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Shoals National Heritage Area bill signed into law

Bud McLaughlin -
WASHINGTON – A pair of bills authored by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) were signed into law by President...

‘Star of Bethlehem’ at Rocket Center’s Intuitive planetarium

Kimberly Ballard -
HUNTSVILLE – More than 2,000 years ago, according to the nativity story in the Gospel of Matthew, a bright star appeared in the eastern...

Flying high: Research Institute launched 60 years ago

Ray Garner -
HUNTSVILLE -- Sixty years ago today, the state of Alabama took a momentous step forward in being a major player for space age opportunities...

Oak sapling planting honors Jesse Owens legacy

Dylan Smith -
OAKVILLE -- It has been 100 years since Olympic hero Jesse Owens and his family left Alabama for Ohio. In the years that followed, Owens...

Artemis I mission called success ‘for all humanity’

Staff reports -
WASHINGTON -- Cited as the "crowning achievement of Artemis I," the Orion spacecraft splashed down Sunday morning in the Pacific Ocean, capping a more...

Cummings Research Park – where seeds of dreams were planted in cotton fields

Kimberly Ballard -
HUNTSVILLE -- The idea that if you build it, people will come, is not exclusive to Iowa cornfields. It is also true of North...

Wall to honor ‘wind beneath the wings of the space program’

Kimberly Ballard -
HUNTSVILLE – Regardless of whether you are a long-time Huntsville resident or a newcomer, it is impossible not to drive by the iconic Saturn...

Former Athens funeral home provides a haunting experience

Kimberly Ballard -
ATHENS -- The address is 100 South Jefferson Street, right smack dab in the middle of Athens’ popular Downtown Square. It was once a funeral...

‘Weeping widow’ among spirits that haunt Decatur’s Old State Bank

Kimberly Ballard -
256 Today has teamed up with Southern Ghost Girls Tours to bring you four of North Alabama’s most notorious and proven haunted places for...

Ghoul talk: Haunting season open for Southern Ghost Girls Tours

Kimberly Ballard -
HUNTSVILLE -- It began on a brightly moonlit night many years ago when Jackie Bearden and her mother were sitting in the living room...
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