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🏓 LAST CALL FOR PICKLR COURTS: The Picklr Birmingham in Vestavia Hills is closing for good on Sunday, Sept. 27. Here's how to squeeze in one last game, plus where to play once it's gone.

🔬 STEM IN AL'S 67 COUNTIES: See how Alabama students are getting hands-on with STEM in + out of the classroom, from robotics + animal encounters to field trips and more. NowPartner

Carol Robinson | crobinson@ al .com. One man was gravely injured when gunfire erupted at a west Birmingham fast-food restaurant. The shooting ...

👑 FREE PERKS FOR JEFF CO SENIORS: Rides to senior centers, holiday events, memory screenings + even a runway-ready pageant for women 60+, all without costing a dime. 👇 NowPartner

🌱 BESSEMER JUST GOT A GARDEN: Shipt + the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama planted one right on the food bank's new campus—and it's already growing fresh food for our neighbors. 👇 NowPartner

🚧 HOOVER NIGHT DRIVERS, HEADS UP: I-459 ramps at US-31 and the Galleria will close overnight. Here's exactly which ramps shut down each night and the easy way around them.

😔 After eight years of craft beer, trivia, music and community in Alabaster, Siluria Brewing Company is closing its doors for good 👇

🛒 PUBLIX IS COMING TO KIMBERLY: A $1 million county deal just cleared the way for a brand-new Publix off Highway 31, so no more long drives to Gardendale for a full grocery run.

🐟 DARTER DASH GETS ARTSY: Top finishers at this year's Turkey Creek Nature Preserve race will take home a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted ceramic Vermilion Darter.

🎺 MILES COLLEGE IS CHASING MORE GLORY: The Birmingham area's back-to-back HBCU champs, the Purple Marching Machine, are taking the field at the Pepsi National Battle of the Bands in Palm Beach on Jan.…

🛍️ BOUTIQUE MALL RETURNS TO 280: The Collective Boutiques opens its doors to shoppers Oct. 24 in the former Painted Tree space at River Ridge Shopping Center.

🇮🇹 ITALIAN MARKET: A new Italian market + bakery has opened in Alabaster, bringing scratch-made cookies, pastries, take-home meals and Sicilian stuffed hoagies. 🤌