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High school graduates spoke excitedly about their hopes for the future at the annual Celebration of Dreams event.

High school graduates spoke excitedly about their hopes for the future at the annual Celebration of Dreams event.

Years of effort brought down the number of infant deaths in Hamilton County to a record low in 2020, the nonprofit group leading the campaign reported Monday. Cradle Cincinnati, an 8-year-old collaboration across the county, said in its annual report that 76 babies died before their first birthdays last year, the lowest number since modern records were established in 1968. The infant mortality rate was 7.4 deaths for every 1,000 births, an 18% drop from the combined rate of the previous five years. Hamilton County’s rate still exceeds the national infant mortality rate, which in 2018 was 5...

Financial aid vote key to a more educated, better trained workforce Tim McCartney When the State Board of Education voted last week for a new policy that ensures students complete or opt-out of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Alabama took an important step toward building a more educated workforce. FAFSA is the form colleges use to determine a student’s eligibility for federal financial aid, including Pell grants, work-study programs, and loans. Colleges and universities are also increasingly requiring FAFSA completion to receives scholarships from the institution, as ...

A Gadsden man has filed complaints with the Alabama Ethics Commission claiming the directors of the Gadsden Airport Authority are being paid more than the bylaws of the authority call for, and that Mayor Sherman Guyton has used his authority to nominate directors and the over-compensation to influence them. Lance B, Koury filed the complaints. One names the current members of the GAA board of directors: Chairman Harry McLendon, Chad Hare, Jonathan M. Welch, Robert Turk, Tim McCartney and Spencer Williams.  The complaint says the directors have been receiving $120 per member for monthly boa...