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California is the state with the most Little League World Series Championships. With California boasting 8 Little League Baseball World Series to its credit. However, this year, California won't get its ninth championship. For the Phenix City 12U All Stars from Alabama beat the Sweetwater Valley team from California to advance to the next round in the Little League World Series. With Phenix City beating California 12 to 2 today in a four inning game. Managed by Case Rasmus and Coached by Cory Ra...
While the latest installment in the Spider Man movie franchise, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" is still topping the box office charts over three weeks after its initial release, for those who have an interest in history or possess a more intellectual inclination, "The Brink of War" is currently showing in movie theaters nationwide. With "The Brink of War" coming in seventh over the weekend in box office results. It is a film that is focused on how, "President Reagan races to save a nuclear deal wit...
The Daughters of the American Revolution, commonly known as the "DAR", has 3,000 local chapters worldwide. With over 190,000 members in the genealogical society for descendants of American Patriots who fought in America's war for independence, known as The American Revolution. Traditionally, the organization has been for ladies only, but in recent years the leadership of the society has looked the other way when males who transitioned joined the organization using altered birth certificates and...
Flock Cameras and Hyperscale Data Centers Are "We The People Versus The Oligarchs and The Big Mules – A Community Discussion at Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church A community discussion before an audience of half of a hundred was held yesterday at the New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The topic of discussion was "Flock Cameras and Data Centers, what is the concern?" As a bipartisan discussion, the presenters consisted of the well-known Republican advocate, Ann E...
Although, "Stone of Destiny" is a Scottish-Canadian film that was released in 2008, it is resurfacing online as a hidden gem for fans of period dramas. It is based on a true story and part of what makes the film fun to watch is that the historical events related in the film meet with success. It is set in 1950 in Scotland as Ian Hamilton, a college student who is filled with the fervor of Scottish Nationalism, finds himself in dismay when the petitions that he and other college students have...
Known as "The Queen of Country", Dolly Parton, has passed away at the age of eighty. In a video announcing her passing today August 25th, 2026, her nephew, stated that, "She never saw a door she couldn't open." And that his aunt informed him that she wanted to rest on a "beautiful bed of plush cotton" because after wearing rhinestones all of her life, she wanted to finally be comfortable. Echoing the words of one of her famous songs, her nephew ended his video with the comments that "God Bless...
A redemption story, "Southern Gospel", is a PG – 13 film that is available now on streaming via Angel.com or also for free via Youtube. It is based on true events with those true events centering around the life of the director's father, Dr. Gary Smith, who was raised in Sayre, Alabama. With Sayre being a small community in Jefferson County. In the film, the lead character's name is changed to Samuel Allen. The story follows the story of Dr. Gary Smith's childhood as the son of a pastor. With t...
The Phenix City 12U All Stars will play again the Little League Baseball World Series today, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026, at 6 PM Central Time. For they won their game yesterday against the Tacoma, Washington team 4 to 2. With the star player for the Phenix City All Stars, Kinley Rasmus, breaking a record in the series with her fifth hit. Kinley now has the most hits of any girl playing in the Little League World Series. Kinley's stellar performance in the series is leading to a rallying cry...
While the island of Curacao won the 2026 Little League World Series this year for its second baseball championship title, the Phenix City Little League 12 U All Stars baseball team reached the elimination rounds in the Little League World Series this year. Even winning three consecutive elimination games against Bonita, California; West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Tacoma, Washington; before ending their series run with a loss to Hamilton, Ohio on Wednesday, August 26th, 2026. The last time a...
Applied Digital Corporation based out of Dallas, Texas recently donated $25,000 to Tommy Tuberville's campaign for Governor of the State of Alabama. Applied Digital through its various companies owns land in the amount of 1,300 acres in Brookwood, Alabama and has been mindbogglingly given an environmental permit from the State of Alabama for a proposed hyperscale data center to be built on its property. With the construction runoff from Applied Digital's proposed hyperscale data center set to...
The CEO for Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner, released a video message urging people to oppose the Protect College Sports Act in its current form. For according to the nonprofit Christian conservative legal advocacy group, the language of the popularly termed "Save College Sports Act" is imprecise. With the language of the bill being "ambiguous" to the point to where a liberal judge could misuse the act to override the laws in 27 states that protect women's sports. As Waggoner...
The Irish music juggernaut, Celtic Woman, will be performing their Christmas themed program at the Oxford Performing Arts Center on Friday, December 18th, 2026 as part of their Silver Bells Christmas Tour. While the heat of August may make it seem far too early to start thinking about tickets for Christmas themed concerts, Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish music ensemble that has sold more than nine million records worldwide since its formation in 2004. Hence, good tickets for their concerts...
With huge hyperscale data center projects being proposed in Alabama, such as "Project Red Clay" about six miles southwest of Montgomery, "Project Marvel" in Bessemer, and the two million square foot project in Brookwood, it is important to note what Alabama's public officials and political candidates are saying about hyperscale AI data centers. For Alabamians have held protests against the development of hyperscale data centers with residents in Bessemer even referring to hyperscale data...
Everyday the average American is feeling their wallet get thinner and thinner as they purchase gasoline at over three dollars a gallon and the price of meat at the grocery store goes up every single week. However, the average American is not alone in experiencing higher meat prices, for even McDonald's reached the point of frustration in having to pay high prices for meat. With McDonald's filing suit in federal court in October of 2024 against the "Big Four". The "Big Four" being the industry...
The finale of the Patriot Games, a youth sporting competition featuring a male and a female high school athlete from every state in the nation, is tonight at 6PM Central Time. Since the Trump administration created the 2026 Patriot Games to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence, President Trump is visiting Northeast Ohio this evening for the finale of the Patriot Games. With the Patriot Games being held at the SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. The two...
Southern Girls Playing Baseball In A League Of Their Own While no players native to Alabama are listed on the rosters of the San Francisco Firebells, New York Heights, Los Angeles Queens, or the Boston Hunters, there is a former softball player from Auburn on the roster as well as several players from the South playing in the inaugural season of The Women's Pro-Baseball League. A league which had its first game on August 01st with the ceremonial first pitch being pitched by the 99 years of age,...
For those who didn't make it to the movie theater or for those who did and wish to see it again, the recently released movie, "Young Washington" is now available for streaming via Amazon Prime and Angel.com. "Young Washington" is also available to purchase on Amazon on Blue-Ray or DVD. The well done film has grossed around close to $47 million in the movie theater box offices and has remained in the top ten in the domestic box office charts since its release in the movie theaters over a month...
The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra has performed at the historic Bama Theater in Tuscaloosa, Alabama upon numerous occasions over the years. With the orchestra returning this Fall in the form of the "Jukebox Saturday Night" which will be performing the music of Henry Mancini. An American composer of Italian heritage who won four Academy Awards for his film scores. While many people may not recognize Henry Mancini by name, some of his music is immediately recognizable to modern audiences....
Not Just One, But Two Hyperscale Data Centers Planned For Brookwood Dozens of Brookwood residents protested outside of Brookwood City Hall yesterday as the Planning and Zoning Commission met at 6PM. The cause of their protest was the proposed two million square foot hyperscale data center that is proposed for construction directly across form and next to the Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood, Alabama. Well, to the protestors' surprise, the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting last night...
The Alabama Writers Cooperative is one of the oldest continuing organizations for writers in the USA. It was founded in 1923 and over a hundred years later is still supporting writers in Alabama the Beautiful via writing workshops, conferences, and their popular annual writing contests. This year, the deadline for entries for their annual writing contest is Monday, August 31st, 2026. Originally founded as the Alabama Writer's Conclave, the Alabama Writers Cooperative is the organization tasked...
The film documentary about the lead singer for the country music group, "Alabama", is now available for viewing for free online at Alabama Public Television. The close to 57 minutes long documentary about Randy Owen features a lot of beautiful fall foliage scenes from on top of Lookout Mountain where Randy Owen grew up near Fort Payne, Alabama. With the documentary featuring snippets of some of Alabama's famous songs such as "Tennessee River" and "Mountain Music" all throughout. The documentary...
The first Alabama team to appear in the Little League World Series was the Birmingham Southside Little League, which secured the world championship in 1953. Now, the Phenix City Little League team which hails from Phenix City, Alabama, is heading to the Little League World Series on August 19th. With the Phenix City Youth Baseball team set to play against the Northwest champion at 2:00 Central Time on Wednesday. A game which will be aired on ESPN. The game will be played at the Little League...
Human First, a grassroots conservative organization that organized the hyperscale data center National Day of Protest that was held on July 18th, is trying to ensure that every day Americans have a say in how AI technology develops rather than, "a handful of unelected tech elites in Silicon Valley". They've recently announced that they will be stopping in Bessemer, Alabama on September 13th, 2026. As part of their nationwide bus tour to "support conservatives in their fight against the...
The Tuscaloosa County National Alumni Association of the University of Alabama held its annual Fall Kickoff event at the River Market in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday evening. A crowd of nearly 150 attended the event with several alumni proudly boasting of their long-time association with The University of Alabama, including Don Garner. A gentleman who is in his eighties and let people know that he was actually born in the university. As back when he was born, there was a small hospital on the campus of...
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville discussed hyperscale data centers during his weekly media call. Tuberville acknowledged during the call that, "Well, it has been a hot topic, and people in Alabama. And they are obviously concerned about data centers causing their energy bills to go up. And I completely agree with them." Yet, while acknowledging the concerns of Alabamians with regards to hyperscale data centers, Tuberville maintained that "further development of data centers across the state" is...
