A delegation from Alabama’s “Camellia City,” Greenville, has announced that a new variety of Alabama’s State Flower, the Camellia japonica L., has been officially named for Governor Kay Ivey.
Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller have been unveiled on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol.
BAPS Hindu Mandir held its Diwali festival outside the Alabama Capitol.
Gov. Kay Ivey has flipped the switch to light the state Christmas tree, which is the tallest in state history.
Lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to legislation that could lead to the construction of a new Alabama State House.
This year’s tree is a 35-foot eastern red cedar grown in Fitzpatrick, which is in Bullock County.
Community activists have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges over spray-painted messages near the Alabama Capitol urging the state to expand Medicaid.
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Church leaders from across the state were in Montgomery to pray for the state and its leaders.
Alabama State University President Quinton Ross has announced that campus will be closed until Thursday, as a precaution over the possibility of armed protests downtown. The city of Montgomery has closed several streets near the Alabama Capitol. Mayor Steven Reed on Friday urged people who work downtown to work virtually from home through the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on…
Two Montgomery Public Schools will move to virtual learning as a precaution to any planned protests downtown. An MPS spokesperson says Baldwin Middle Magnet School and Floyd Middle Magnet School will be virtual on Tuesday and Wednesday. Schools are out on Monday for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday. Both schools are in the downtown area. Montgomery Mayor…
