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We tell young people that education is the key to unlocking opportunities and success, and that advice still rings true, but we must consider how we d...

One of the most rewarding parts of this year’s GFWC Alabama leadership workshop came when clubwomen assembled more than 100 reading kits and drawstrin...

Recently, the federal government published “scores” that will determine how much each state will have to pay toward its SNAP program starting in 2027....

Friends are wonderful gifts. Throughout different stages of life, friends serve as anchors, confidants and sources of strength. While many people come...

Two hundred fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia.

E ach summer, the W.C. Handy Music Festival brings outstanding music and entertainment to communities across the Shoals. For more than four decades, t...

Summer tends to make it easier to say “yes” to socializing with friends. That’s what members of the Book Lovers Study Club did for their June meeting ...

By the time Thomas Jefferson dipped his quill in ink in the summer of 1776, he was drawing from a wealth of ideas more than five centuries old.

Jeffery Lee has been on Alabama’s death row for over two decades. He was convicted of a terrible crime — the murder of two people at a pawn shop outsi...

As our country prepares for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, communities across the nation are planning activi...