Baillee Majors
Morning Edition Host & ReporterBaillee Majors is the Local Bureau News Chief and host for Morning Edition at APR. Baillee joined the newsroom in December 2019. Before that, she spent seven years working in morning television news in Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Her passion for news began after a trip to the CNN newsroom in Atlanta at the age of 18. She’s a born and bred Alabamian and graduated from Troy University where she majored in Communications and Fine Arts. When she’s not listening to public radio herself, Baillee enjoys reading, baking, collecting ceramic mushrooms, and playing the ukulele.
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Food prices are spiking in the holiday season, and the Thanksgiving turkey is not being spared. Experts say overall, grocery prices are up about 13% more compared to this time last year. -
Alabama drivers are getting some relief at the pump. Average gasoline prices in the state have fallen to $3.31 per gallon in the last week. That’s down from $3.33 per gallon a week ago, according to GasBuddy.
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The Christian faith and practice dominate much of Alabama and the South. But in downtown Birmingham, there’s a growing pagan and witch community looking to bring people together.
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A series of relief efforts are underway in Alabama to help residents of Mississippi.
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Weather forecasters are monitoring the potential for heavy rainfall and instances of flooding late this week into this weekend.
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Workers at a General Electric plant in the city of Auburn are just the latest group to hold a vote on possible unionization.
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Governor Kay Ivey is trying to put to rest rumors that she’s in bad health.
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The radio show "Hey Coach" will have a new fill-in host starting today.
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The family of a former U.S. soldier from Tuscaloosa being held captive in Ukraine says he’s made contact. A release from the family of Alex Drueke says he was able to send a direct communication to his family over the weekend. Drueke’s captors reportedly reached the U.S. State Department by telephone and allowed him to speak.
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The family of a Tuscaloosa man reportedly captured in Ukraine while fighting with Kyiv’s military is speaking out.
