Susana Schuler

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Moments like these reinforce our responsibility at WVTM 13 to keep our communities safe from severe weather while also ensuring our warnings are heard without contributing to warning fatigue.

On August 26, cities and towns across Central Alabama will decide their future leadership by voting for mayors, council members, and other key officials.

Next school year, the Jefferson County School District will launch a majority-to-minority student transfer program, aiming to foster diversity and opportunity.

If the average person eats at least two meals a day, that’s 730 meals a year—now imagine losing access to 2 million meals.

Lives have been lost, homes, businesses, and communities destroyed, memories shattered due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

We are a few weeks away from Alabama’s final numbers in September, but it appears about 1,800 third graders did not pass the reading tests required and will repeat the year.

Central Alabama’s connection to helping people who live with disabilities thrive runs deep.This month, we recognize Disability Pride Month by focusing on the value and dignity of all people and fighting against stigmas and stereotypes for those who have disabilities.On the very day the 33rd Summer Olympics will kick off in Paris July 26, our country will recognize the 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was put in place.Lakeshore Foundation’s CEO John Kemp was instrumental in gett…

Thinking about ways to combat the violence we see in our city, we know support, hope and intervention at an early age are key solutions.One area where everyone can have an impact is to enable a life of reading for a child. Sixty percent of low-income families do not have a single children’s book in their homes.This spring a new state law requires third-grade students to pass a literacy test or repeat third grade. Last year, 50% of third graders in schools and learning centers working with Better…

March is National Women’s History Month.Given that our state faces a labor participation shortage and women in Alabama make up 53% of the available workforce, we should focus on women more to fill that labor gap.A new report from the Women’s Foundation of Alabama shows half of women face barriers to working because they are the primary caregivers unable to find access to high-quality and affordable childcare.A U.S. Department of Education report shows Alabama has the highest number of Childcare…