Erica Smith

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Erica Smith

May 10—Jolly Rancher, an Australian shepherd/collie mix, stood cautiously in the lobby of the Decatur Animal Services building, tail between her legs, not sure what was happening, before being picked up and carried out by her new family during the shelter's free adoption event Friday. "We've been waiting for this day all week," said Jamila White, 42, from Decatur. "My son is in college and my daughter's getting a little older, so she'll be mama's dog mainly when everybody's gone.

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Erica Smith

Were you Seen at the Wildwood Foundation Spring Gala on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Loft 433 in Troy? Erica Smith is the managing editor for digital at the Times Union. She has worked in local news media for 25 years, joining the Times Union in March 2020 (just as COVID-19 shutdowns began) following stints in print and digital media in Virginia, Missouri, Indiana and Washington. Erica has a bachelor’s in journalism and a master’s in entrepreneurial technology.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Erica Smith

May 2—Two heavily used U.S. Postal Service collection boxes have been removed from Cherry Street in downtown Decatur, but a USPS spokeswoman said they will be relocated to nearby USPS property soon. Debra Jean Fetterly, USPS spokeswoman for the Alabama/Mississippi district, said the Postal Service is working toward improving customer convenience, which includes evaluating collection boxes' locations.

2 weeks ago | riverbender.com | Erica Smith

SPRINGFIELD – Ratish Kumar, a biomedical engineer at Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach, accepted the TechNation 2025 Humanitarian of the Year award at the annual MDExpo in Temecula, California, on Wednesday, April 16. Kumar was selected for the honor from nominees throughout the United States in the fields of bioengineering, administration and education. Kumar has been the biomedical engineer at Mission Outreach since 2017.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Erica Smith

Apr. 25—Hartselle-based Feeding Families of Alabama is trying to beat last year's record of jars of peanut butter collected in a food drive that honors their late dog Handsome, who was the food and pet pantry mascot. As of Wednesday, Feeding Families of Alabama needed 137 more jars to beat last year's record. "Peanut butter was (Handsome's) favorite food; it was his big snack. Everybody knew him for his peanut butter sandwiches," said Feeding Families founder and executive director E'dee Grun.