5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (378+ words) Alabama National Cemetery will hear the sound of live Taps every day throughout September as a Samford University professor leads a monthlong effort honoring the veterans buried there. Matt Burford, a Samford alumnus and adjunct professor, organized “30 Days of Real…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (242+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Dozens of people gathered at Fairview Park for a Memorial Ceremony. The event honored the lives of service members who died while serving the country. "We celebrate Memorial Day is to honor those that have fallen before us…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (460+ words) Fort Rucker has experienced decades of change in how day-to-day operations are conducted, and longtime employee Barbara Harper witnessed many of those changes firsthand over the course of her 50-year career. Harper retired this month after spending more than five…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (121+ words) Early Grand Army of the Republic, GAR, document at the Macon County History museum in Decatur, Illinois. May 21, 2026. DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – In 1866, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was founded in Decatur. The fraternal organization was made up of Civil…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (572+ words) The Alabama Butterbean Festival has come to an end after 20 years in Pinson, but conflicting accounts remain over what led to the festival’s closure and whether anything similar might take its place. In a March 17 press release, the Clay-Pinson Chamber…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (729+ words) Yellowhammer News Long before the name appeared in Madison, the “Donut Dollies” were a familiar sight to American troops stationed in war zones. During World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War, women volunteers with the American…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (279+ words) FLORENCE, Wis. — The Friends of the Florence County K9 Unit will host their annual Fish Fry Fundraiser from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday at One-O-One Bar & Grill in Florence. All proceeds benefit the Florence County K9 Unit and support the ongoing needs of…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (120+ words) It’s not the daylong community gathering that it was in its glory days, but the Gadsden Kiwanis Club’s annual Pancake Day fundraiser remains a “mark the calendar” event. It’s not the daylong community gathering that…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (61+ words) DLS recreation coordinator Helen Wu tells us about this new program to help you out with making sure your Christmas goes off without a hitch. Talking Dothan Leisure Services' Holiday Hangout News4 Morning Mingle | Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama News4 Morning Mingle…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago   (476+ words) — Organizer Gerald Lyons of the Oxford Police Department led the annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Centennial Memorial Park. — The event honored veterans and remembered longtime organizer Ken Rollins. — Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters…...