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Governor Kay Ivey has ordered flags on all state government buildings to be flown at half staff, in honor of an Air National Guard member killed in Iraq last week.Major John Kliner lived in Trussville and was also an Auburn graduate.
Alabama Public Radio is proud to share the work of local artist Abi Brewer, who created an original painting exclusively for the station. Views of Home is what Abi calls "a love letter to Alabama." The painting celebrates the different flora, fauna and landscapes of the Yellowhammer State.
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This week on StoryCorps, Johnathon Matthews talks with Peggy and Clete Verhoff about the devastating floods from the Cahawba river, and the resilience of the community that followed -
Alabama guard Aden Holloway was arrested on a felony drug charge, just days before the start of the NCAA Tournament, authorities said. Holloway, 21, was arrested by agents with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force, -
This week, Don Noble reviews Marriage and Other Monuments by Virginia Pye. -
Disturbing video footage shot by Alabama prison inmates wasn’t enough to sway voters for the 2026 Academy Awards. “The Alabama Solution” lost to “Mister Nobody versus Putin” at last night’s Oscars. The winning entry for “Best Documentary Feature” similarly used video shot in secret. A school videographer in Russia used footage he took at schools to illustrate how Vladmir Putin is working to indoctrinate young students. -
Three of the six U.S. service members who died in the crash of a U.S. military refueling aircraft were stationed in Birmingham as part of 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. -
A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others. -
Your furry friend may have been enjoying the pleasant spring weather, but oops - here comes cold weather again! -
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine added 16 and 15th-seeded Mississippi upset No. 15 and second-seeded Alabama 80-79 on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Mississippi won for the third time in three days in the tournament after losing 12 of the final 13 regular-season games. -
In this episode of Alabama Out Loud, Aydan Conchin explores the history of St. Patrick’s Day while sharing favorite ways to celebrate the holiday between Huntsville and Tuscaloosa. -
Recent employment reports may indicate a mixed labor market – but there are jobs aplenty in Alabama. The office of Governor Kay Ivey says 2025 was a record breaking year for economic development with more than nine thousand new jobs on the horizon. We’re not talking about just any jobs, but ones that require an educated workforce. Baldwin County is home to a career tech public high school that’s helping meet the demand. -
Opponents of capital punishment in the U.S. are talking “next steps” after what Governor Kay Ivey did this week. The Governor commuted the death sentence of Charles Burton. He’ll remain in prison without the chance of parole. Burton didn’t shoot the victim during a 1991 robbery. -
In today's episode of Simplified, Lacey has a great time chatting with Grayson Glaze, a professor of real estate at the University of South Alabama. He also serves as the program director for the real estate degree program at USA. Grayson answers questions about real estate law, the buying/selling process, and everything in between.
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"Simplified" is an interview-style show where Morning Edition host Lacey Alexander takes complex topics and breaks them down so that everyone can better understand them. She enlists a new academic in the state of Alabama every week to simplify a big idea-- whether it's science, economics, media or anything in between.
Sports Minded podcast with host Brittany Young features interviews with coaches, athletes and sports personnel. Insight, commentary and analysis on professional, collegiate and high school sports can be heard here.
Speaking of Pets with host Mindy Norton is a commentary for people who care about pets and want to celebrate that special relationship between humans and animal companions.
Quick-Fire Quips is centered around people who stand out in Alabama. Host Baillee Majors presents guests with a questionnaire of playful personal questions and questions about the Yellowhammer State.
Alabama is known for football and white barbecue sauce. But we’re also making our mark in science, literature and the arts—and we helped put astronauts on the moon! Join APR news director Pat Duggins as he takes up topics like this with interviews on APR Notebook.
Dr. Don Noble, specializing in Southern and American literature, gives his weekly review on the work of Alabama’s finest authors.
StoryCorps episodes show a candid, unscripted conversation between two people about love, loss, family, friendship and everything else in between. These stories are from Selma, where APR recently hosted the Airstream portable studio.
Host Cam Marston brings fun weekly commentaries on generational and demographic trends to provide new ways to interpret the changing world around us.
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Governor Kay Ivey is commuting the sentence of Alabama death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton. He had spent the last thirty years awaiting execution for the 1991 killing of Doug Battle at a Talladega AutoZone store. Burton’s case attracted national attention since he did not pull the trigger. Prosecutors charged him under what’s known as felony murder. That law makes a convicted offender as guilty as the person who committed the killing. -
This week on StoryCorps, Annie Pearl Avery is back to talk about a dangerous encounter she had when she and her friends got lost on the way home from a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee conference in Georgia. -
The Falcons are giving a former starting quarterback a test drive.ESPN reports the team plans to sign Tua Tagovailoa to a one-year deal when free agency officially begins on Wednesday.Michael Penix Jr. is recovering from a knee injury and could miss Week One. -
Minnesota Vikings center Ryan Kelly has retired after a concussion-marred final season in his 10-year NFL career. Kelly played in only eight games in his lone season with the Vikings. He helped the Crimson Tide win three national titles. -
Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands gathered in the Alabama city this weekend amid new concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act. The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark legislation that dismantled barriers to voting for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. -
Charles Burton has spent 30 years on death row at William C. Holman Correctional Facility, the site of the state's execution chamber.Burton's death sentence is the result of a legal doctrine known as felony murder, which allows prosecutors to treat anyone involved in certain felonies equally responsible for a killing that occurs during the crime. -
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The phrase that helps us remember how to set our clocks for daylight savings time ("spring forward, fall back") doesn't help our furry friends understand why we are suddenly a little bit off when it comes to taking care of them! -
Motorists in Alabama continue to face more pain at the gas pump as U.S. military action against Iran enters its first week. The website of Alabama Triple-A says the cost of a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.98. That’s about a thirty cent jump over the past week. -
In this episode of Alabama Out Loud, Aydan Conchin explores how the arrival of daylight saving time and longer days signal the early rhythms of spring across the Yellowhammer State — from outdoor spaces and free cultural sites to seasonal routines returning statewide.
