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Following National SBDC Day, Troy University hosted a community-focused meeting in Georgiana to continue building partnerships and increasing awareness of resources available to small business owners across Butler County. The meeting, led by the Alabama Small Business Development Center Network at Troy University, brought together city leadership, economic development officials, business owners and community stakeholders.  Designed as a continuation of SBDC Day efforts, the meeting created space for collaboration while ensuring attendees were informed about services available to support business creation and growth. Juliana Bolivar Butler County Economic Development Director David Hutchinson shared updates on current projects across the county and highlighted success stories of local businesses, emphasizing the importance of aligning economic development initiatives with direct support for entrepreneurs. Mayor Ninna Bonner also addressed attendees, outlining her vision for the City of Georgiana and her commitment to creating an environment that supports both new and existing business owners. Her remarks reinforced the role of partnerships in strengthening the local business community. The meeting also featured participation from SBDC clients, who had the opportunity to showcase their businesses and engage directly with community leaders. Local entrepreneurs, including Rike’s Tacos of Troy and Pasticceria LLC of Ozark, provided samples of their products, offering

Twitter is taking another stab at social shopping. The move comes seven years after the social media powerhouse unveiled its first commerce initiative. The feature, which let users buy goods from shoppable tweets, didn’t get far. Less than three years later, it confirmed it was doing away with the buttons. In the meantime—largely since the pandemic turbocharged the e-commerce market—a swath of rivals has taken up similar endeavors. In May last year, Facebook announced it was launching a new Shop feature on both its namesake app and Instagram, its photo-centric subsidiary. This May, Snapchat expanded its in-app stores—for a year, available only to a limited selection of brands—to everyone. The same month, Bloomberg reported TikTok was testing in-app sales in Europe. Now, it appears Twitter wants back in. On Wednesday, it unveiled the “Shop Module.” The feature, it said, will sit in a dedicated space at the top of a business’ profile and offer a scrollable carousel of products, each of which can be bought in an in-app browser. “Social commerce solves the agility challenges brands have experienced within other e-commerce platforms,” Eric Dahan, CEO of influencer marketing agency Open Influence, said. “Moving forward, we don’t expect this evolution of

Chief constables were accused of failing to concentrated on crimes such as murder and robbery in favour of “everyday rows”. Under current rules, forces are expected to look into acts which appear to be motivated by hostility towards people with certain characteristics including race, religion, disability or gender, that fall short of being crimes. Read More Unclear guidance has led to officers being called to people’s homes over “insults and routine arguments”, the Government said. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley PA Wire There will be no automatic wiping of the incidents from people’s records after the decision and can appear in background checks for job applications. A nine-year-old who called a primary school classmate a “retard” and two schoolgirls saying another smelt “like fish” are among some 10,000 NCHIs recorded annually. City of London Police had a hate complaint from a man claiming he’d been given a dodgy haircut. The Lithuanian said his barber was “aggressive and rough” because he spoke Russian. Essex Police dropped its case against Telegraph writer Allison Pearson for alleged incitement of racial hatred over a year-old deleted post online. Scrapping NCHIs will give officers more time to focus on their day-to-day policing, ministers hope.

March 31, 2026

If any team has ever been representative of how quickly things can change in the NBA, it has been the 2025-26 Sixers. Take the last six days for example: on Monday, they seemed like a laughing stock. They lost to Jared McCain and the Oklahoma City Thunder with four of their five best players unavailable. On Wednesday, they got two of those key pieces back and obliterated the Chicago Bulls. On Saturday, the other two returned, too, and the Sixers beat one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference on the road to notch their most important win of the season. And yet the next time the Sixers take the floor, they will have a chance to get an even more important victory. But before focusing on the Sixers' battle with the Miami Heat on Monday night, let's dive into this week's Sunday stats, detailing the team's impressive triumph over the surging Charlotte Hornets: 43:00 Tyrese Maxey's playing time on Saturday night. Maxey, who was ruled out for approximately three weeks with a right finger on March 10, was supposed to at least miss the end of the month. He was clearly in good spirits when meeting with the media on

Boston Celtics "50 wins in a gap year." The Celtics didn't need Jaylen Brown or Derrick White on Sunday to beat Charlotte. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe By Conor Ryan March 29, 2026 2 minutes to read Share It didn’t take long after the Celtics left the court at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Sunday for Jaylen Brown to take to social media. Brown — sidelined for Sunday’s road game against the Hornets due to left Achilles tendinitis — relished Boston’s record after the Celtics took down one of the hottest teams in the league, 114-99.  “50 wins in a gap year,” Brown said on X, adding a shamrock emoji. For all of the talk of the Celtics staring at a lost season in 2025-26 following Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury and the loss of several key players this past offseason, Boston hasn’t lost its standing as a legitimate contender in the Eastern Conference. Not only did Boston’s win over Charlotte improve the Celtics’ record to 50-24, but it also secured a playoff berth, with Boston advancing to the postseason for the 12th year in a row. It’s the longest-active playoff streak across the NBA.  Boston has now reached the 50-win mark for

What We Know After Saturday’s Games -Pistons Defeat Timberwolves on ABC/ESPN: Detroit has one of the best defenses in the NBA, and it was on full display in this matchup. The Pistons shot 52 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point range while holding the Timberwolves to 32 percent from the field and 21 percent from long range. -Sixers back in full force: Philadelphia has been shorthanded all season, but Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre returned to the lineup tonight. They also got Joel Embiid and Paul George back earlier in the week, helping them snag a road win against the surging Charlotte Hornets. -Hawks Remain Hot: Atlanta grabbed a 123-113 win over the Sacramento Kings. They now have 15 wins over their last 17 outings and are within 0.5 games of the Toronto Raptors for fifth in the Eastern Conference. Jalen Johnson, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and CJ McCollum all scored over 20 points. Top Performers -Victor Wembanyama had 23 points, 15 rebounds and six assists in a win over the Milwaukee Bucks. -Stephon Castle collected 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in that win. -Joel Embiid had 29 points, six rebounds, two assists and two blocks in

A recent X (formerly Twitter) post has claimed that Sam Altman-led OpenAI may have played a key role in a sharp rise in global memory prices, sparking debate online. Sharing the post, user @aakashgupta wrote: “OpenAI may have caused the worst consumer hardware crisis in a decade with purchase orders that were never real. ” In the post, Gupta alleged that non-binding agreements signed by OpenAI for large volumes of DRAM chips led markets to react as if real orders had been placed. While the claims have not been officially confirmed, it comes at a time when memory prices have seen sharp fluctuations and the AI industry continues to drive demand for high-performance hardware. In the post, Gupta says that OpenAI signed letters of intent with Samsung and SK Hynix for 900,000 DRAM wafers per month that he claims accounted for “ 40% of global supply”. “Those "deals" were letters of intent, not binding purchase orders. No RAM actually changed hands. But the market treated them as real,” Gupta alleged adding “DDR4 kits that should have been in oversupply doubled. Retailers stopped posting prices entirely”. Watch 'India Well Positioned To Lead The World In AI': OpenAI CEO Sam Altman At

March 27, 2026 - 09:29 PM The teams resume the series at 2 p.m. CT Saturday in a game that will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +. by Bill Franques BATON ROUGE, La. – Kentucky right-hander Jaxon Jelkin worked 8.0 innings Friday night to lead No. 19 Kentucky to a 7-4 win over LSU in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Kentucky improved to 21-4 overall, 5-2 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 17-10 overall and 2-5 in conference play. The teams resume the series at 2 p.m. CT Saturday in a game that will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +. Jelkin (6-0) limited the Tigers to two runs on five hits in 8.0 innings with one walk and seven strikeouts, firing 114 pitches. LSU starting pitcher Casan Evans (2-1) was charged with the loss, as he allowed four runs on four hits in 6.0 innings with six walks and three strikeouts. “I don’t hat-tip the opposing pitcher very often, but Jelkin was great tonight, he just doesn’t give you anything,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “Everything is in the zone, and you’re

Nikolozi Khutsishvili/Virginia A The Cavaliers won the doubles point and picked up straight-set victories on singles courts two, three and five TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team (16-3, 8-1 ACC) picked up a 4-0 victory against Florida State (11-11, 2-7 ACC) on Friday (March 24) at the Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Virginia won two of three doubles courts to take the doubles point and then jumped out to an early advantage in singles by taking all six first sets. Sophomore Keegan Rice put the Hoos up 2-0 with a win on court two. Sophomore Stiles Brockett added a victory on court five before freshman Andres Santamarta Roig clinched the victory with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court three. ON THE HORIZON Virginia closes out the weekend playing at Miami on Sunday, March 29, at 12 p.m. #4 Virginia 4, #50 Florida State 0 Singles competition #121 Luis Felipe Miguel (FSU) vs. #2 Dylan Dietrich (VA) 4-6, 5-6, unfinished #12 Keegan Rice (VA) def. Erik Schiessl (FSU) 6-4, 6-3 #42 AndresSantamartaRoig (VA) def. Corey Craig (FSU) 6-4, 6-2 Mohammad Alkotop (FSU) vs. #110 Jangjun Kim (VA) 3-6, 5-4, unfinished Stiles Brockett (VA) def. #124 Azariah