Baillee Majors
Morning Edition Host, Reporter and Internship DirectorBaillee Majors is the Local Bureau News Chief, internship director and host for Morning Edition at Alabama Public Radio. 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 raised 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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For Pride Month 2024, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives who live in Montgomery and its surrounding communities. The MMFA is currently taking art submissions for the Museum Shop Popup: Show Your Pride event through Friday, April 26.
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The application deadline is approaching for interested Alabama 6th and 7th grade students to apply to the Estuary Corps Middle School Program. Middle school students are invited to engage in activities that explore and improve the Mobile Bay Estuarine system during the three-day program.
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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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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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A museum in Florence is offering kids and teens in Alabama the chance to get hands-on excavation experience this summer. Registration is currently open for Pope’s Tavern Museum’s Junior Archaeology Camp.
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Autism Awareness Month is in full swing across the nation, including here in Alabama, and a city on the Gulf Coast is offering modified experiences for all abilities. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that can impair communication and interactions. It varies from person to person in its presentation.
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The public is invited to join the City of Mobile Parks & Recreation Department as it continues its Movies in the Park series. This is a free event where participants can hang out, play games, snack and watch movies. The next showing is set for Thursday, April 18 at Dotch Community Center/Michael Dow Amphitheater.
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Time is running out for Alabamians to visit the 2024 Auburn Floral Trail. It's underway through Friday, April 19. Community members are invited to travel the 14-mile, self-guided trail that highlights some of the finest blooms and foliage Auburn has to offer.
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Alabama voters are heading to the polls for the state's 2nd Congressional District runoff elections happening Tuesday, April 16, for both the Democratic and Republican parties.
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As part of an ongoing effort to combat hunger, the City of Auburn's Dean Road Ceramics Studio and the City of Opelika's Denson Drive Recreation Center will host the 11th annual Opelika-Auburn Empty Bowls Spring of 2024. The event is set for Saturday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.