From the West Alabama Newsroom– Folks in Dallas County are getting ready for a fun and festive Fourth of July celebration. And they say it’s impossible to have that celebration — without fireworks. Fireworks and the Fourth of July — are inseparable. “It’s not a 4th of July without fireworks. This is the turkey and dressing that’s Thanksgiving. This is…
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, members of the community gathered at the state capitol steps for a program reflecting on his life.
It was a historic day in the Capitol City Saturday, as hundreds of Alabama residents came to downtown Montgomery for the state’s Bicentennial Celebration. “73 thousand days, 24 hundred months, 200 years. That, my fellow Alabamians, is how long we have been a state,” Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said. That was Ivey’s opening statement as she led the Bicentennial Park…
The White House says it’s canceling its annual Fourth of July picnic and fireworks watch because of rainy weather soaking the nation’s capital. But scheduled performances by rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer-songwriter Janelle Monae will go on indoors. The artists will perform in the White House East Room for an audience of military families, administration staff, and supporters and guests…
