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Sarah Verser

Reporter · US

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Sarah Verser

    Doctors warn of vision loss risk tied to popular weight-loss drugs (opens the original)

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    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Multiple lawsuits filed within the last year focus on a condition called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, which causes rapid-onset vision changes and loss that can result in blindness, according to USA Today. Dr. Elizabeth Steele, with the UAB Department of Optometry, said the condition involves a blood pressure problem at the optic nerve. “This is the structure that connects your eye to the brain,” Steele said. “It’s very important for it to

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Sarah Verser

    Alabama offers lifetime teaching certificate to retired educators (opens the original)

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    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alabama State Department of Education is now recognizing retired educators with a lifetime teaching certificate. The certificate is part of an effort to offset the state’s teacher shortage. It is available for teachers who have retired with at least 25 years of service in Alabama. There is a one-time $200 application fee. Educators need to apply between Jan. 1 and June 30 of the calendar year in which their certificate expires. Otherwise, a late fee applies. More in

  3. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Sarah Verser

    Jasper teacher recalls watching 9/11 unfold in her classroom, 25 years later (opens the original)

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    JASPER, Ala. (WBRC) - Missy Bryan was teaching fifth grade at T.R. Simmons when the September 11, 2001, attacks happened. Now, 25 years later, she is the sixth grade American history teacher at Maddox Intermediate School in Jasper, teaching students who have no recollection of that day. On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. Two planes struck the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York, one struck the Pentagon in Virginia, and one crashed into a field near Sha

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Sarah Verser

    Helena High School teacher reflects on teaching 9/11 to students born after attacks (opens the original)

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    HELENA, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama has state standards on how to teach the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Christopher Galloway, an AP History teacher at Helena High School, said he uses his own memories of that day to teach students who have no memory of it themselves. Galloway said Alabama’s US history standards used to run through the end of President George W. Bush’s administration. “And now they have extended into more modern history issues,” Galloway told WBRC. “And particularly with 9/11, a lot of t

  5. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Sarah Verser

    Abrams Primary School closed after mold found in classroom (opens the original)

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    BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - Abrams Primary School will remain closed until further notice after an environmental expert detected mold in one classroom, Bessemer City Schools Superintendent Michael Turner said. After images of stained ceiling tiles in a classroom circulated on social media, Turner allowed a tour of the school last week and said there was no mold in the building. “Is there mold in the building? Absolutely not,” Turner said at the time. Turner said a company had told him it was 99% sur

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