‘Staggering’ number of volunteers help, set precedent for future response

April 21, 2021

Mel Johnson says he can still see the scars from April 27, 2011, on the landscape when he drives up I-22 in northwest Alabama. Those

Alabamians still feel impact of tornado outbreak decade later

April 21, 2021

In mid-March, Alabamians got some news they didn’t take lightly — weather conditions were shaping up in a way they hadn’t in a decade. The

NOAA weather radios, bicycle helmets, safe shelter essential during tornadoes

April 20, 2021

For many in Alabama, the fateful day on which 62 tornadoes killed 252 people is the generational weather event by which they compare all other

Meteorologist James Spann recalls ‘heavy’ responsibility of destructive day

April 20, 2021

Meteorologist James Spann is to many Alabamians the suspender-wearing sage to whom they turn when the weather gets stormy. Over his four-decade career of weather

Mount Hebron East Baptist Church, Eclectic, celebrates homecoming and its 125th anniversary

April 19, 2021

ELMORE ASSOCIATION Mount Hebron East Baptist Church, Eclectic, will celebrate homecoming and its 125th anniversary April 25 at 10:30 a.m. It will also honor what

Danny Wood honored during 20th Global Impact Celebration at Shades

April 18, 2021

Danny Wood, pastor of Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Vestavia Hills, was surprised during this morning’s worship service at the Birmingham-area church wrapping up its 20th