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Revenge? Dirty tricks? Ty Simpson’s Heisman hopes? All of these issues have come up ahead of Alabama’s game against Oklahoma. Homecoming games are often depicted as a chance for students and alumni to gather and watch an easy win. The Crimson Tide may have to deal with allegations in the press from Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin.
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 done in collaboration for APR's 2025 Fall Pledge Drive, happening from September 10 - 19. The art 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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Finally, there's a day that encourages you to take your dog with you on a shopping expedition, showing support for pet-friendly stores and businesses! -
Are traditions the same thing as routines, but they're just done less frequently, and if the tradition is both loved and hated, what does that mean? On today's Keepin' It Real, Cam shares that he does, indeed, both love and hate them. -
Alabama football is grabbing a lot of headlines right now. But, Crimson Tide men’s basketball will face a crucial test in Tuscaloosa tonight. That’s when Alabama plays Purdue. The Boilermakers made the Final Four last year. That’s when the Tide got in for the first time. More recently, Alabama lost to Purdue a year ago. -
Home football games in Tuscaloosa involve logistics. Fans have to park and find their seats. The football players use buses to get to Bryant-Denny Stadium. Then, there’s the food. Cheering burns calories. And, that means trips to the concession stand for stadium dogs or nachos. One place in Tuscaloosa is responsible for one crunchy item on the game day menu. -
Fernando Clark spent the last 10 months of his life in a jail cell, waiting for psychiatric treatment a court ordered he undergo after he’d been arrested for stealing cigarettes and some fruit from a gas station. He died while waiting for the treatment that never arrived, found unresponsive in his jail cell. -
Ready to get in the holiday spirit? In APR’s new series Deck the South, Digital Content Reporter and Producer Aydan Conchin takes you on a tour of Alabama’s most dazzling holiday traditions. From twinkling lights and ice rinks to parades and small-town celebrations, Deck the South highlights the magic, community, and Southern charm that make this season shine across the Yellowhammer State. -
Ever see the guy in the red-striped poncho and luchador mask at Bama games? That's Nacho Alabama, and he's talking on Quick-Fire Quips! Host Baillee Majors sits down with the Crimson Tide super fan to talk about his signature look and why his heart belongs in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Plus, Nacho dishes on his legendary potluck dish, "Redneck Sushi," his strict game-day rituals... and the top thing (well, two top things) on his ultimate bucket list! -
Space weather forecasters issued an alert for incoming severe solar storms that could produce colorful northern lights and temporarily disrupt communications. This may result in an "Aurora Borealis" or Northern Lights, as far south as Alabama. -
This week on StoryCorps, Kimberly McGuinty and Harrison Bourgois discuss the concept of love in the romantic sense, the communal sense, and what it means to love oneself. -
The cities of Montgomery and Birmingham and the Jimmie Hale Mission will have warming stations open night as some of the first blasts of winter weather hit Alabama. Low twenties are in the forecast from the Tennessee Valley to Tuscaloosa and the Magic City. The Gulf coast is expected to be closer to thirty. -
This week, Don reviews The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays by Harper Lee. -
The pain Americans are facing at airports across the country is expected to get worse this week if Congress is unable to reach a deal to reopen the federal government. At Birmingham/Shuttlesworth International Airport, passengers faced sixteen (updated) flight cancellations today, following a weekend of similar frustrations, according to the website FlightAware.
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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.
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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.
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Some of the first wintry weather of the season is on the way for much of the U.S. in the coming days, including potentially record low temperatures for parts of the South and snow in the Northern Plains. Alabama woke up in the upper twenties in Huntsville, upper forties in Mobile, and mid thirties over much of the rest of the state. Chillier conditions are yet to come. -
Birmingham/Shuttlesworth International Airport is on track to equal or surpass Saturday’s cancellations as the federal shutdown drags on. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,500 weekend flights by Saturday evening. This morning, the website FlightAware said Birmingham’s airport saw seventeen cancellations (updated) Sunday morning, after fifteen flights were called off on Saturday. Three flights were cancelled on Friday, and none on Thursday. -
It was well into the second quarter before Alabama scored its first touchdown against LSU. But, the Tide widened the gap during the remainder of the game as the team delivered its best defensive effort in Southeastern Conference play this season and beat LSU 20-9 on Saturday night, keeping the Tigers out of the end zone for the first time since the 2012 national championship game. -
U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown. That appears to include Birmingham/Shuttlesworth International Airport, but not at the rates seen in larger airline hubs. -
Some of the first wintry weather of the season is on the way. Huntsville is forecast to see a low of twenty two degrees Monday night, Tuscaloosa and Selma are facing twenty three, and Mobile at thirty one. It’s going to be cold for much of the U.S. in the coming days, including potentially record low temperatures for parts of the South and snow in the Northern Plains. -
Keeping a eye on the temperatures is important this time of year, when it may be spring-like today and almost freezing tomorrow night - a difficult adjustment for any of us, and for our four-footed friends! -
Number four ranked Alabama stumbled last November with a College Football Playoff spot within reach. The Crimson Tide lost at unranked Oklahoma and got left out of the postseason bracket. The setback still resonates with this year's team heading into Saturday's home game against regrouping LSU. -
Alabama singer and songwriter Jason Isbell talked on “APR Notebook” about his new album, “Foxes in the Snow.” That compilation of original songs has led to his latest three Grammy nominations. Isbell will be considered in the category of “Best Folk Album.” The title track is also up for “Best American Roots Song,” and another number from the album, “Crimson and Clay," will compete for “Best American Roots Performance.” -
Woodrow Lowe, a three-time All-American linebacker at Alabama and an 11-year starter for the NFL's San Diego Chargers, has died. He was 71. Lowe died at his home in Collierville, Tennessee, on Thursday, according to the National Football Foundation. -
On this week's Keepin' It Real, it's Friday, and Cam's brain has had enough. He once wanted to keep going. Now, he's just hoping to make it to today.
