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 Pine Level Elementary hired a new employee this month, and he is furry, walks on four legs, and is already a favorite with students.

Alabama broadband grants ‘game changer’ for families, businesses Updated May 11, 2021; Gov. Kay Ivey announced nearly $17 million in grants Monday to help expand broadband access in rural Alabama and Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he expects it to make a significant impact. “Great news for Alabamians across the state,” Tuberville posted on Twitter. “Broadband is critical for all households to participate in the digital economy, remote learning, telemedicine and advances in farming practi...

Rural, underserved Alabama communities to receive broadband access Underserved communities across Alabama will soon receive broadband services thanks to nearly $17 million approved by Gov. Kay Ivey’s office. (Source: KEYC News Now) By WSFA Staff | May 10, 2021 at 1:54 PM CDT - Updated May 10 at 1:58 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Underserved communities across Alabama will soon receive broadband services thanks to nearly $17 million approved by Gov. Kay Ivey’s office. On Tuesday...

Alabama News Governor Kay Ivey has awarded nearly $17 million to help provide broadband services in primarily rural, unserved areas of Alabama. The 36 grants awarded by Governor Ivey to multiple broadband providers across the state is the largest amount and number awarded to date from the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund. The fund was created by the Alabama Legislature in 2018. “The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced what we already knew; that Alabama’s broadband coverage is an issue we must ...

Imagine Learning Recognizes Top Schools Nationwide for Exemplary Usage of Imagine Learning Digital Programs Share Article Over 300 Schools Across the Country Identified for Innovation and Dedication by Imagine Learning These awards recognize the schools and students that have demonstrated exemplary usage of Imagine Learning programs and they are a true testament to the hard work and dedication of students and educators around the country. PROVO, Utah (PRWEB) ...

A chance meeting led to the birth of a powerful music duo that’s been making rounds in the River Region, including a couple of local gigs this weekend. The Lacy-Todd Duo (Lacy Lynn and Todd Fulmer) perform in Prattville on Friday at Adrienne’s Downtown Bar from 9 p.m.-midnight. After a little bit of sleep, they’ll be back in action the next morning from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Riverwalk Stadium’s Club Car Bar during the 17th annual Autism Crawfish Boil in downtown Montgomery. Lynn and Fulmer...

Rosa Louise Macauley Early Childhood Rosa Louise Macauley Early Childhood 247 Words1 Page Rosa Louise MaCauley was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her father James was a carpenter, her mother Leona was a teacher. She was often sick as a child and had to stay in bed a lot. Her mother and father separated when she was a child, and she moved to her grandparent’s farm in Pine Level, Alabama with her mom and little brother Sylvester. When Rosa was eleven in 1924, her mother sent...

Claudette Colvin: the woman who refused to give up her bus seat – nine months before Rosa Parks Oliver Laughland It was 2 March 1955, and an unusually humid spring day when students at Booker T Washington high school, a segregated school in the heart of the Jim Crow south, had been let off early to make their way home. A group boarded a segregated public bus, which wound through segregated neighbourhoods gradually filling up with passengers. A 15-year-old gifted Black student,...

If you’ve gone down US 70 through James City recently looking for signs of the US 70 project, you have not been able to see many. There are a few: the McDonalds and service station ensemble is empty. Brices Creek Bible Church is boarded up and awaiting a wrecking ball and its future life as an exit ramp. A few signs are announcing future locations for other businesses-to-become-exit-access. But otherwise, all seems quiet. But don’t worry, work is about to begin. US 70 is destined to becom...

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. -- A driver was killed when their sedan went into a pond next to a service road beside Interstate 95 on Wednesday. The accident happened near Exit 98, when a driver headed north on I-95 went off the road, through fencing, across Campground Road and ended up in the pond. The victims name was not released. Its unclear if the driver died before the car entered the pond. Two child seats were pulled out of the car, but its not believed any children were in the car at the time o...