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Loren Charles McHenry III – Service 08/22/2025 05:00 pm

Loren Charles McHenry III – Service 08/22/2025 05:00 pm

Loren Charles McHenry III 02/11/1951 – 08/11/2025 Loren “Chuck” McHenry III of Ironton entered eternal rest at his residence on August 11, 2025, at the age of 74. He was born on February 11, 1951, in Mobile, Alabama, to the late Loren “Mac” C....

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT P O

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT P O

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT P O Box 301463 (Zip 36130-1463) 1400 Coliseum Boulevard (Zip 36110-2400) Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463 Public Notice of Significant Non-Compliance for Significant Industrial Users Public Notice 605...

Baird strengthens national footprint with banker hire

Baird strengthens national footprint with banker hire

Tim Kelly will help Baird expand its education and non-profit benches.Baird Employee-owned international broker-dealer Baird hired veteran public finance banker Tim Kelly to deepen its higher education and non-profit benches nationally. Kelly...

Alabama Champions: Retired Judge Pete Johnson honored for decades of service

Alabama Champions: Retired Judge Pete Johnson honored for decades of service

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Retired Circuit Court Judge Pete Johnson has been recognized as this week's Alabama Champion for his more than 40 years of dedication to teaching, encouraging, and transforming lives. Johnson, who hails from Birmingham, has been...

New Alabama law mixes spirits with education starting in October

New Alabama law mixes spirits with education starting in October

A new Alabama law is raising the bar—literally and educationally—starting October 1. Signed into law during the 2025 legislative session, Senate Bill 316 creates a new type of alcohol license known as the Educational Tourism Distillery license....

Alabama will cover proctored exam costs for online students beginning this fall

Alabama will cover proctored exam costs for online students beginning this fall

Did you know some students in college sometimes have to pay to have someone watch them take an exam? Well, the University of Alabama is changing that for its online students. UA will cover the costs of proctored exams for students in online...

In AL, a giant folding chair spurs talk on national issues

In AL, a giant folding chair spurs talk on national issues

Montgomery artist Michelle Browder has created a 15-foot-tall, 900-pound aluminum chair as a template for an upcoming art installation. The chair serves as a platform for discussions about social issues and democracy. The final artwork will be...

Montgomery Parks supports mental wellness through movement and nature

Montgomery Parks supports mental wellness through movement and nature

With over 400 parks in the county, Montgomery Parks caters to people of different ages, backgrounds and interests with a wide range of programs and activities in hopes of encouraging self-care. It hosts over 50 events in the year throughout the...

Is it time to elect Santa Claus? Alabama and beyond say maybe

Is it time to elect Santa Claus? Alabama and beyond say maybe

Modern politics feels like a non-stop sleigh ride filled with grievance, gridlock, grandstanding, and groans — and that’s on a good day. Debates collapse into viral soundbites, polarized media skip over policy nuance, and the only thing uniting...

Revisiting Global HPV Vaccination Behavior and Its Determinants: A Comprehensive Review

Revisiting Global HPV Vaccination Behavior and Its Determinants: A Comprehensive Review

Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a prevalent sexually transmitted disease and a leading cause of cancers, including anal cancer, cervical cancer and penile cancer. Since its introduction in the early 2000s, HPV vaccination has...

Alabama Arise celebrates grocery tax reduction

Alabama Arise celebrates grocery tax reduction

Alabama will reduce its state grocery tax once again next month thanks to bipartisan legislation enacted earlier this year. This reduction will make it easier for every family across Alabama to make ends meet. Alabama Arise staff members...

California took center stage in ICE raids, but other states saw more immigration arrests

California took center stage in ICE raids, but other states saw more immigration arrests

Ever since federal immigration raids ramped up across California, triggering fierce protests that prompted President Trump to deploy troops to Los Angeles, the state has emerged as the symbolic battleground of the administration’s deportation...

Alabama legislative leaders showcase strong economic momentum driven by pro-growth, conservative policies

Alabama legislative leaders showcase strong economic momentum driven by pro-growth, conservative policies

Alabama’s top legislative leaders say the state’s economy is on the move — and they’re not slowing down. Speaking to business leaders at an Alabama Growth Alliance meeting in Fairhope, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and Speaker of...

Alabama Weather Network debuts on August 11

Alabama Weather Network debuts on August 11

James Spann’s lifelong dream of providing weather for all areas of Alabama on a statewide network is finally coming true Monday, August 11 at noon. That’s when the Alabama Weather Network will go on the air. The groundbreaking network will be the...

Alabama murder suspect apprehended while fleeing to Mexico border

Alabama murder suspect apprehended while fleeing to Mexico border

The U.S. Border Patrol has captured an Alabama murder suspect at the southern border of Texas and Mexico. On July 7, 25-year-old Luis Rey Guerro Martinez was apprehended while attempting to escape to Mexico to avoid capital murder charges...

UK arrests hundreds of immigrants in illegal delivery rider crackdown

UK arrests hundreds of immigrants in illegal delivery rider crackdown

The UK Home Office has announced more than 280 arrests of immigrants during a nationwide enforcement drive targeting illegal delivery riders. The week-long operation, codenamed Operation Equalize, ran from 20 to 27 July 2025 and focused on illegal...

Alabama police chief torches AL(dot)com for ‘false narrative’ on ICE bust – says driver was dangerously weaving at 80 mph

Alabama police chief torches AL(dot)com for ‘false narrative’ on ICE bust – says driver was dangerously weaving at 80 mph

Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin is calling out AL(dot)com for what he says is a blatantly false account of a traffic stop that led to the arrest of a woman in the country illegally. The article referenced the arrest of an illegal immigrant earlier...

Alabama Weather Network with James Spann begins August 11

Published 9:15 am Friday, August 8, 2025 James Spann’s lifelong dream of providing weather for all areas of Alabama on a statewide network is finally coming true Monday, August 11, at noon. That’s when the Alabama Weather Network will go on the...

ICYMI: Legendary coach Nick Saban blesses Alabama community with massive $775,000 donation for special cause

ICYMI: Legendary coach Nick Saban blesses Alabama community with massive $775,000 donation for special cause

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban, and his wife, Miss Terry, gave back to their community through their charity, Nick’s Kids Foundation. At their annual Giveaway Luncheon on Tuesday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, they donated around $775,000 to nonprofit...

"You better work!" Drag Race, drag queens & one of the oldest gay bars on the Gulf Coast

"You better work!" Drag Race, drag queens & one of the oldest gay bars on the Gulf Coast

Quick-Fire Quips is a speedy questionnaire where we get to know people who stand out in the State of Alabama! In this episode, Alabama Public Radio host Baillee Majors talks with Jerry Ehlen, owner of the LGBTQ+ nightclub B-Bob's Downtown and Flip...

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