(Video above: BCA releases video highlighting Alabama/Auburn football small business sponsorship contest.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) has released a video detailing the ways their “Small Business Game Changer” could genuinely change the game an Alabama small business. A first-of-its-kind opportunity, the BCA is awarding a complimentary 2016 football sponsorship package for […]

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. – Threats of terrorism continue to resonate close to home as an 18-year-old Alabamian on Tuesday was charged in a terror plot thwarted by local law enforcement. On November 17, Peyton Pruitt, 18, was arrested in St. Clair County for soliciting support for a terrorist act. While details about the alleged terror […]

ENTERPRISE, Ala. — CBS announced Thursday that this season’s The Amazing Race cast will be made up entirely of social media stars, with one star being Alabama’s own Cole LaBrant. Cole LaBrant’s social media fame began when he and his friends started the Vine account “Dem White Boyz” which primarily featured 6-second videos of the boys dancing. […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – According to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, Alabamians are retiring younger than most Americans. SmartAsset.com, a company that aims to provide understandable answers to complex financial questions, recently published their findings on labor and retirement statistics in order to answer the question, “So when is the right time to retire?” According to […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Center for Public Integrity has updated its annual study to find out how each state ranks when it comes to public integrity. Overall, Alabama’s recent rankings in the investigation gave it a grade of a D+, 67, which, while dismal, actually puts the Yellowhammer State in the middle of the pack. The […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced that in a third round of grants from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has approved more than $21 million for five Alabama projects to restore some of Alabama’s natural resources affected by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – This Veterans Day, an Alabama nonprofit is providing a way to celebrate the holiday as well as give back to those who are serving in the military. Teams for Troops, based out of Birmingham, raises donations to fund care packages to deployed military personnel. The care packages include necessity items such as toiletries and snacks as well […]

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In a profile this week by the New York Times, the University of Alabama’s football program is hailed as a ‘powerful engine’ to the state’s academics, economy, and culture. In The New York Times article “Alabama Rolls Up Money, With Tide Lifting All Boats,” the University of Alabama is highlighted as a catalyst for success in […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. House of Representative voted Thursday to approve a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes the Highway Trust Fund and the Export Import Bank. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 includes a six-year transportation funding bill—the first long-term bill passed in several years. The bill seeks to improve the nation’s infrastructure through […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – What began as one teen applying for college turned to his discovery that he was a missing child. In 2002, an Alabama 5-year-old boy went missing from his home in Vestavia Hills. Now, 13 years later, the boy has been found alive, safe and unharmed, living with his father in Cleveland, Ohio, […]

Brewton, Ala. — The next time you see an artificial flower arrangement in some of the country’s most upscale department stores and magazines, you’re probably looking at a beautiful centerpiece made right Here in Alabama. Natural Decorations, Inc. (NDI), led by Joe and Carol Gory, has been a leader in the flower business for over 50 […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – On Monday November 2, Walter Energy laid off about half of its remaining workers, totaling 265 employees, at its No. 7 mine in Brookwood. This is the latest of several rounds of layoffs Walter Energy has had to make this year, already laying off 194 workers at its No. 7 mine were laid […]

Video above: Promotional video for Lifetime’s Veterans Day ‘Women of Honor’ TV special, which premieres Monday, November 9, 2015, at 8pm ET/PT. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama’s Kathleen Causey and her role in her family’s inspiring story will be featured in Lifetime’s Veterans Day ‘Women of Honor’ TV special this November. For military wife Kathleen Causey and husband […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — This year’s best suburbs to buy a home in Alabama were just named, and the results may surprise you. Niche Local, a company that provides rankings and statistics on every neighborhood and city in the U.S., did a comprehensive assessment of the housing and community of American suburbs. Their rankings are based on multiple factors, including home values, […]

OPELIKA, Ala. – What started as just an idea for a entrepreneurship class has now expanded to a multimillion-dollar patented concept with an open door of opportunity for teenager Taylor Rosenthal. Rosenthal, a 14-year-old entrepreneur from Opelika, Ala., is the creator and inventor of a first-aid vending machine. “I make something called the RecMed vending machine. […]

MOBILE, Ala. – Austal, a global defense contractor, designer, and manufacturer of defense and commercial ships, was awarded a $53.4 million contract to procure long-lead materials for the 11th Expeditionary Fast Transport for the U.S. Navy. The award covers materials including main propulsion engines, generators, water jets, main reduction gears, and other long-lead time items. “We […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) joined his fellow members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today in co-sponsoring a resolution to begin proceedings to impeach Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen. The proceedings for impeachment are a response to what Palmer describes as Koskinen giving “misleading and false testimony to Congress and failing to […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) addressed the U.S. House Tuesday, submitting a letter agreed to by Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-01) which formalizes his pledges regarding comprehensive immigration reform, or amnesty, bills. The letter states that if elected Speaker, Ryan will not bring up immigration reform “so long as Barack Obama is president.” Ryan also promises to […]

Video above: Little River Sock Mill produces their socks with organic cotton in Fort Payne, Alabama. FORT PAYNE, Ala. – With temperatures dropping and fall weather approaching, Alabamians have finally been getting out their sweaters and warm socks. Martha Stewart, however, finds one Alabama company above the rest for helping people in the Yellowhammer State get […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama is home to two of the best suburbs in all of America, according to a new study from Business Insider. On Business Insider’s list of the 50 best suburbs in America, Vestavia Hills ranked in at number 49 and Mountain Brook registered near the top of the list, second only to New […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Freedom Caucus member and Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL) says that he still has reservations when it comes to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) being Speaker of the House. Rep. Brooks’ most prominent concern about Ryan is his stance on border security, he said when interviewed on the “The Laura Ingraham Show” on Thursday. “My biggest reservation about Paul […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Vital food industry leaders in the Alabama economy met to honor 25 years of the Alabama Grocers Association as well as to host a legislative panel in regards to the effect of the state budget on the grocery industry. The Alabama Grocers Association is known as the voice of the food industry in […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On October 21, the Default Prevention Act was voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives, with notable support from Congressmen in Alabama. The H.R. 692, or the Default Prevention Act, would ensure that the debt of the United States is always paid, and default is always avoided, by ensuring that the Treasury can always borrow for the […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Amy Bishop has publicly apologized for the first time since she opened fire on a University of Alabama-Huntsville faculty meeting five years ago, killing three colleagues. In 2010, the denial of Bishop’s tenure sparked the shootings. Bishop opened fire with a 9 mm pistol during a department meeting on Feb. 12, 2010. Professors […]