Cuba News

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Summer is here. Let the mission trips begin. Many churches in east Montgomery are preparing for mission trips across the U.S. and abroad.

The human mule is in her 70s, gaunt and hunched over with short, white hair and the deeply wrinkled face of a chain-smoker. She lives in Miami with her daughter but wanted to see her son and grandson in Cuba.

Jugs of daiquiri mix. Gourmet nuts. Rolls of newsprint. Not exactly humanitarian aid, but still among the items sold to Cuba under an agricultural waiver carved out of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo.

Visions of open trade with Cuba and an ample flow of tourism dollars capture the imagination of some Alabama state officials.

The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to complete construction on a stretch of U.S. Highway 80 by 2012.

A minor traffic infraction has resulted in an arrest of three suspects and the recovery of a motorcycle reported stolen in 2006.

Meridian is nestled nicely on the MS/AL line, and actually Sumter County Alabama is in the neighborhood, and grand neighbors, indeed.