{"podcast":{"title":"Birmingham AL News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!","slug":"birmingham-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7604728","podcast_index_feed_id":7604728,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fastcast.ai/birmingham-daily-news-now.xml","website_url":"https://thednn.ai/","image_url":"https://image.fastcast.ai/podcasts/birmingham-daily-news-now.jpg","author":"The Daily News Now!","episode_count":1187,"summary":"Hosted by Corey with the Story, Birmingham News Today delivers fast, focused daily updates on the stories shaping Birmingham, Alabama—from local news and business to culture, sports, and community developments. Designed for quick, on-the-go listening, each episode brings you up to speed in minutes. Produced by AI for speed, consistency, and global scale, the show is part of The Daily News Now network—bringing local news to every city in the world and keeping communities connected. Birmingham News Today is your daily snapshot of what’s happening across the city. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T12:21:20.655032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birmingham-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7604728"},"episode":{"title":"Rural Career Tech Center Unveiled | Birmingham News","slug":"rural-career-tech-center-unveiled-birmingham-news","published_at":"2026-09-18T07:23:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birmingham-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7604728/rural-career-tech-center-unveiled-birmingham-news","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birmingham-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7604728","url":"https://sources.thednn.ai/cc5886f98ce6f1ce","audio_url":"https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/9d723237-e1e7-4e66-902e-f7c3035e0bc8.mp3","summary":"Marion County Schools and Bevill State are teaming up to build a cutting-edge Rural Career Tech Center on campus, funded by a $12.5 million state grant—plus land donation—to give students hands-on career training, college credits, and real-world skills right where they live. Already serving 400+ students across five high schools with six programs and $500K in scholarships earned this semester, the academy launches in 2026-27 and could expand to even more offerings as space grows. With total investment hitting $18.5M including renovations, leaders call it a game-changing boost for local workforce development. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Sources: https://abc3340.com/news/local/alabama-marion-county-career-academy-awarded-125-million-grant-september-2026 More coverage & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/cc5886f98ce6f1ce Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai.","meta_description":"Marion County Schools and Bevill State are teaming up to build a cutting-edge Rural Career Tech Center on campus, funded by a $12.5 million state grant—pl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":109,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/birmingham-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7604728/episodes/rural-career-tech-center-unveiled-birmingham-news/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birmingham-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7604728/rural-career-tech-center-unveiled-birmingham-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}