Local students make UAB spring honors lists
BIRMINGHAM - The following local students made the 2025 spring semester honors lists for the University of Alabama at Birmingham...
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Local students make Samford dean’s list
BIRMINGHAM - Samford University named the following local students to the dean's list for the spring 2025 semester.
Lauren Smith, of Crane Hill, English major;
Dayton Roberts, of Addison, law and history major;
Abigail Tidwell, of Double Springs, undeclared major taking a pre-pharmacy curriculum;
Tyler Clark, of Haleyville, international relations major;
Mia Edens, of Houston, architecture major.
Estes named Alabama Arts Alliance Legislator of the Year
State Representative Tracy Estes accepts his award after being named the Alabama Arts Alliance’s Legislator of the Year. (Courtesy photo)
BIRMINGHAM - Rep. Tracy Estes (R-Winfield) has been honored by the Alabama Arts Alliance as the statewide organization’s Legislator of the Year...
Addison Lady Bulldogs state champs
BIRMINGHAM - Addison High School’s Lady Bulldogs posted a 25-17, 25-17, 25-19 victory over Orange Beach High School Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham to claim the school’s 13th state title at the Alabama High School Athletic Association's 51st State Volleyball Championships.
Marion County man convicted by federal jury
BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury convicted a Marion County man Tuesday, Oct. 19, of being a felon in possession of a firearm...
Federal jury convicts Haleyville couple for transporting illegal aliens, money laundering
BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury convicted a husband and wife Tuesday, Oct. 12, for transporting illegal aliens to provide labor for a local chicken plant, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent-in-Charge Katrina W. Berger.
UAB outlines its visitor policy across range of scenarios
BIRMINGHAM - With the Alabama Department of Public Health reporting that most counties in the state are seeing high levels of COVID-19 infection, UAB is wanting to remind patients, family members and potential visitors about its visitor restriction policies.
UAB sleuths find drug candidate against COVID-19
BIRMINGHAM - The medical detectives at the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have helped find a potential drug to treat COVID-19.
UAB offering clinical trial for treatment of patients with severe COVID-19
BIRMINGHAM - The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been selected to begin enrolling patients in an international study assessing the use of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) to improve outcomes for COVID-19 patients with severely damaged lungs.
New coronavirus symptom tracker launched by UAB
BIRMINGHAM - As the Deep South sees a surge in cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, experts from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have created a symptom checker to identify hot spots where the virus is spreading.