The return of UAB Football
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Football program kicked off a new era with the grand opening of the Football Operations Center and Legacy Pavilion. Fans, students, donors and community members came out in droves to join UAB Athletics for the official ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, Aug. 18. Several guest speakers took the […]
UAB breaks ground on new arts and sciences building
The University of Alabama at Birmingham broke ground on a new 160,000-square-foot Arts and Sciences Building, which is slated to open for the fall 2019 semester. GMC designed the new $39.5 million academic facility, located on the corner of 10th Avenue South and 14th Street South. The College of Arts and Sciences serves more than […]
Brandon Bias receives 2017 ACE Star Award
The Alabama Communities of Excellence (ACE) presented the 2017 ACE Star Awards at the Annual Community Reunion on July 14 at the Alabama Power Company – Clanton Conference Center. The ACE Star Awards recognizes individuals who have performed above and beyond the call of duty and embody the principles of the ACE Program, a comprehensive […]
Finley Center opens for SEC Baseball Tournament
The City of Hoover debuted its new 155,000-square-foot indoor events center for the 2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament on May 23-28. The tournament featured the first-ever SEC FanFest at the newly-constructed Finley Center adjacent to the Hoover Metropolitan Complex where the baseball games were played. Avid fans of all ages filled the events center for FanFest […]
Take me out to the ballgame
Clemson, Coastal Carolina among nation’s top 10 baseball stadiums A survey of college baseball coaches and sports information directors across the nation listed Clemson University’s Doug Kingsmore Stadium as the No. 6 best college baseball park in the country, with Coastal Carolina University’s Springs Brooks Stadium following at No. 9. The list, released by D1Baseball, […]
Six years later
Turning tragedy into triumph in Hackleburg Prior to April 27, 2011, there were some 30 businesses operating in the small northwest Alabama town of Hackleburg. At the end of that fateful day, only two remained – the result of a catastrophic EF5 tornado that also took 18 lives and obliterated a third of the town’s […]