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Local Sports

  • Palmer fires 62 at Colonial
    FORT WORTH, Texas -- Colonial member Ryan Palmer shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to match the first-round record at Hogan's Alley and take a one-stroke lead over John Rollins.
  • Decatur's Frost named to C-USA baseball elite
    BIRMINGHAM -- UAB senior third baseman John Frost, of Decatur, has been named to the All-Conference USA First Team, the league office announced Tuesday.
  • Tide stays alive in SEC baseball
    HOOVER -- Mikey White hit a two-run single in the 10th inning to give Alabama a 7-5 victory against Mississippi at the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday. Alabama (34-25) trailed 3-0 ...

Living

  • 175-mile run for camp comes through area
    Nestled in the Chandler Mountains of St. Clair County, west of the speeding cars on I-65, east of the traffic on I-59 and north of Birmingham’s high-rise buildings, a 1,700-acre oasis
  • Happy Birthday
    Jaxon Lane Smith, son of Tiffany Smith and Blake Blankenship, both of Moulton, celebrates his first birthday today.
  • Deeper into Inferno of church-state
    Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller already was having a rough day at the House Ways and Means Committee when one particularly hot question shoved him into the lower depths of a church-state ...

Business

  • ULA launch scheduled tonight
    A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket, built in Decatur, is scheduled to launch a military communications satellite tonight. The launch, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., is planned for a 30-minute ...
  • Unemployment down in area, state
    Unemployment rates continued their downward trend in Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties in April, according to data released today by the state Department of Labor. In April, Morgan ...
  • Defining today's necessities
    Dear Dave: Can you please define "necessities" in today's world while trying to get out of debt and live on a budget? -- Matthew

Opinion