To move forward, Johnny Johns, chief executive of Protective Life Corp., said the community needs to take on one difficult challenge "and prove to ourselves that we can solve it," he said.

The community service award is one of group's highest awards.

Courtney Thacker, of Crossville, tied her season-high with 16 points Monday while helping Auburn-Montgomery to a 66-63 victory over visiting Birmingham-Southern in women's college basketball.

Triple-X domains are cheap and easy: for $100, you can buy Alabama.xxx, Cornell.xxx, USDOJ.xxx, ProphetMuhammet.xxx, and plenty of others, data from Stanford's Elie Bursztein shows.

What does the young, 20-something voter see in a senior-citizen Republican presidential candidate with shaggy brows, isolationist views, and an economic policy that predates 1971? Isn't this the same group that helped to sweep Barack Obama into office in 2008?

Remember the Legendary Shots guys? The young men from all over the Birmingham metro area who --- through a near-insane amount of persistence --- sink trick basketball shots from odd places?

BIRMINGHAM (SMU) - Following two days of practice at Birmingham Southern College, SMU will wrap up its preparations for the 2012 BBVA Compass Bowl with a walk-through this afternoon at historic Legion Field.

Although Darius Dalton was overlooked at Whitefield Academy by most colleges, the former Wolfpack standout was named a second-team Division III All-American by the Beyond College Sports Network at ...

The Salisbury University baseball team will enter the 2012 season with a top 20 national ranking as the Sea Gulls are No. 17 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper preseason poll.

Birmingham, Ala (WIAT) The Nan-Jing Acrobatic Troupe kicks off the New Year at Birmingham Southern College with a celebration marking this the Year of the Dragon.