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AL.com @al.com · 9h

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/birmingham-based-brewery-reopens-promises-return-to-taps-across-alabama-beyond.html
“Back on taps across Alabama & beyond,” a post announces. “Stay tuned for our first arrival location.”

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AL.com @al.com · 10h

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/these-new-holiday-events-will-bring-a-little-more-magic-to-downtown-birmingham.html
A slate of events being planned by REV Birmingham is hoping to conjure up more merriment for the 21st century.

AL.com @al.com · 11h

Alabama added nearly 50,000 people in the last year – and out-of-state transplants are driving much of the growth, new Census data shows.

Out-of-state transplants fueled Alabama’s population growth in 2024

The state saw its biggest population boom since COVID last year.

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AL.com @al.com · 12h

If you’ve ever wanted an adorable historic cottage on Mobile Bay in Fairhope, one is available after nine decades off the market.

$10.9M, 3-acre historic estate for sale on Mobile Bay called ‘once-in-a-century opportunity’

One of Battles Wharf’s most iconic estates is on the market for $10.9 million in Fairhope, Ala. It includes two cottages on three acres with 180 feet of frontage on Mobile Bay.

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AL.com @al.com · 13h

"We want real solutions, and that’s not a quick fix," columnist @roysj.bsky.social writes. "It’s not the National Guard."

Johnson: The National Guard can’t fix Montgomery

Solving gun violence requires viable solutions, not the GOP's quick-fix that won't fix anything

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AL.com @al.com · 14h

"I think it’s very clear that we find ways to not win football games‚" Hugh Freeze said after the Georgia loss. “That’s what has to change.”

Why aren’t the results improving at Auburn under Hugh Freeze?

With Auburn's third season under Freeze already looking similar to his first two, it raises questions of how and if things will improve

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AL.com @al.com · 15h

A new $28 million cabinet factory in Calhoun County could eventually employ more than 400 people.

Alabama manufacturer praises Trump tariffs as it opens factory, looks to hire 400

Located on 60 acres, the new $28 million facility will produce approximately 2,000 cabinets a day when fully operational.

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Willi Morris @williesha.bsky.social · 17h

I collected university enrollment announcements (including 2-year and private colleges) from around the state and talked with a couple of administrators. Things are looking good. My latest for @al.com.

AL.com @al.com · 18h

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/these-alabama-colleges-keep-breaking-enrollment-records-new-highs.html
Multiple Alabama colleges and universities are experiencing record-breaking enrollment this year.

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AL.com @al.com · 16h

🔗: https://www.al.com/life/2025/10/a-beloved-orange-beach-bar-restaurant-has-closed-for-good.html
The Flying Harpoon Port St Joe opened in late September.

AL.com @al.com · 17h

"Dilfer was the worst college football coach in America. He had to go," columnist Joseph Goodman Jr. writes.

Goodman: Trent Dilfer is out, but UAB shouldn’t stop there

Plus, are changes ahead at Auburn? And a closer look at Alabama's new Thundercat formation.

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AL.com @al.com · 18h

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/these-alabama-colleges-keep-breaking-enrollment-records-new-highs.html
Multiple Alabama colleges and universities are experiencing record-breaking enrollment this year.

AL.com @al.com · 19h

Authorities have released the name of a woman killed in a morning crash that also left a child with injuries.

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AL.com @al.com · 20h

"Did he understand the words that were coming out of his mouth?" columnist Kevin Scarbinsky asks. "Did he not realize that he was pointing a finger directly at himself?"

How long should Auburn give Hugh Freeze to figure out how to win in the SEC?

Hugh Freeze is pointing a finger directly at himself. It's not the only one.

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AL.com @al.com · 21h

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/walker-county-jail-death-what-happened-to-the-24-indicted-after-tony-mitchell-died-in-the-freezer.html
The probe into the bizarre and brutal death has led to 25 people being indicted — 24 of those in connection with Mitchell’s death.

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AL.com @al.com · 1d

“You can’t help but look at two games against Oklahoma and this (Georgia) game and go how in the world did Auburn keep getting bad calls, but I’ll tell you it doesn’t matter once the game is over,” Finebaum told Matt Barrie on Sunday.

Paul Finebaum on Auburn’s loss to Georgia: ‘Hugh Freeze is wearing thin’

Officiating doesn't excuse Auburn's second-half play, SEC Network analyst said.

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AL.com @al.com · 1d

More police in Alabama are helping federal agents detain undocumented immigrants under a growing collaboration.

The program, called 287G, allows local law enforcement to carry out the duties of federal agents in order to achieve President Trump’s goal of mass deportations.

Alabama police becoming ‘mini-immigration officers’ to help ICE enforce Trump’s crackdown

The program allows local law enforcement to carry out the duties of federal agents

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AL.com @al.com · 1d

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/a-frozen-jail-inmate-25-indictments-and-an-alabama-sheriff-still-standing.html

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AL.com @al.com · 1d

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/in-n-out-burger-chain-with-cult-following-inching-closer-to-alabama.html
In-N-Out is bringing its classic burgers and “Animal Style Fries” to the Volunteer state.

AL.com @al.com · 1d

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/a-fee-alabama-charges-liquor-companies-will-soon-increase-heres-why.html
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board this week increased a fee that liquor companies pay the state, a move intended to help offset the cost of a new warehouse.

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AL.com @al.com · 1d

An unusually high number of homeowners in Birmingham inherited their homes, according to an analysis by an insurance company.

More: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/birmingham-leads-nation-in-inherited-homes-study-finds.html

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AL.com @al.com · 2d

Luxury dorm decorating is all the rage on campuses around the nation. But families don’t need to spend a ton of money to create a stylish room.

Take a look inside some stylish Alabama dorm rooms here:

Alabama students go all out to personalize college dorms: See inside

Some families spend up to $10,000 on decorating dorms, making luxury dorm decor a big business.

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AL.com @al.com · 2d

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/how-a-100000-donation-is-helping-save-a-100-year-old-alabama-hermit-hut-with-a-remarkable-story.html
With just over $46,000 left to raise, supporters of the so-called “hermit hut” are closing in on their goal to relocate the nearly century-old structure.

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AL.com @al.com · 2d

🔗: https://www.al.com/education/2025/10/this-alabama-high-school-is-ranked-the-19th-best-in-the-country.html
A south Alabama high school was ranked in the Top 20 of best public high schools in the country.

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AL.com @al.com · 2d

🔗: https://www.al.com/life/2025/10/alabama-sorority-life-city-goofed-on-in-comedians-country-music-video.html
“I’m from a city spelled A-R-A-B, pronounced A-rab. You gotta understand it plagued me because people think that I am Arab."

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AL.com @al.com · 2d

🔗: https://www.al.com/life/2025/10/country-superstar-coming-to-alabama-amphitheater.html
The Orion Amphitheater is bringing a country superstar to Huntsville.