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West Alabama Food and Wine Festival returns next week

By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller The West Alabama Food and Wine Festival returns to the Tuscaloosa River Market for an evening of food and spirits on Thursday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. Participants include 23 restaurants and food vendors,…

Omicron wave leaves US food banks scrambling for volunteers

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Food banks are experiencing a critical shortage of volunteers as the omicron variant frightens people away from group activities. Individual volunteers are shying away from their usual shifts, and companies and schools…