Culture

By John Sharp Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige have arrived back home. Two, 9-foot-tall bronze statues of the Major League Baseball Hall of Famers and Mobile natives will anchor downtown Mobile’s newest feature dedicated to its […]

By Amber Sutton It’s no secret that summer in Alabama is very, very hot, which means finding a place to cool off is almost essential. While a pool or the beach will do, it’s always fun […]

By Howard Koplowitz Romay Davis, a Montgomery woman who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2021 as a member of an all-black female battalion that served overseas during World War II, has died. Davis, who […]

By Mike Cason Six years after the Equal Justice Initiative opened its groundbreaking National Memorial for Peace and Justice and its Legacy Museum on the same day, the organization is expanding its footprint in Montgomery with […]

By Mary Colurso  Abbie Stockard is the new Miss Alabama. Stockard, 21, was crowned Saturday night at Samford University’s Wright Center in Birmingham. She competed as Miss Hoover, besting 39 other contestants for the 2024 state title. Stockard will move […]

By Lawrence Specker As promised, NPR’s has turned its “Tiny Desk” over to Alabama rapper Flo Milli, resulting in a performance that left producers praising her for “the unwavering confidence of an OG” and “lyrical prowess [that] […]

By Mike Cason

By Cody D. Short  In the fourth and final episode of the ”Road to Rickwood” podcast series, Birmingham integrates as Black people begin to gain political power. Meanwhile, white flight begins, and Rickwood is left desolate. The host of the […]

An Atmore woman who won a state pageant is getting a lot of attention, but not in the way she probably hoped. Sara Milliken worked for eight years to win the title of Miss National […]