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Looking for a career change? How one Alabama man landed a well-paying job in tech
Bham Now - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
Reviewed by: Cindy Hatcher Sponsored It’s never too late for a career change! (Ryan Ales) Like a lot of Alabamians, Ryan Ales spent years working hard in the service industry. But after nearly two decades of waiting tables and tending bar, he was...
Main Street Alabama announces statewide Bright Ideas Pitch winner
Daily Mountain Eagle - Alabama
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JASPER — Main Street Alabama recently announced Creations Galore and Moore, a bakery and ice cream shop, in Calera as its first-ever Alabama Bright Ideas Pitch Winner during the final day of its 2025 aLABama Conference, this year held in Jasper....
A Judge Approved BCBS’ $2.8B Settlement. Why Some Providers Are Opting Out
MedCity News
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August 28, 2025
After more than a decade, a judge has approved a historic $2.8 billion class action settlement involving Blue Cross Blue Shield — but for some providers, this isn’t nearly enough. The settlement was to resolve a lawsuit filed in 2012, in which...
HRA Group to host its C-Store Connect Trade Show Thursday in Atlanta
Convenience Store News & Petroleum
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Horizon Retailers Association, or HRA Group, is hosting its C-Store Connect Trade Show Thursday. | HRA Group Horizon Retailers Association, or HRA Group, is hosting its C-Store Connect Trade Show from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Cobb...
Birmingham socialists mad Alabama company is providing energy to Israel
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
On Friday evening, a group of protesters gathered in Birmingham near the corporate campus of Drummond Company Inc., an Alabama-based coal producer. Usually when you hear about a leftist protest at a coal-mining company, you’d think it has to do...
The attorney general and agriculture commissioner races will be good ones
The Troy Messenger - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
Published 6:16 pm Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Two of our major constitutional statewide offices are up for election in next year’s May 2026 GOP Primary. The attorney general and agriculture posts are incumbent-free and totally up for grabs. Current...
Alabama man sentenced to 14 years for attempted murder of truck driver in Belmont County
WTOV9 - Ohio
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BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — An Alabama man was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for the attempted murder of fellow truck driver Michael Brundage. The incident occurred on Jan. 30, 2024, on Interstate 470. Malcolm Williams will serve a maximum...
Unplugged: New law’s impact on Alabama children
Opelika Observer - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
BY SAM VISE | FOR THE OBSERVER SMITHS STATION — For years, the cell phone has been an extension of the modern teenager, a constant connection to their social worlds, entertainment and the wider internet. However, a new state law is redefining the...
Southern Bastards TV Adaptation in the Works at FX
The Cinemaholic
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August 28, 2025
A Harvey Award-winning comic book series will soon hit our screens! The Cinemaholic can confirm that FX is developing a TV adaptation of ‘Southern Bastards,’ the comic book series created by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour. Filming will take place in...
Alabama counties oppose online sales tax law changes
1819 News
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The Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA) passed a resolution last week encouraging legislators to oppose any legislative changes to the state's online sales tax law, Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT) program. The resolution was...
New industrial site in Decatur among state’s high-dollar building permits
Hville Blast - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
OCI Alabama’s industrial site in Decatur is one of this week’s high-dollar building permits. (OCI Alabama) Of the four building permits issued this past week for million-dollar-plus construction projects in the state, one is in the Huntsville...
Pop culture relevance, outdoor doings and great eats: Your city guide to Bankhead
Access Atlanta - Georgia
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Bankhead: It’s a portion of West Atlanta that has found a solid place in pop culture through rap music references. But what’s actually available in the area, and how did it come to be? Bankhead takes its name from the historic transcontinental...
Grant awarded to help lumber company build plant in East Alabama
Alabama News Network
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August 26, 2025
Posted: Aug 26, 2025 2:02 PM CDT by WAKA Action 8 News A $180,000 grant has been awarded to a lumber company to build a plant near the Tallapoosa County-Coosa County line. Gov. Kay Ivey has announced the grant, from the Appalachian Regional...
West Virginia and Alabama are canceling their football series
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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August 26, 2025
Alabama, West Virginia agree to cancel 2026-27 series and schedule Group of Five opponents OSDOL HAS OUR STORY FROM OAKLAND TONIGHT. IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE THE NCAA ALLOWED ATHLETES TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. BUT...
Alabama shipbuilder receives $1.9 million in tax incentives for $7.8 million expansion
AL.com - Alabama
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August 25, 2025
A Coden-based vessel and workboat manufacturer, Master Boat Builders, is receiving nearly $1.9 million in tax incentives to support a $7.8 million expansion and modernization project in Mobile County. The project includes several key components: a...
Alabama is done with DEI and Cracker Barrel is the latest proof
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 25, 2025
The conversation around the Cracker Barrel rebrand is not hard to understand, but some in the media seem to be unable to grasp what people are mad about. On the right, figures like U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and legislators...
Measuring the talent gap: Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State keep hold on 2025 Team Talent Composite
247Sports - Tennessee
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247Sports on Tuesday released the 11th iteration of the Team Talent Composite, which has become the industry standard for quantifying cumulative talent on college football rosters. Any tool that attempts to quantify the unquantifiable is...
CMC Rocks QLD 2026 Line-up
Scenestr
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Back for its 19th instalment in 2026, Australia's hottest country music festival CMC Rocks QLD has again delivered a stellar line-up packed to the gills with international heavyweights and local talent making waves nationally and abroad. Set to...
How to buy tickets for Alabama basketball vs. Arizona in C.M. Newton Classic
The Gadsden Times - Alabama
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Tickets to see Alabama basketball in the 2025 C.M. Newton Classic are going on sale this week. On Saturday, Dec. 13, the Crimson Tide will face the Arizona Wildcats at Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex with a tip time to...
Dad and Son from Alabama Charged with Stealing $774K From Elderly Woman
Speakin' Out News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
BlackNews.com Father and son Charles and Dillon Cook Nationwide — Father and son Charles and Dillon Cook, who are from Mobile, have been accused of stealing $774,000 from an elderly woman’s retirement account after gaining her trust through their...