Lawrence Specker
Reporter at Alabama Media Group
Veteran news and entertainment reporter for the Press-Register.
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5 days ago |
al.com | Lawrence Specker
You want Mom to be happy on Mother’s Day, so maybe a free sugar rush is what she needs.
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6 days ago |
al.com | Lawrence Specker
A couple of rising country stars from Alabama had a big night at the Academy of Country Music’s annual awards show, even when they weren’t winning. But they picked up some trophies while they were there, too. Ella Langley arguably had the greatest fairy-tale experience of anyone at the ceremony, streamed via Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
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1 week ago |
al.com | Lawrence Specker
An Atlanta-based brunch chain is about to set a grand opening date for its fourth Alabama restaurant. The Flying Biscuit Café already had stores in Birmingham and Opelika and opened a Huntsville location in mid-April. The company has confirmed that Alabama’s fourth Flying Biscuit will open in Mobile. Whether by accident or design, the site in the Rouses Market-anchored Spring Hill Village Shopping Center puts the new store smack in what you might call the Old Shell Road Brunch Corridor.
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1 week ago |
al.com | Lawrence Specker
An experience at an Alabama attraction recently led a visiting New Zealand journalist to declare, “If anyone ever asks me to paint a picture of what hospitality in the Southern USA looks like, I think I have found my inspiration.”One of the big charms of the Rattlesnake Saloon, he wrote, was “the audacity of the setting.” Those who’ve been there will probably nod in agreement: As recently described in an AL.com report, the venue is located in a cave in a rural area outside Tuscumbia.
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1 week ago |
al.com | Lawrence Specker
Two fast-rising country stars from Alabama had a surprise interruption during a recent performance. But when Reba McEntire interrupts you, it’s OK. Especially if she’s letting you know you just picked up an advance award from the Academy of Country Music. The ACM has been using advance awards to build up anticipation for its awards telecast Thursday evening.
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