Entries by Mike Easterling

Bank Independent Holding Food Share Drive

Bank Independent, which is headquartered in Sheffield with offices in 18 North Alabama communities, announced it is holding its “Feed a Family for $5’’ Food Share drive to benefit local food banks. The campaign will be held from March 7-25.  Donations of non-perishable items and/or cash can be dropped off at any Bank Independent location,  […]

AUSA Cancels March Event at VBC Because of Virus, Will Return in ’23

Despite a decrease in the number of cases from the highly-contagious COVID-19 variant Omicron, the virus claimed a casualty before it began to wane: one of the biggest symposiums the city was prepared to host. The Association of the United States Army (AUSA), which had scheduled its Global Force Symposium and Exhibition for March 29-31 […]

Trash Pandas Single Tickets Available Saturday at Have a Blast and Online

MADISON – The Rocket City Trash Pandas will begin selling single-game tickets for the upcoming season on Saturday. Despite the current Major League Baseball owners’ lockout, Minor League Baseball is unaffected since players who are not on any MLB team’s 40-man roster are non-union. The 2022 Trash Pandas season begins Friday, April 8 at Birmingham […]

PCI Government Services Awarded Acquisition and Support Contract by Redstone

Five families of the Creek indegnous tribe refused to join the deadly Trail of Tears trek from south Alabama to Oklahoma in 1831. Today, descendants of those families are partnered with the United States Army at Redstone Arsenal for government support services. The Army announced PCI Government Services (PCI-GS), a tribally-owned LLC of the Poarch […]

Topping Out celebrated at Downtown Huntsville project

A five-story building at 225 Holmes Avenue in downtown Huntsville, the future home of Bank Independent and Prince Holdings along with other to-be-named tenants, and lead construction firm Robins & Morton on Monday held a “topping out’’’ celebration. The topping out signifies the placement of the final beam and represents the structural completion and mid-point […]

Spring Baseball Showcase set for Toyota Field

MADISON – Toyota Field will be the host site for the Spring Baseball Showcase featuring 16 high school and one college baseball games game ahead of the Rocket City Trash Pandas’ second minor league season. Toyota Field is home to the Trash Pandas, a Los Angeles Angels Double-A Minor League Baseball affiliate, who open the […]