Alabama Photos of the Year 2020
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
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You might think photos could hardly do 2020 justice, but Alabama photographers preserved an unforgettable year in stunning fashion.
Marred by a deadly pandemic that has killed nearly 4,400 people in our state, this year saw too few glimpses of what we might remember as normal life. COVID-19
is 2020. At least that’s how most of us see it. It’s impacted literally every person on the planet, let alone Alabama. And it touched nearly every major story and image we captured.
The pandemic compounded with the death of George Floyd that sparked nationwide protests and rallies for social justice during the summer gave us images we’ll never forget, even if we wish we could. In spite of it, life went on. Sports, graduations, restaurants, churches, elections and other aspects of our daily lives attempted to carry on. Its own disaster, the virus could not stop hurricanes and tornadoes that
Metro Roundup: International grocery store coming to Lorna Road
Photo by Jon Anderson.
Hadi Sultan stands outside Alabama Halal FoodsInternational, a grocery store he is opening at 3150 Lorna Road that will specialize in Indian, Pakistani and Middle Eastern food and drinks.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit hard in March, Hoover resident Hadi Sultan and one of his sons began having trouble getting halal meat for the Pakistani and Indian restaurant they own in The Plaza at Riverchase.
Halal meat is meat that is prepared in accordance with Islamic law.
The shortage opened Sultanâs eyes to a business opportunity, prompting him to open a grocery store in Hoover that specializes in Indian, Pakistani and Middle Eastern food and drinks.
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Central Alabama Toys for Tots hands out toys to 2,000 families
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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About 2,000 families stood in line Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Central Alabama Toys for Tots distribution center at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover.
“People are standing in line for hours to get toys,” said Marine Captain Walter Williams, one of the U.S. Marines who help coordinate toy distribution. “On Monday there was a line all day long, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.”
The distribution concluded Wednesday afternoon, he said.
Recipients put in online requests for toys between Oct. 1-Dec. 1.
The Marines and their volunteers interview families to determine need.
Friends brought Christmas cheer to Eagle Scout with brain tumor
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Charles Peng smiles next to a Christmas tree set up and decorated by his fellow Boy Scouts while he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor at Children s Hospital in Birmingham.
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As Charles Peng struggled against a brain tumor, he could always count on his fellow Boy Scouts for support and encouragement.
Once they put up Christmas trees at his house, in his living room and in the yard. They helped him with a construction project to achieve his Eagle Scout status this past year.