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In wake of mass shootings, Alabama lawmakers eye ban on Glock switches and public safety bills. After a violent year marked by multiple mass shootings in Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers from both parties are backing a proposed ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.
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Birmingham begins new curbside waste collection schedule
Jan 3, 2025 · Birmingham’s new trash, recycling and bulk waste collection schedule kicks off on Monday, January 6. Residents can expect regular trash pickup on one specific day each week and recycling collection on the same day every other week.
Why Alabama, Mississippi still celebrate King-Lee Day | WBHM 90.3
Jan 12, 2024 · Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Jan. 13, 2023.It has been updated to include recent efforts in Alabama and Mississippi to separate the two holidays in each state. Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day — a federally-recognized holiday to honor the life of the civil rights movement icon around his birthday, January 15.
Steel City Men’s Chorus brings music and friendship to LGBTQ
Jan 31, 2025 · In mid-January, the Steel City Men’s Chorus gathered for their first rehearsal of the 2025 season. The Pilgrim Church in Birmingham rang clear with music as choral members sang together from the pews. Director Elizabeth Fisher kept time from the front of the sanctuary. The chorus rehearsed a song ...
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New Orleans shifts focus to recovery, healing after terror attack
Jan 9, 2025 · Tyler Burt knows the streets of the French Quarter like the back of his hand. A graduate student at Loyola University by day and a pedicab driver by night, the California native moved to New Orleans just over a year and a half ago.
Sacred mound returned to Louisiana tribe who built it
Oct 25, 2024 · Dead lemon trees stick out of the ground of a sacred mound in Adams Bay in Louisiana on Sept. 20th, 2024. The mound is slowly disappearing because of coastal land loss.
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Holiday Programs 2024 | WBHM 90.3
Jan 1, 2025 · Wednesday, November 27. 2 p.m. – No Small Endeavor’s Holiday Toolkit: Gratitude and Conversation. 7 p.m. – Milk Street Radio 2024 Thanksgiving Special Thursday, November 28. 9 a.m. – Songs of Thanks 10 a.m. – Milk Street Radio 2024 Thanksgiving Special (repeat) 11 a.m. – Thanksgiving-Gratitude from the CBC 12 p.m.