Alabamians are being encouraged to shop local and support small businesses. A proclamation from Governor Ivey deemed the Saturday after Thanksgiving “Small Business Saturday.” Nowadays, it’s easy to shop at a big box store or order online,

Many people throughout the Midstate spent their Saturday shopping local at small businesses. “I came here for one thing, and I got a whole basket of stuff,” said Bernard Tarlecki, of Hershey. A situation many found themselves in on Small Business Saturday,

It's one of the busiest weekends of the year for holiday shopping, and on Saturday, the spotlight was on local mom and pop shops. Hundreds of stores across Chicago took part in Small Business Saturday.