After more than four years of delays, lawsuits and false starts, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voted on Dec. 11 to award the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary licenses, clearing the ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. Shomari C. Figures (DAla.) to reauthorize the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Estuary Program through 2031.

U.S. Rep. Shomari C. Figures (D-Ala.) has been named a cochair of the newly formed bipartisan Congressional Trucking Caucus, a first-of-its-kind group aimed at addressing issues facing the nation’s ...

Alma Jean Kirkham, 85, a homemaker and a former resident of Thomasville, died Dec. 15, 2025 at Jackson General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn. She was born Feb. 26, 1940 in Coffeeville, to Leslie Ott and ...

Dec. 2, families across Clarke County gathered at the Grove Hill Senior Building for a festive Parents as Teacher (PAT) ...

Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree! I do love a Christmas tree! I bought one from Dirt Cheap in its waning days. It is one ...

There is something about the Christmas season that draws our memories to the surface. Stories we haven’t thought about in ...

A group of Buddhist monks traveling on foot across the United States passed through Alabama last week as part of a ...

The proposed West Alabama Corridor, a proposed four-lane highway from Thomasville northward to Moundville, got a major boost ...

Some of my favorite Christmas memories didn’t come in shiny boxes with bows they came on two wheels. I can’t tell you which ...

For some time now Peggy and I have given our attention to giving stuff away. Evidently the emphasis in that statement lies in ...

Recently, I had several of Gov. Kay Ivey’s closest friends and confidantes invite me to visit with them. Over lunch, they ...