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Graci Pennington
Apr 30, 2022
Alabama's Gulf Coast
By: Graci Pennington Gulf Shores is a booming town on Alabama’s Gulf Coast that’s history can be traced back for centuries. Tourists know...
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Jayne Duignan
Apr 30, 2022
Mardi Gras 2022 helps Mobile bounce back
By: Jayne Duignan Not only does Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, create fun memories for visitors and locals alike, it generates...
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Maggie Horton
Apr 30, 2022
The Evolution of Alabama Cuisine
By: Maggie Horton Walking into the kitchen, the aroma of collard greens and cornbread fills the hot air. Family and friends filter in and...
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Ava Bourbeau
Apr 30, 2022
Alabamians Have Fight in Them
By: Ava Bourbeau The rural South, particularly Alabama, has long been unfairly judged by the actions and decisions of a select few....
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Carter Hall
Apr 30, 2022
What’s the Rush? Rushing to get a degree right after high school may not be the best idea
By: Carter Hall In July of 2021, MeasureOne, a data firm that focuses on academics, reported that the total amount of outstanding federal...
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Emery Lay
Apr 29, 2022
From oil to table tennis: one man’s lifelong legacy of customer service
By: Emery Lay Homer Brown, 74, bustles around a back corner of the Galleria Mall in Birmingham, Alabama, joyfully attending to customers...
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Devonte Booker
Apr 29, 2022
Love & Grit Keeps Tuskegee Going
By: Devonte Booker Imagine three mountains painted green with whitewater waterfalls pouring from the tips of the mountains making long...
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Peyton Ruud
Apr 29, 2022
Antique Quilting
By: Peyton Ruud As the tires come to a stop on the narrow one-way street, an old Victorian-style house built in the 1890s by Judge Leroy...
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Abigail Woods
Apr 29, 2022
Heidi Kizer proves baking, and life in general, are not exact sciences
By: Abigail Woods Heidi Kizer, a local of Huntsville, Alabama, has proven that no small business comes without its challenges. “You can...
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Dalton Bright
Apr 28, 2022
Like a sore, inked thumb: Oddity and artistry at Dodge City Tattoo Company
By: Dalton M. Bright On August 20, 2021, in a gray stone building on Commercial Street in Hanceville, Alabama, people pack in like...
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Chloe Cory
Apr 28, 2022
Ken Ward: The Face of Downtown Opelika
By: Chloe Cory A few weeks after his Auburn University graduation, Ken Ward got the call to be the executive director of Opelika Main...
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Maggie Horton
Apr 28, 2022
Payne’s Soda Shop Keeps History Alive in Scottsboro
By: Maggie Horton Lisa Garrett strolls through the quiet streets of downtown Scottsboro, Alabama, searching for her next business...
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Kayla Caldwell
Apr 28, 2022
Poor Farm Turned B&B
By: Kayla Caldwell The gravel crunches under the tires of cars as the winding road leads guests to the farm. The smell of fresh cut...
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Abbey Crank
Apr 28, 2022
Yellow Bird Counseling: Dominique Cecil’s Casual Twist on Modern Day Therapy
By: Abbey Crank Six years ago, Dominique Cecil had a dream. Little did she know, this very dream would come to life three years later as...
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Carter Hall
Apr 28, 2022
Judson College
By: Carter Hall While the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa was celebrating their 18th NCAA football championship in 2021, a much...
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Emery Lay
Apr 28, 2022
The Glory of the Alabama Theatre Shines On
By: Emery Lay A glimmering sign with the word “ALABAMA” stretched down it beckons in all who walk by. A teller takes tickets for a movie,...
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Laura Silvernail
Apr 28, 2022
"The Best Kept Secret in Auburn"
By: Laura Silvernail The sound of children surrounds the outside of the red brick building on Dean Road in Auburn, Alabama. Their...
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Jayne Duignan
Apr 28, 2022
Revisiting History: Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama
By: Jayne Duignan In Mobile, Alabama, 1939, a group of six friends, accompanied by their wives or dates, attended a Mardi Gras...
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Abigail Murphy
Apr 28, 2022
Old-fashioned Soda Fountain Holds the Heart of Downtown
By: Abigail Murphy On the corner of Main Street, customers enter a brick building to find the floors lined with black and white checkered...
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Ava Bourbeau
Apr 28, 2022
Sleepy Camp Hill is Waking Up
By: Ava Bourbeau A right off Main Street and just past Sweet’s Snack Bar will put you at The First Universalist Church of Camp Hill (c....
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