SBC news nuggets to know this week

Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Jennifer Rash reports from outside the SBC Annual Meeting convention hall with some of the stories coming out of this year’s meeting in Dallas. Find out more HERE

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Senate bill would increase penalties for fentanyl

March 10, 2026

A bill pending in the Alabama Senate would put the penalties for possession of a mixture of synthetic fentanyl and the controlled substances used to make it on par with possession of the deadly drug alone.

Gov. Ivey: Deadline to apply for internship program March 13

March 10, 2026

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday reminded college students across Alabama that Friday, March 13, 2026, is the deadline to apply for the Governor’s Office Summer Internship Program.

McIntosh named chair of WMU search committee seeking candidates for executive director

March 10, 2026

Candace McIntosh, executive director of Alabama WMU, has been named chair of the search committee to seek the National WMU’s next executive director-treasurer.

First person: Questions for encouraging effective fruitfulness

March 10, 2026

People want to succeed. It is inbred in each one of us. Have you ever known anyone to get out of bed in the morning stating, “Today, I want to fail.”? People want to succeed.