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 […]
New medical office building opens in Mississippi
Merit Health Madison recently cut the ribbon on its new medical office building in Canton, Mississippi. The 35,000-square-foot healthcare facility, designed by GMC, includes primary care, obstetrics/gynecology and orthopedics, among other medical specialties. Located next to Merit Health’s existing 67-bed hospital, the building features an outpatient physical rehabilitation clinic to provide patients occupational health and […]
Clearly affordable
Mississippi Town Leans on Ion Exchange Process to Remove Brown Tint from Water By Steve Cawood, PE, Regional President and Wheeler Crook, PE, Design Engineer Discolored tap water had long been a source of frustration for the City of Gautier, Miss., and its citizens. Bathtubs and sinks filled with brown water were hindering growth and […]