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Educator Workforce Academy Graduates 66

TUSCALOOSA, AL, February 11, 2021 – A total of 66 educators from 7 different school systems graduated from West Alabama Works’ Educator Workforce Academy on Tuesday, February 9th. The school systems that were represented...

Letters To The Editor

I’d like to share my personal Spring Fling getaway…Now I tend to be tight with money and my vacations tend to reflect that trait but sincerely one of the most sacred places that I...
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Bibb Medical Center Provides COVID Infusion Therapy

Bibb Medical Center is an Alabama health care provider  participating with Eli Lilly company in an FDA authorized trial to provide specialized infusion therapy to pre-hospital patients under certain conditions who have a positive...

Governor Discloses Actual Projected Cost of Prison Projects

On a call with lawmakers on Friday, January 29, administration officials shared information that showed the projected total lease payments for private prisons were expected to be $94 Million the first year and increasing...

Regions Announcement May Slow Prison Construction Projects

State Auditor Jim Zeigler appeared on The Jeff Poor Show on January 26, 2021 and called on the state legislature to stop the Ivey administration from proceeding with Governor Kay Ivey's plan to contract...

Alabama’s Truckers are an Important Line of Defense Against Human Trafficking

By Mark Colson On any given day, there are tens of thousands of people being trafficked into and within the U.S. A large percentage of the victims are minors, often young females, who are brutally...

Community Service of West Alabama Announces Limited Cares Act Funding – Assistance Programs

Centreville, Ala – Community Service Programs of West Alabama (CSP), Inc. has funding, through the CARES Act, to assist households affected by COVID-19, with the cost of heating and cooling bills. Listed below are...

Bibb County High School Wins “Best Hustle Award”

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Jan. 26, 2021) – Alabama Possible, a statewide nonprofit that breaks down barriers to prosperity, today announced that 51 schools will receive the Best Hustle Award for successfully improving their early Free...

Students Opposed To Brierfield Prison Plan To Address Bibb Commission

Students to Speak Out Against Private Prison at Bibb County Commission Tonight Local representatives from Alabama Students Against Prisons (ASAP) will be speaking to Bibb County officials this evening, in opposition to the proposed private...

Alabama Lightwave Announces Service Expansion in South Bibb County

CENTREVILLE, AL – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced that she has extended the successful Alabama Broadband Connectivity for Students program into 2021 thanks to a provision in the latest COVID-19 relief package...