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The theme, dates, and parade route have been announced for the circle city’s biggest event! The theme for the 2025 ...
Gunshots erupted at the end of a south Alabama city's signature annual event, a parade capping off the National Peanut Festival, leaving one person dead, another wounded and sending terrified ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The National Peanut Festival is gearing up for its annual fair. This year marks 80 years of the festival. As the fair draws closer, here’s everything you need to know about ...
The National Peanut Festival will reopen Monday with several major scheduling changes, which include new parking procedures and a delay in the greased pig and calf scramble. Jason Rudd ...
Organisers at a peanut festival felt they had no choice but to rethink their mascot’s costume after complaints rolled in likening the original design to a penis. The original design for mascot ...
Former President Jimmy Carter was spotted enjoying his hometown Peanut Festival ahead of his 99th birthday Saturday, in a rare public appearance since he entered hospice care earlier this year.
The Suffolk Peanut Fest, a four-day event that draws an average 125,000 people, returns Oct. 5-8 for its 45th year. This year’s festival theme is “Laissez les bons temps rouler” or “Let ...
On Saturday, tillers of the soil were celebrated at the 26th Plains Peanut Festival, drawing visitors from across the state. A handful of floats, including one with Miss Georgia Peanuty Queens ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -The Little Miss and Miss National Peanut Festival Pageant goes beyond the glitz and glam. It’s a competition where young women across the Southeast are empowered ...