA 12 - Alabama
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June 18, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama State University is making room for more students who want to live on campus. The university held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for two new apartment complexes they say will house hundreds of students....
Environmental Groups Successfully Petition Alabama to Update Water Toxicity Standards
EcoWatch
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June 25, 2025
People cool off in the water under the Little River Falls Bridge in Little River Canyon Falls Park near Ft. Payne, Alabama on July 13, 2021. Ron Buskirk / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an...
Power from Scotch Tape: Energy Harvesting at 300Hz
Electro Pages
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July 7, 2025
Key Takeaways: Researchers at the University of Alabama have developed a low-cost triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) using store-bought Scotch tape and a vibrating plate. The system produces up to 53 mW of power at 40Hz and remains functional at...
Alabama’s universities energize aerospace recruitment at Paris Air Show
Made in Alabama
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June 18, 2025
PARIS — From deep-space exploration to next-gen aviation systems, Alabama is a national leader in the aerospace and defense sectors. But behind the rockets, aircraft and advanced weapons systems is a powerful network of research universities that...
Obituaries | Week of July 8, 2025
Opelika Observer - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
TERESA DIANNE JONES WOODLEY Mrs. Teresa Dianne Jones Woodley, 76, of Auburn, passed away on July 4, 2025, in Pinellas County, Florida. Dianne is remembered as a teacher, homemaker, office manager, sister, aunt and ever-supportive wife and mother....
Man critically injured in accident at Alabama BF Goodrich plant not expected to survive
AL.com - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
A man was critically injured when he was exposed to high voltage electricity in an industrial accident at an Alabama manufacturing plant. The victim, authorities said Wednesday, is not expected to survive. The accident happened on Sunday at BF...
Legal Age In Alabama To Leave Kids Home Alone
95.3 The Bear - Alabama
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June 26, 2025
What a great question! One of the biggest challenges all of us parents and grandparents face during the summer is what to do with the kids when they can't go with us and we have nobody to look after them. WHAT DO WE DO OVER THE SUMMER??? Work must...
Carson Champion of Valley to compete in Miss Alabama Competition
Valley Times-News - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
Carson Champion of Valley to compete in Miss Alabama Competition Published 9:30 am Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Ten University of Alabama students are among this year’s field of 43 contestants set to compete for the title of Miss Alabama June 23-28 at...
Opelika approves $125 million project in Pepperell Village Historic District
Opelika Observer - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER OPELIKA — It was a productive night for the city of Opelika during Tuesday’s night city council meeting. First up, the council held a public hearing pertaining to the Project Development Agreement with Opelika Mill...
VIDEO: Research on role of drusen deposits in AMD may enable earlier intervention
Healio News
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June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio SALT LAKE CITY — In this...
Attorney Ben Crump demands video of Homewood police shooting: ‘You won’t sweep Jabari Peoples under the rug’
AL.com - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump has joined to fight for any footage to be released in the killing of a beloved Alabama teen who was shot to death by police in a Homewood city soccer park. Crump, known for his work on cases such as the...
Report: Higher degrees raise earnings, but Alabama struggles to keep graduates
Alabama Baptist
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June 24, 2025
Alabama’s college graduates earn significantly more income as their level of education rises, but the state struggles to retain many of its highest-paid graduates to other states, according to a recent report from the Alabama Commission on Higher...
Alabama won’t track student outcomes under CHOOSE Act – parents will
Alabama Daily News
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June 18, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For more than a decade, Alabama lawmakers have pushed public schools for more accountability: More testing, more transparency and a sharper focus on student outcomes. But under the state’s new CHOOSE Act school choice program,...
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Want Huntsville, Alabama, To Be the New Quantico for the National Academy: They’re Meeting Resistance
The New York Sun
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June 25, 2025
The FBI director, Kash Patel, and the deputy director, Daniel Bongino, want to host a pilot session of the bureau’s vaunted National Academy class at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama instead of at Quantico, in what skeptics believe is an idea...
Opinion | Alabama education policy needs improvements
Alabama Political Reporter
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June 25, 2025
While I can personally attest to some of the drawbacks of getting older, I am learning that there are some obvious benefits—besides qualifying for the “Senior” discount at Burger King. Time does provide the opportunity to see and experience more...
Report: Black Belt health disparities could worsen with Medicaid cuts in Trump’s big bill
Alabama Daily News
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July 8, 2025
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump signed his tax breaks and spending cuts bill into law, Alabama researchers warned that changes to Medicaid could decimate the health care system in the state’s Black Belt. The Black Belt in Alabama represents...
Live music, trail rides, and charity: Saddle up for St. Jude returns to Tuscumbia
WZDX - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
The Saddle-Up for St. Jude Trail Ride and Concert will feature Deana Carter, T. Graham Brown, and Easton Corbin from July 17-19, 2025. TUSCUMBIA, Ala. — The 29th Annual Northwest Alabama Saddle-Up for St. Jude Trail Ride and Concert will take...
The bizarre tale of Alabama’s marble tombstone castle
AL.com - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
Did you know that Sylacauga, Ala., was once home to what was likely (hopefully?) the world’s only service station made of tombstones? Yep. It was even featured in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not newspaper feature. Called the Marble Castle, the...
University of Alabama announces spring 2025 dean’s list
Tonganoxie Mirror - Kansas
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Connor Torres, Fort Leavenworth, was named to the University of Alabama Dean’s List for spring semester 2025. A total of 14,289 students enrolled during spring semester 2025 at the University of Alabama were named to the dean’s list with an...