A Decatur-built rocket was loaded onto a specially designed cargo ship Tuesday to be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Fla. The United Launch Alliance Vulcan will eventually replace the Atlas V and Delta IV heavy rockets. The rocket was moved from the plant in Decatur and loaded aboard the RocketShip. The trip to Cape Canaveral will […]

Perry County Commission Chairman Albert Turner Jr. has been indicted of felony and misdemeanor counts of voter fraud. The charges emanate from May 24 primary election and the Nov. 8 general election, according to a statement from Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill and Alabama’s Fourth Judicial Circuit District Attorney Michael Jackson. According to […]

It happens in airports and stores. It happens with seemingly innocent text messages or emails. It happens in any neighborhood. And, it happens frequently here in Alabama. We’re talking about human trafficking – the second largest criminal activity in the world and the fastest growing. Even though overall awareness in the United States has increased, […]

Michelle Roth has joined the League of Southeastern Credit Unions as senior director of governmental affairs in Alabama, the organization announced. “I am exceptionally proud to join the team at LSCU in advocating on behalf of Alabama credit unions and their more than two million members across the state,” she said in a news release. […]

A pair of bills authored by U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) were signed into law today as a part of the National Heritage Area Act. The efforts by the two senators resulted in the reauthorization of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in Northwest Alabama for another 15 years and the […]

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt isn’t wasting any time in getting her feet on the ground. The state’s freshman senator will join Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to visit the Del Rio Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border next week. The all-female delegation will tour the area Jan. 9-10. “President Biden created a humanitarian […]

Jeff Peoples has been named chairman of the board of directors, CEO and president of Alabama Power, the Southern Company announced today. Peoples succeeds recently retired Mark Crosswhite. “Alabama Power has been committed to serving our state for more than a century,” said Peoples. “It is an honor to lead this team and build upon […]

Pipes and roadways have frozen plus air travel is a mess. Thoughts of sugarplums have passed. Now visions of warmer weather, sunset watching, and the lake home lifestyle are dancing in peoples’ heads. The analysts at Lake Homes Realty, the country’s largest lake real estate brokerage, have reviewed more than 50 million pageviews on LakeHomes.com […]

Stacia Robinson, described as a small business champion by Gov. Kay Ivey, has been named director of the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs. Nichelle Nix, who has served in the role for the last six years, is leaving to practice law. Robinson comes to the post from BeneChoice Companies benefits and financial choices company. She […]

North Alabama law enforcement and emergency officials are asking motorists to use extreme caution this morning due to the potential of black ice. If you do not have to be out on the roads this morning, please stay home. Travel on roads and highways from Cullman County to the Tennessee state line has been deemed […]

All good things come to an end, even on Mars. To that end, NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars. Mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California were unable to contact the lander after two consecutive attempts, leading them to conclude the spacecraft’s […]

Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 2.7%, unchanged from October, Gov. Kay Ivey announced today. The rate is also below November 2021’s rate of 3.1%. November’s rate represents 63,043 unemployed persons, compared to 61,721 in October and 69,688 in November 2021. “It is encouraging to see that Alabama’s economy is supporting more jobs […]

State Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), the Republican Caucus nominee for Speaker of the Alabama House, announced today the third round of intended appointments to head House committees. The appointments will become effective once Ledbetter officially takes the Speaker’s gavel after the chamber’s organizational session in January. Because Republicans hold a 77-member supermajority in the Alabama […]

State Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter, the Republican Caucus nominee for Speaker of the Alabama House, announced a second round of State House committee chairs Wednesday. Because Republicans hold a 77-member supermajority in the Alabama House, Ledbetter’s selection as the GOP Speaker nominee next month is considered by many to be tantamount to election. “From rural to […]

HUNTSVILLE — In a year of the city receiving accolade after accolade nationally and internationally, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said one particular mention was “the coolest.” “The coolest praise came when the Orion (Amphitheater) was mentioned in Rolling Stone,” he said. “We made the cover of the Rolling Stone.” Battle made the remark during Tuesday’s annual State […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne is expanding its Huntsville presence with additional job opportunities and a new facility to increase manufacturing and office space, the company announced today. The 379,000 square-foot manufacturing facility near Huntsville International Airport is expected to be operational in 2023. This growth will allow Aerojet Rocketdyne to increase manufacturing capacity for the nation’s defense […]

Alabama’s unemployment rate for October showed a slight gain over September, according to the latest figures released by the governor’s office Friday. The preliminary, seasonally adjusted October unemployment rate is 2.7%, up slightly from September’s rate of 2.6% but below October 2021’s rate of 3.1%. October’s rate represents 61,760 unemployed persons, down from 70,569 in […]

  Today is Election Day! This may be an “off election year” but in Alabama there are several high-profile races to vote on. A seat in the U.S. Senate is on the line; every congressional seat is up for a vote and, not to mention, the office of the governor. There are also other statewide […]

Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, hundreds of Lowndes County residents will soon have access to high-speed Internet. The USDA is investing some $24.7 million to fund the projects, said Novory Gordon, state director of the USDA’s Rural Development Alabama office. “Communities across rural Alabama are need access to high-speed internet […]

Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have been working this week to prepare the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for November’s Artemis I launch attempt. The checkouts will allow NASA to finalize the work schedule before rolling SLS and Orion back to Launch Pad 39B, the space agency said Thursday. Teams have extended work […]

HUNTSVILLE — There’s a reason Huntsville is called “Rocket City” and the city will once again live up to its name this weekend. When the Space Launch System lifts off Saturday with more power than any rocket NASA has ever built and soars toward the moon for the Artemis I mission, it will be propelled by the knowledge, skill, […]