Lou Groza Award winner Graham Nicholson plans to transfer to Alabama. The former Miami of Ohio All-American, who won the award as the nation’s top placekicker last season, announced his commitment on social media.
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Upcoming Beef and Forage Field Days offer Alabama producers access to industry information, researchAlabama cattle and forage producers are being invited to "beef up" their herd and pasture management. 2024 Beef and Forage Field Days dates and locations included April 23 at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center and May 3 at the E.V. Smith Research Center.
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The University of Alabama basketball team is losing players to the NBA Draft and the transfer portal. It may soon gain a point guard.
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An Atlas-V rocket, built at the United Launch Alliance factory in Decatur, is on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s Atlantic coast. Its job is to carry two astronauts aboard the new Boeing Starliner spacecraft to orbit. A successful mission will add astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore to an elite group of people to have flown on three types of space vehicles.
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The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country. There may be a tougher fight leading up to a vote in Alabama.
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The Rottweiler is one of the most popular dog breeds. it is strong, powerful, courageous, handsome, and intelligent. In a good home, a Rottweiler is a wonderful pet, a true friend and companion!
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Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW's renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. All eyes now turn to Alabama’s North American Mercedes Benz plant, which is set for a union vote next month.
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The warden of an Alabama prison was arrested on drug charges, officials with the state prison system confirmed.
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Now a retired English professor at The University of Alabama, Dr. Noble's specialties are Southern and American literature.
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After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, hundreds of children from the affected areas dealt with multiple health issues caused by radiation from the nuclear meltdown. A few years later, families from all across Alabama housed many of those same children for a summer to give them access to better healthcare and a reprieve from the radiation.
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When a deadly explosion destroyed BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The aftermath of exposure of chemicals called oil dispersants was at the heart of Alabama Public Radio’s national award-winning documentary “Oil and Water: 10 Years Later.”
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The Justice Department is ramping up its efforts to reduce violent crime in the U.S., launching a specialized gun intelligence center in Chicago and expanding task forces to curb carjackings. Alabama will be part of that effort.
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A new book out is gathering lots of interest in South Alabama. It’s by a 91-year-old woman who tells the stories of a difficult childhood in Fairhope. APR visits with the writer as she retraces steps from her long life.
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The Space City Tattoo Expo returns to Huntsville for the eighth year, attracting prominent artists throughout the country. The convention spans three days at the Von Braun Center, filled with art booths, food and drinks and live music. Shykeim Rashidah, the owner of The Artifacts Tattoo Gallery in the Space City, organizes the event each year.
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Opelika’s monthly Food Truck Friday is happening April 19. This event hosts local food trucks, live music and local vendors
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Participants are being invited to run to support student scholarships during the University of Alabama at Birmingham National Alumni Society’s 18th annual Scholarship Run. The event is set to start at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 20.
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Local law enforcement agencies are on a mission to raise funds for the Alabama Special Olympics with the 2024 Cops on Top event. The Auburn Police Department will be raising money on Friday, April 19, along with the Opelika Police Department with the added help of Lee County Sherriff’s Department.
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Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about 30 inmates who were given the death penalty despite a jury's recommendation of life imprisonment. The 2017 overturning of Alabama’s judicial override law occurred following the airing of Alabama Public Radio’s national award-winning prison investigation “…and justice for all.”
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Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule is on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, next door to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The vehicle, on top of an Alabama built Atlas-V rocket, is scheduled for an early May blastoff to the International Space Station.
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Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state's November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump. Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, and Abraham Lincoln were all left off Alabama’s President Ballot.