Training service dogs prepares NC inmates for life outside of prison

It takes intense effort to teach service dogs the skills they need to help people with disabilities or alert them to ...

Amtrak adds extra car to Mardi Gras Service starting Friday

The additional coach car will run continuously for 45 days through February 23, expanding the popular Mobile-New Orleans ...

Amtrak releases limited-edition Mardi Gras merch ahead of Carnival season: how to get yours

Top Stories from Jan. 8, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — In honor of the Mardi Gras season, the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service has ...
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Oxford's Amtrak station is chugging along, on track to open in 2027

Oxford officials say designs for the planned Amtrak station on Chestnut Street are more than halfway completed and a groundbreaking on the train platform is on track to happen this year.
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Education, Scholarships, & National Reach: How Canines for Disabled Kids Promotes Independence

In the US, approximately 7.5 million students are living with a disability, ranging from impaired hearing or vision, autism, and ADHD to paralysis, epilepsy, and many more. Among them, only a few ...
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Disabled Amtrak Riders See Progress, but Still ‘Feel Like Freight’

Passengers are facing blocked wheelchair space, getting stuck in doors and suffering other indignities 35 years after the Americans With Disabilities Act became law. Aubrie Lee, right, who has ...
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Disabled passengers say they love riding trains. Will Amtrak love them back?

A new federal report says Amtrak is losing out on a market of disabled people — who make up at least one out of seven Americans — because it's done a poor job of listening to their complaints. The ...