Recently, I was entertaining my young grandkids at our house. Out of the blue, my 10-year-old granddaughter looked up at me and, with the sincerest of expressions on her face, asked “Grampa, what is it like to be old?”
Autumn Jones, a sophomore nursing major from Fairhope, Alabama, was crowned Miss University of Mobile 2026, becoming the 61st Miss UM to represent the Baptist university since its founding in 1961.
Mark Clifton arrived in Birmingham on a stormy night to talk to pastors and other ministry leaders about the storms of life.
Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.
The Alabama Public Charter School Commission approved a new Dothan charter school and a proposed Tuscaloosa County career technical school Monday (May 4), delayed two proposed Birmingham schools and rejected a separate Tuscaloosa appeal.
James W. “Jimmy” Rane, who transformed a floundering timber business into the world’s largest treated lumber company, received an honorary Doctor of Commerce from Samford University’s Brock School of Business during spring commencement.
First votes were expected Tuesday (May 5) on bills to allow Alabama to hold special primary elections this year in some congressional and State Senate districts if the state is allowed to revert to previous maps drawn by Republicans.
Dangling a dead — but “nice 4-plus footer”— timber rattlesnake from a branch, Alabama pastor Matt Kelley declared the venomous reptile “almost got me.” Kelley
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