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Wanda Cagle Gray has announced she will run for re-election to the Bartow County Board of Education, District 4, as an independent candidate.

During World War II, George Lassett was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps at age 18, assigned to work as a radar and radio technician for B-29 bombers.

The correlation between the general public's understanding of science as related to climate change and the disjoint between public consensus and scientific consensus concerning climate change is a function of cultural values and how individuals' group values shape their perceptions of societal risks according to research published in the May 27, ... (more)

High school graduates are often encouraged to reach for the stars. On Sunday, East Liverpool High School's class of 2012 got some graduation inspiration from an alumna whose reach for the stars has landed her at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Three Lake County students are among more than 2,500 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities, it was announced Wednesday.

A group of fourth-year medical students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are leaving the comforts of home to head out today for the Dominican Republic to help people gain access to filtered drinking water and possibly help reduce water-borne disease.

Newswise - Newfound details of the immune system suggest a role for never-before-considered drug classes in the treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study published online today in Nature Immunology .

This event has become one of the most popular social events in Birmingham for young professionals to benefit the Healthy Happy Kids program June 1, local corporate, media and advocate celebrities raise funds for UAB's MHRC Healthy Happy Kids program BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

Across Alabama this month, college students have crossed the stage to receive their diplomas, ending years-long odysseys of study to reach a peak of achievement in education.

Gulf South Conference Commissioner Nathan Salant told the Cleveland Daily Banner the conference's executive committee unanimously voted on Thursday evening to extend the invitation.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - When Col. John Grimes tells you the two greatest threats to "operational security" - any operation carried out by a company, group or individual with the help of the internet - are habit and convenience, there is good reason to take note.

UAB is a leader in a sweeping policy change proposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fight liver failure and cancer.

The University of Alabama has high interest in two quarterbacks in the class of 2013.

Franklin, TN - The University of Alabama won the NCAA Women's Golf Championship by one stroke on Friday when senior Brooke Pancake sank a four-foot par putt.

It's a quiet moment, but one many in the chamber - from the doormen to the Senate president - eagerly anticipate.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Five distinguished business leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame Thursday, Nov.

A The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's track and field team had four Lady Chargers compete at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday at the Neta & Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl on the campus of Colorado State University - Pueblo.

What: Fort Wayne native Michael Martone returns to Fort Wayne for the play "Alive and Dead in Indiana," an adaptation by Doug Long of the book written by Martone.

As many students begin their transition from high school to adulthood, two local seniors dedicated to improving the community through nonviolence will get some help with funding their college education.

Beverly Folkes, 58, of Hope Hull, AL, formerly of Taylorville ascended to her Lord and Savior at University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, AL on Sunday, May 20, 2012, as the result of an aneurysm.