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Festivals, Football & Innovative Feats – Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners Share More Good News Stories!

Festivals, Football & Innovative Feats – Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners Share More Good News Stories!

| October 14, 2016 @ 11:58 am

From to block prints to Broadway stardom, from shrimp festivals to state-of-the-art sawmills, and from ‘Hey Day’ to Halloween safety, our Alabama NewsCenter partners bring us more reasons to take pride in Alabama. Here are a few of our favorite good news stories: Football preview: Third Saturday in October finds heated rivals Alabama, Tennessee in […]

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Good News Stories From Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends Make Us Alabama-Proud

Good News Stories From Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends Make Us Alabama-Proud

| October 7, 2016 @ 10:44 am

From Marvel comics to motorcycles, from Oktoberfest to football, and from cursive to clean-up, our friends at Alabama NewsCenter bring us more Good News Stories! This weekend’s edition describes Can’t Miss Alabama events across our state, highlights rising Alabama Makers, and reminds of us of the many reasons to be Alabama-proud. Football preview: Crimson Tide, Tigers […]

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Prepare for Takeoff:  Start Your Weekend with Good News Stories from Alabama NewsCenter!

Prepare for Takeoff: Start Your Weekend with Good News Stories from Alabama NewsCenter!

| September 30, 2016 @ 11:29 am

From Fiesta, festivals & flea markets to ships, planes & automobiles, our Alabama NewsCenter Partners capture what is happening across our state and people who are making Alabama great.  Get your weekend started with these good news stories! Enjoy a weekend of Fiesta, festivals, flea markets, art shows and more! Football preview: Lashlee takes over AU […]

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Soaring to New Heights — Good News Stories from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter!

Soaring to New Heights — Good News Stories from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter!

| September 26, 2016 @ 9:00 am

From Airbus to artistic expression, from channels of communication to coal country, and from musicians to medical advances, our Alabama NewsCenter friends inspire us with Good News Stories from across the state.  Here are a few of our favorites! Samford senior sports marketing student chosen for coveted ESPN internship Alabama jobs rising in manufacturing, bioscience […]

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Get Your Weekend Started With Good News Stories From Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners!

Get Your Weekend Started With Good News Stories From Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners!

| September 16, 2016 @ 11:20 am

Start your weekend with a look at upcoming events and a look back at this week’s Good News stories from across Alabama!  From fall football to fairs & festivals, from restoring faith to Restoration Academy, and from Paralympics to porch swings, there is plenty to make you Alabama proud in the latest from our friends at Alabama NewsCenter. […]

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A Festive Collection of Stories from the Alabama News Center

A Festive Collection of Stories from the Alabama News Center

| September 9, 2016 @ 1:04 pm

It’s Festival Time across Alabama and some great events headline this week’s collection of Good News from the Alabama News Center! Football Preview:  Crimson Tide takes on the Hilltoppers as Auburn hosts Malzahn’s former team Art, music and festivals brighten up this Can’t Miss Alabama weekend St. George Middle Eastern Food Festival Kicks Off in […]

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Serving Up a Hearty Helping of Good News from Alabama NewsCenter

Serving Up a Hearty Helping of Good News from Alabama NewsCenter

| September 2, 2016 @ 11:19 am

From Jerusalem to Jacksonville, from Pie Lab to Pepper Place, from trivia to Zika and from the Edge of Chaos to key lime milkshakes, there was plenty of Alabama good news this week and our friends at Alabama NewsCenter brought it all together in one place. Jerusalem’s biggest Crimson Tide fan ready for Alabama football […]

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Innovation, Inspiration & Not-To-Miss Events – Captured By Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

Innovation, Inspiration & Not-To-Miss Events – Captured By Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

| August 26, 2016 @ 10:51 am

It was a week of innovation and inspiration in Alabama this week and our friends at Alabama NewsCenter captured it all.  Here is a look back at the good news of the past seven days, as well as a look forward at this weekend’s can’t miss events across our state, including 10 movies (and more!) not to miss […]

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Reaching for the Stars – Alabama NewsCenter Brings Us More Good News Stories!

Reaching for the Stars – Alabama NewsCenter Brings Us More Good News Stories!

| August 19, 2016 @ 10:22 am

Crimson Tide and the floods, Birminghamians visit Birmingham, Alabama actresses take New York and kayak fishing in Bayou La Batre helped make this a fun week from our partners at Alabama NewsCenter.  Here are some of our favorite good news stories from this week. Crimson Tide calls on Alabama to help flood victims in Louisiana […]

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The Weekly Gardener for August 15th

The Weekly Gardener for August 15th

| August 5, 2016 @ 9:00 am

Each week, we sit down with Andy Hanna of Hanna’s Garden Center to talk about Central Alabama gardening. Here is this week’s Q&A. Q. What are most people planting right now? A. Ground covers and most evergreen trees or shrubs do fairly well throughout the year.  Conifers tend to do better in cooler weather. A lot of […]

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Punch and Pizazz From The Alabama News Center

Punch and Pizazz From The Alabama News Center

| July 15, 2016 @ 9:00 am

From Media Days to monuments, from the Bronze Bomber to the Sonic Suitcase and from SlossFest to Small Stages, this week’s dose of good news from Alabama NewsCenter comes with added punch and pizazz. Alabama’s Nick Saban had more to say at SEC Media Days than the Paul Finebaum exchange Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn […]

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Making Us Alabama Proud – Stories from Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

Making Us Alabama Proud – Stories from Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

| July 8, 2016 @ 10:40 am

From Nick Saban and the West Virginia floods to a young man from Theodore winning the top global prize in opera, there is plenty to make you Alabama proud in the latest from our friends at Alabama NewsCenter. Can’t Miss Alabama captures baseball, movies, music and memories Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban seeks Alabama […]

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Bringing Us Bama’s Best – Good News Stories From Alabama NewsCenter

Bringing Us Bama’s Best – Good News Stories From Alabama NewsCenter

| July 1, 2016 @ 12:51 pm

Bama bikes, beautiful beaches, Birmingham Barons, B&B, Brexit and Bentley were in this week’s good news from Alabama NewsCenter. And that was just the B’s! Check out the rest of the alphabet and the stories that made us feel good about our state. Spirit of America Festival a 50-year red, white and blue bonanza in […]

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Alabama Keeps Going and Growing! Good News Stories From Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

Alabama Keeps Going and Growing! Good News Stories From Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

| June 24, 2016 @ 11:31 am

From Birmingham’s Batman to Tuscaloosa’s “Wicked” star and Miranda Lambert’s Alabama musician boyfriend, there are plenty of interesting people and good news stories from our friends at Alabama NewsCenter. Birmingham’s Batman legacy lives on through daughter’s efforts Jack Royer following in his famous father’s footsteps and career Birmingham Barons keep breaking attendance record Auburn’s June […]

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