MONTGOMERY — CollegeCounts, the state’s 529 college savings fund, is offering $4,000 scholarships for four-year college students and $2,000 scholarships for two-year college students in Alabama. The CollegeCounts Scholarship online […]

MADISON – It turns out a certain masked, furry carnivore promotes reading. The Rocket City Trash Pandas, whose mascot Sprocket is a racoon who loves to scour garbage cans looking […]

HUNTSVILLE – As far as the folks at LearningQUEST are concerned, you can teach an old dog new tricks. As late 20th century science fiction writer and professor Isaac Asimov […]

SHEFFIELD – The Rescue Me Project was tossed a lifeline of its own for an educational program resulting from a million-dollar partnership between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Cal […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library is offering courses in computer and workforce development this month at its main location downtown and at the north branch. Courses offered include […]

HUNTSVILLE – Do not believe French racer Jean Girard from the movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” France did not invent democracy. Neither did America, though the fledgling […]

DECATUR – Attorney Doug Bachuss is running for the Alabama State Board of Education District 7 seat, he announced today. District 7 member Belinda McRae has decided to not seek […]

SHEFFIELD – Bank Independent has recognized two students from Northwest Shoals Community College as recipients of 2023 the Edward Fennel Mauldin Endowed Scholarship. The pair were honored at a reception […]

HUNTSVILLE – The City of Huntsville has a message for college students preparing to head home for holiday break – stay vigilant in preparing for the summer of 2024 and […]

HUNTSVILLE – Welders, machinists, contractors and the like might have found the items they needed for the job when Builders Square occupied the corner of Max Lauther and North Memorial […]

MADISON – Kids to Love’s private licensed school KTECH and the University of North Alabama are partnering to give KTECH graduates an opportunity to further their education once they complete […]

HUNTSVILLE – An initiative to stretch the reach of a popular and fast-growing interdisciplinary program will benefit a startup program at Drake State Community and Technical College. The school announced […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama is poised to welcome hundreds of high  school teams and students from around the Southeast as part of this year’s South’s BEST  (Boosting […]

HUNTSVILLE — “Start here. Go anywhere” is the slogan for Alabama A&M University. Soon, the school may be able to add, ” … in a pair of Nike Terminator Highs.” […]

HUNTSVILLE – Boeing, in addition to holding a groundbreaking ceremony in advance of an addition to its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile seeker guidance system factory, announced recent investments in the […]

MADISON – Childhood trauma is a growing epidemic and schools – teachers and administrators – are on the front line. They see the shaken, upset students on a daily basis […]

HUNTSVILLE — Former Huntsville City Schools Superintendent and prominent civic leader Dr. Mary Jane Caylor died Saturday, with family by her side. She was 81. Funeral arrangements are pending. A […]

MADISON – Strike up the band and get ready to paint the town red. BJ’s Wholesale club celebrated its Alabama debut with a surprise for Madison teachers and students. The […]

WASHINGTON — Students from two Limestone County elementary schools took part in one of the nation’s most solemn traditions Wednesday morning – laying a wreath at the Tomb of the […]

HUNTSVILLE – The non-profit Cyber Huntsville is offering six North Alabama high school seniors a chance to earn financial aid to pursue a college degree in the field. A one […]

SHEFFIELD – Macke Mauldin’s father didn’t graduate college, but his legacy might help some students reach their educational goals. Mauldin, president of Bank Independent, joined others in congratulating seven University […]

ATHENS — A budding tree. A dove flying in the sunlight. A pair of hands holding an origami swallow. These are expressions of hope students from local schools created to […]

DECATUR — More than 7,700 Alabamians have enrolled in rapid career training for in-demand jobs since the start of the Alabama Community College System’s Skills for Success courses. The engine […]

MONTGOMERY – Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is growing by leaps and bounds across the state and right here in the Tennessee Valley. Since Gov. Kay Ivey kicked off the statewide […]