Alabaster mayor comments on Walker Springs development

By Josie Shaw, Managing editor of production In the Nov. 14 Alabaster City Council meeting, Alabaster Mayor Scott Brakefield addressed both the public and the council about an issue of communication throughout the process of…

UM students advocate for change for Ebenezer Swamp…

By Josie Shaw, Managing editor of production  Several faculty members and students from UM’s environmental studies department attended a public hearing in Alabaster to protest a housing subdivision development affecting UM’s Ebenezer Swamp.   In 2020,…

BACHE Visiting Writer Series returns to UM

By Josie Shaw  On Monday, Sept. 26, poet Nickole Brown visited UM as a part of the UM BACHE Visiting Writer Series. This is the first in-person event of this series at UM since February…

Montevallo African American Heritage Trail 

By Josie Shaw  On Aug. 22, Montevallo’s City Council approved the production of an African American Heritage Trail to commemorate Black history within the Montevallo community.   Dr. Kathy King and Anitka Stewart Sims are currently…