One of the many expenses that any town or city faces is providing signage and lighting to help citizens navigate the streets and highways. For one Alabama town, Hanceville, more and more of their budget needs to be spent on street signs. People keep stealing them. According to The Cullman Times, vandals have been stealing…

Alabamians may face higher insurance costs next year despite increased competition in the market, healthcare analysis nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation has said. Most residents will see between a 1 – 5% increase on the second-lowest silver plan, according to a listing of benchmark premiums across the country. Kaiser Senior Policy Analyst Cynthia Cox, quoted in the Montgomery…

A Marine from Madison County, AL, recently received the keys to his own brand-new, custom-built home, given to him for free by two area organizations that pitched in to build the house.According to a November 10 AL.com article, Brandon Johnson, a veteran who now suffers from chronic leg pain after getting nerve damage when an IED…

It seems only right that this week should be Winter Weather Awareness Week in Alabama, with many parts of the state already having experienced below average temperatures and snow flurries earlier in the week. The campaign is a joint project between the National Weather Service and local emergency management organizations across the state. The goal…

Since Hyundai set up its first American production plant in Montgomery, AL in 2002, the city has seen a major shift towards the manufacturing industry that now fuels its economy.Increased demand for the Korean automaker’s two most popular models in the U.S., the Elantra and Sonata, prompted the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant to turn to…

A recent study has revealed that obese women have lower incomes, on average, than women who weigh less and men of any weight. The study, authored by Vanderbilt University law professor Jennifer Shinall, investigated the earlier claims of research from 2004, which found that a 65-pound increase in a woman’s weight was associated with a…

Last week’s midterm elections probably went a lot more smoothly than anticipated for some local candidates. According to AL.com, many of the candidates running for local seats ran unopposed.Two of these were Madison County judges Alison Austin and Schuyler H. “Dick” Richardson.According to Alabama, Austin moved from the district court to circuit court, and Richardson will…

Carrie’s Kitchen will be the newest startup business to find its home in the Clinton Row Project. Downtown Huntsville, Inc. has announced that Carrie’s Kitchen, owned by fourth-generation Huntsville resident Carrie Coan, will be the new anchor tenant at the Clinton Row Project at Jefferson Street and Clinton Avenue. The Clinton Row Project is a…

Crowdfunding is taking a culinary turn in Huntsville, AL, where a first-time restaurant owner is hoping to get his business up and running again.New York-inspired eatery Urban Chez was only in operation for two months before its owner, Warran Siao, realized that his predictions for the company had been off. He told AL.com that he “jumped…

In years past, Madison County, Alabama has distributed free flu shots at clinics throughout the area. However, this year, administrators are questioning where the clinics will be held and how effective the County’s preventative measures will be as a result. The confusion is raising serious concerns in the midst of the global outbreak of Ebola,…