Montgomery Academy student uses kicking to raise money for Respite Ministry
November 5, 2025
Kicking for a Cause is a platform to raise money for the work done by Respite Ministry.
‘Wave of closures’: Some preschools closing as shutdown continues
November 3, 2025
The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool.
Baptists prepare to respond as Hurricane Melissa devastates Caribbean islands
October 29, 2025
As Hurricane Melissa continues to barrel through the Caribbean, disaster relief volunteers are preparing to meet the needs of those who have been hit hard by the historic storm.
Food banks expect demand of ‘unprecedented’ scale as SNAP benefits halt
October 29, 2025
The suspension of food assistance during the government shutdown will leave hundreds of thousands of Alabamians in the lurch. Food banks are preparing to step in as they can.
Legislators praise reduction in overdoses, credit use of opioid settlement funds
October 28, 2025
House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter and Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger are lauding a new report showing drug overdoses in Alabama have fallen by 30% over the last year.
‘Never seen anything like this’: Direct Admission Initiative gives high school seniors new kind of hope
October 27, 2025
At B.C. Rain High School in Mobile, the news didn’t come all at once. Students trickled into the counselors’ office to say the words counselors Niki Dailey and Demetria Smith will never forget: I got in.
Public invited to review K-12 social studies, arts textbooks ahead of board vote
October 25, 2025
The public has a few weeks left to review proposed K-12 social studies and arts textbooks before the Alabama Board of Education votes on which to approve for statewide use. The public review period runs through Nov. 12.
AL awarded $12.5 million in federal funding to expand apprenticeship programs
October 24, 2025
Alabama has been awarded $12.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand apprenticeship programs that give young people more opportunities to train for in-demand jobs. Colorado received the same amount.
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