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In A World Full Of Screens, Let’s Not Forget To Enjoy One Another Share Article Xulon Press presents an original children’s book. It is said that every time a child is born, so is a grandparent. Oma Comes To Visit is the first in a series of books that share the joys of a little boy named Ethan when he spends time with his grandmother. MOBILE, Ala. (PRWEB) May 14, 2021 Author Cherry Charleston Harris shares the simple joys of ...

Mobile 55 The next time we see temperatures this low will likely be in October. Today will feature sunshine in full supply with a high in the mid 70s. We stay dry over the weekend with lots of sunshine… the high tomorrow will be close to 80, followed by low 80s Sunday. NEXT WEEK: Look for rising heat and humidity levels as an upper ridge builds across the Deep South. Monday will stay mostly dry with only isolated showers, then we will have some risk of “widely scattered, mostly afternoon an...

The last time my dad went to his hometown of Martinsville, Virginia, was for his mother’s burial at the Jewish cemetery there two years ago. It had been nearly five decades since he’d moved away from the little industrial town on the Carolina border—part of a mass migration of the South’s small-town Jews to the region’s urban centers—and at least fifteen years since he’d last returned. The main street where his parents had run their department store for thirty years was full of e...

James Spann: Drier air drops into north, central Alabama today By James Spann May 5, 2021 RADAR CHECK: Showers and storms are confined to far south Alabama and the Florida Panhandle early this morning, where a Flash Flood Watch remains in effect. The northern two-thirds of the state is getting a break from the rain as drier air has arrived. For north and central Alabama, we expect morning clouds to give way to a partly sunny afternoon. The high today will be in the mid 70s for most places. The ...

How much rain fell on Alabama Tuesday? Some cities got nearly 8 inches Updated 12:30 PM; Today 11:25 AM Heres a look at 24-hour rain totals from 7 a.m. Tuesday until 7 a.m. Wednesday. Areas around Birmingham reported some of the most rain from Tuesdays storms. Facebook Share Lots and lots of rain for some. It was enough rain to break records in several Alabama cities for May 4, according to the National Weather Service: * Birmingham officially recorded 3.59 inches on Tuesday, breaking the rec...

James Spann | May 5, 2021 @ 5:47 am RADAR CHECK: Showers and storms are confined to far South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle early this morning where a flash flood watch remains in effect. The northern 2/3 of the state is getting a break from the rain as drier air has arrived. For North/Central Alabama, we expect morning clouds to give way to a partly sunny afternoon… the high today will be in the mid 70s for most places. The average high for Birmingham on May 5 is 80. Tomorrow will b...

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Bust for 32 kilos of cocaine in Baldwin County brings 15-year sentence Updated 8:54 AM; Federal drug sentencings announced this week in the Southern District of Alabama include a South Carolina man sentenced to 15 years in prison after being caught with 32 kilograms of cocaine in Baldwin County. According to the office of Attorney Sean P. Costello, acting U.S. attorney for the district, Frederick Turner, 42, of Bee, S.C., was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Kristi DuBose to 120 mo...

Language calling homosexuality illegal and unacceptable will be struck from the states laws on sex education under a measure signed by Gov. Kay Ivey this week. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Laura Hall, D-Huntsville, removes a paragraph dating from 1992 that requires courses on human reproduction and sexual education to emphasize that "homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state." The bill passe...

Concert photographers ready to rock after source of income vanished with pandemic Updated Apr 29, 2021; Posted Apr 29, 2021 Alabama concert photographer Kinsey Blake Haynes (far left) shoots a pic of Birmingham jam band CBDB. Haynes and others in her profession lost out on this source of income when the pandemic shut down live music for the foreseeable future. (Courtesy / Photo by Harrison Thomas) Facebook Share While the return of live music signifies a return to normalcy for fans who have s...