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W.C. Handy Festival celebrates music of the Shoals
FLORENCE -- As a child listening to his father and grandfather deliver sermons and the choir deliver praise at Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal...
Are you ready for some football? Tickets on sale for UNA-Jax State game at … Toyota Field
MADISON – OK. OK. Kickoff is not until Oct. 15, but single-game tickets are now on sale for a historic college football game at...
A 690-mile treasure hunt: ‘World’s Longest Yard Sale’ set for August
DECATUR -- For the past 35 years, shoppers and visitors have traveled up and down U.S. 127 finding treasures and bargains.
And, the annual World’s...
Alabama Mountain Lakes hires visitor services representative
DECATUR -- The Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association has hired Penne Beasley as a full-time visitor services representative. Beasley is responsible for providing front-line...
A budding success: Ardmore Crape Myrtle Festival gets $2,600 boost with tourism grant
ARDMORE – There is nothing more southern than red and white crape myrtles (or crepe, depending on where in the South you are from)...
Shoals celebrates Independence Day with 39th Spirit of Freedom festival
FLORENCE -- The 39th Spirit of Freedom festival will kick off Independence Day celebrations in the Shoals on Friday at McFarland Park.
Sponsored by Singing...
Stadium Commons: Mixed-use development adjacent to Joe Davis Stadium is planned
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HUNTSVILLE -- A mixed-use development is planned for the former Hollywood 18 movie theater on South Memorial Parkway in Huntsville, according to a marketing...
AMLA to host young leaders of the Americas Initiative Fellows
DECATUR -- The Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association is hosting two participants of the U.S. Department of State’s Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative...
Helen Keller Festival kicks off June 23 in Tuscumbia
TUSCUMBIA -- Despite what kids on TikTok might say, Helen Keller and her accomplishments were real. And Tuscumbia continues to celebrate both.
Tuscumbia’s 44th annual Helen...
It’s splashdown in the Rocket City for summer water sports
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HUNTSVILLE -- Fishing, model boats and water polo will be showcased this weekend as the first weekend of June in Huntsville kicks off a...