HALEYVILLE – On Feb. 16, 1968, Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite made the first 911 call in the United States. Using a red phone, Fite called from Haleyville […]

GUIN — For two days, the popular Mayfest transforms the downtown Guin square into a venue for free family fun, attracting thousands of visitors to the Marion County community Friday […]

HUNTSVILLE — Representatives from Cyber Huntsville recently took part in a cybersecurity panel discussion for a visiting Kyrgyzstan delegation. The intent was to plant a seed of an idea that […]

HUNTSVILLE — Presented by the ChurchStreet Family, the Celebrity Chef Series is a weekend-long event featuring three celebrity chefs: the author of “Beyond My Chef Coat,” Chef Kevin Des Chenes; […]

FLORENCE — From The Ritz Theatre to the W.C. Handy Festival, there is no shortage of ways to celebrate art and artists in the Shoals, especially in the summer. This weekend […]

HUNTSVILLE — Thursday night, 18-year-old Lucas Hasting of Decatur walked across the stage at the von Braun Center to receive his Associate of Applied Science degree with a concentration in […]

BRILLIANT — A communitywide coal mining festival will kick off in Brilliant this month. CoalFest pays tribute to the roots of the coal mining industry with two days of family […]

HUNTSVILLE — The 2022 Southern Fried Film Festival takes center stage at the new Orion Amphitheater in June. Tickets are on sale for the four-day-long event. After the June 9 […]

UNION GROVE — PeopleTec is teeing up its ninth annual PeopleTec Helping People charity golf tournament at Cherokee Ridge County Club to benefit the Semper Fi Community Task Force. The event […]

HUNTSVILLE– Bridge Street Town Centre hosts Fido Fest this Saturday to benefit the Greater Huntsville Humane Society. The seventh annual event from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the green space in […]

HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville’s most enduring summer music tradition, the Concerts in the Park at Big Spring Park, returns June 6. The series runs every Monday through Aug. 1 from 6:30-8:30 […]

DECATUR — “Up, up and away “My beautiful, my beautiful balloon” So sang the Fifth Dimension in their 1960s hit “Up, up and Away.” On Memorial Day weekend, more than […]

DECATUR — Donna C. Coleman, Calhoun Community College alumna and founder/CEO of Huntsville’s Aetos Systems, will speak at this year’s commencement exercises, the school announced. More than 450 graduates are […]

HUNTSVILLE — Taking it “1×1,” country singer Jake Owen will take the stage Saturday to open Huntsville’s Orion Amphitheater for the 33rd annual Huntsville Classic Concert. Owen brings his Up […]

DECATUR — As Calhoun Community College prepares for its first-ever graduation ceremony at the Von Braun Center on May 12, the school recently recognized its “Top Ten Most Outstanding Students” […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has recognized a new generation of potential space explorers who competed in the agency’s 28th annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The annual event challenges high school and […]

CULLMAN — A strawberry-filled day is planned for this weekend in downtown Cullman. Saturday’s annual Cullman Strawberry Festival promises plenty of strawberries but also a whole bushel of hometown fun […]

ATHENS — Strap on those chaps, sharpen the spurs and practice your rope-spinning skills because the “Greatest Show on Dirt” is coming to Athens this month. As part of Rodeo […]

The deadline to purchase $18 weekend passes for the 40th Panoply Arts Festival in downtown’s Big Spring Park is tomorrow, Friday, April 29, at 4 p.m. Day passes are available […]

The Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association (AMLA), Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and professional angler Timmy Horton, in partnership with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), are hosting a river stewardship event […]

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has teamed up with Huntsville’s Urban Engine, a nonprofit specializing in innovation programs, to host the fifth HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge (HATCH). This year’s hackathon event will […]

The Southeast Family YMCA is sponsoring a Ditto Landing Clean-Up Day on Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. until noon as part of the YMCA’s Togetherhood Initiative. The campaign is […]

PorchFest Five Points is set for May 7 from 6-10 p.m., all along Pratt Avenue in downtown Huntsville. As the country began to emerge from a global pandemic at the […]

MADISON — Only in a city of rocket scientists and engineers would you not be shocked to hear they are turning Toyota Field’s pitcher’s mound and home plate into goalposts […]