Cook Museum of Natural Science
The Cook Museum of Natural Science opened in Decatur, Alabama in June 2019, but it has a long history of how it was born through four generations of the Cook family, owners of Cook’s Pest [Read More]
Article Category: Local News
Alabama Shakespeare Festival celebrates 35 years in Montgomery
This month marks Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 35th anniversary in Montgomery. From its founding as a summer theatre festival in Anniston in 1972 to its designation as the State Theater of Alabama in 1977 to the [Read More]
Celebrate the New Year with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra
The power of music has a way of bringing all of us together, whether that’s in the concert hall, through headphones, or on a computer screen. This year the Alabama Symphony Orchestra is inviting you [Read More]
Free Internet Service for At-Risk K-12 Students
Connected Nation (CN) has launched an online application for the AT&T K-12 connected learning program, which is focused on closing the homework gap for at-risk students by providing free AT&T wireless internet service and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots [Read More]
Birmingham Promise Provides Scholarships to 68 Students
Students from all seven Birmingham City high schools make up the first Birmingham Promise class of freshmen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The scholarship program provided 68 students with the opportunity to pursue their [Read More]
UAB Receives NIH Grant to Improve COVID-19 Testing
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will launch a community-based testing model in Jefferson County, Alabama, as part of an effort to improve access, acceptance, uptake and appropriate follow-up to COVID-19 testing in traditionally underserved populations. UAB’s Minority [Read More]
Grandview Medical Center to Receive Project 4 Donation
Grandview Medical Center is one of 10 national hospitals to receive a NICU donation as part of Project 4, an initiative sponsored by Project Sweet Peas, a national non-profit organization that supports NICUs and NICU [Read More]
Need a Great Gift? Adopt an Animal at the Birmingham Zoo!
This holiday season we hope you will consider a new tradition of becoming a proud animal parent at the Birmingham Zoo. Your support is critical for the care and feeding of our animals and helps fund education [Read More]
Children’s of Alabama Receives Teddy Bears, Donation from Spire
“We are so appreciative of Spire’s continued generosity as they see the value of supporting the Family Services department and the medical play program,” says Emily Hornak, director of cause marketing and corporate sponsorships at [Read More]
Alabama MENTOR Celebrates Foster Parents
In honor of National Adoption Month, Alabama MENTOR celebrates all our Mentor foster parents who adopt children from care into their forever families! Each family’s foster care journey is different, but the need for caring [Read More]