Members of Alabama’s Student Retention Council recently told state lawmakers they are working to raise awareness of career opportunities and quality-of-life advantages in hopes of persuading more graduates to stay in Alabama.
Alabama senators approved last week a bill that would strengthen criminal penalties for school threats and require students charged with making them to be removed from the regular classroom until a hearing is held.
Steve Gaines, former pastor of Bellevue Baptist in Cordova, Tennessee, and Gardendale First Baptist Church, died March 20. During his time at Gardendale FBC, Gaines led the congregation from a membership of 4,000 to 8,500.
Trish Jackson said teen girls today face a lot of things that are trying to hijack their identity, so this year’s Complete event aimed to equip them to dig deep in Scripture and find their identity there.
The Alabama House Education Policy Committee recently approved a bill that would create a new group to research and recommend changes to the state’s A-F school report card and would expand reporting on student outcomes.
Political leadership in Alabama routinely says it wants to make Alabama the most military- and veteran-friendly state in the country.
Frank McCollough served as the Baptist Campus Minister at the University of Miami, then for a combined 18 years at Auburn University and the University of Montevallo. He retired in 1996.
Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church, Holly Pond, will host a singing March 15 at 5 p.m. featuring The Pylant Family. For more information, call 256-339-1862 or 256-590-1501. Earl
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