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New Lodge Dedicated at Cheaha State Park
DELTA, Ala. — Alabama State Parks has dedicated a new 32-room lodge at Cheaha State Park, adding modern mountaintop accommodations overlooking the Talladega National Forest to Alabama’s oldest continuously operating state park. State and local officials gathered Friday, Oct. 16, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Lodge at Cheaha State Park. Although the building has…
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Yonder Walls Mural Festival Brings 30 New Murals to Birmingham’s Parkside District
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham’s largest-ever mural festival takes over the Parkside District on Saturday, with more than 30 new murals by more than 40 artists across two blocks of 1st Avenue South. The inaugural Yonder Walls Mural Festival runs from noon to 8 p.m. at Urban Supply, 1301 1st Ave. S. Admission is free. Artists…
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Alabama Schools Face Closures as Enrollment Falls and Private-School Subsidies Expand
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama public schools could face closures, larger classes and fewer course offerings as enrollment falls by nearly 12,000 students, even as the state expands a taxpayer-funded program that helps families pay for private schools and homeschooling. State Superintendent Eric Mackey has warned that the preliminary enrollment decline could eliminate state funding for…
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Judge Tosses Birmingham Suit Over Water Board Takeover
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal judge has dismissed Birmingham’s lawsuit seeking to undo the state-led restructuring of the Birmingham Water Works Board into Central Alabama Water, closing the latest major legal challenge to the 2025 law that stripped the city of majority control over Alabama’s largest water utility. U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco dismissed…
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Mobile Man Accused of Chainsaw Killings Is Removed From Court After Remark
MOBILE, Ala. — A 47-year-old Mobile man accused of decapitating his grandmother and aunt with a chainsaw was removed from his initial court appearance Tuesday after making a remark as a judge appointed him a public defender. Thomas Henry Steele is charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Dora Boone, 85,…
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Birmingham Zoo Welcomes Young Male Giraffe From Dallas Zoo
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham Zoo has added a young male giraffe to its herd, less than a year and a half after the death of its longtime breeding male. Onduli, a 1-year-old giraffe calf, arrived from the Dallas Zoo last week and was formally introduced to visitors Oct. 12 at the zoo’s Kiwanis Giraffe…
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