MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In what Chief Justice Roy Moore’s legal counsel called a “brazen move,” the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) of Alabama has hired an attorney from the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to prosecute its charges against the Chief Justice. Former SPLC Legal Director John Carroll will prosecute the case. The SPLC has […]

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan, the highest ranking Republican elected official in the country, continues to hold out on endorsing presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) says it is time for the speaker to board the Trump Train as it steamrolls toward a general election showdown with Hillary […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) says he would consider being Donald J. Trump’s running mate, if the billionaire real estate tycoon asked him to serve as vice president. Sessions told The Daily Caller Friday he does not expect to be asked, but added, “If I could help him in some way — and he […]

WINNERS The Prosecution Lead prosecutor Matt Hart’s investigative methods throughout the grand jury proceedings and lead up to the trial wandered into ethical and legal gray areas that threatened to taint the entire years-long ordeal, but his team’s performance in the first week of the trial has been strong. Hart & Co. clearly did their […]

West Point graduation is always a proud moment for cadets who endured years of 5:30 a.m. wakeup calls, exhausting PT and intense studying. But no picture has ever captured the emotions of that day quite like the photo above, which has gone viral all over the Internet this week. Alix Idrache graduated from West Point […]

Forbes Magazine announced this week that Alabama has a new richest resident: Jimmy Rane. Here’s how Forbes describes his ascent: The founder of Abbeville-based building materials company Great Southern Wood Preserving, Rane is better known nown as Yella Fella, the cowboy alter-ego he plays in TV commercials. He got into the lumber business by accident. […]

OPELIKA, Ala. — Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s former top staffer delivered emotional — and potentially damning — testimony Wednesday in the speaker’s ethics trial, asserting that Hubbard’s actions in office made him worry that “Mike may end up in some sort of legal trouble.” Hubbard’s former chief of staff Josh Blades detailed two particular […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has joined an 11-state legal challenge to the Obama administration’s order that schools must allow students access to restrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their “gender identity” rather than their sex, or lose federal funding. According to a release from the Alabama Attorney General’s office, Alabama joined 10 other states in […]

WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump veepstakes is heating up and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is right in the middle of it, according to the New York Daily News, the country’s fourth-most widely circulated daily newspaper. “Sources said Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions — one of Trump’s earliest supporters… is under consideration,” wrote the Daily News’s Reuven […]

OPELIKA, Ala. — Tuesday was day one of the long-anticipated trial of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, who was indicted in October of 2014 on 23 felony counts of using his public office for personal gain. According to an almost two-hour opening statement from the prosecution, Hubbard has made roughly $2.3 million dollars in various […]

(Video above: The Brandon Gosselin story) In the spring of 2013, Brandon Gosselin, then a high school senior from Burlington, Oklahoma, had the world at his fingertips. He was valedictorian of his senior class; one of the top 10 basketball players in Oklahoma; an Academic all-state basketball player; and had just been accepted to the […]

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) discusses Trump on Fox News Sunday) WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is warning gun rights advocates that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would be “the most anti-Second Amendment president perhaps we’ve ever had.” During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, that […]

WASHINGTON — The GOP-controled United States House of Representatives has voted to restrict Confederate flag displays at national cemeteries over the objections of the vast majority of Republicans, including Alabama’s delegation. Alabama’s lone Democrat, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL7) supported the measure, while the state’s six Republicans were opposed. The bill ultimately passed 265-159, with 84 […]

(Video above: Family Guy plays Tecmo Super Bowl) Peter Griffin, the bumbling father on Fox’s hit animated series Family Guy, reminded the world this week how amazing Bo Jackson was. Oh sure, he was amazing on both the baseball and football fields and was named “The Greatest Athlete of All Time” by ESPN, and that’s […]

(Video above: Rickey Smiley goes on a must-hear rant on his syndicated morning show) Alabama native, world famous comedian and nationally syndicated radio host Rickey Smiley went on a must-hear rant Thursday morning, demanding his adult listeners do a better job mentoring the next generation on how they should act. Several notable excerpts can be […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Retired military veterans can now obtain an Alabama concealed carry permit free of charge, thanks to a bill signed into law by Governor Robert Bentley (R-Ala.). According to a press release sent out by the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, HB59, sponsored by state Representative David Standridge (R-Hayden), “will allow […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s only openly gay state legislator says fears surrounding the transgender bathroom debate are unfounded and if parents really want to protect their children from predators, they should not allow them to participate in church or other activities that put them under the temporary supervision of other adults. “If you really want […]

Pretty much every online real estate listing these days raves about its “gorgeous” finishes, “open concept” floor plan and “prime” location. Then there’s Mitchell Hastings’ two-bedroom, two-bath listing in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb that takes it to a whole new level. Whoever buys this house is buying a piece of history: The greatest real estate […]

ENTERPRISE, Ala. — An obituary that originally appeared in the Enterprise Ledger 71 years ago has resurfaced online and is making the rounds on social media. Staff Sgt. Andrew Leon Bowden, whose family lived in Enterprise, Alabama, was a decorated war hero before he was even old enough to legally buy alcohol. He tragically drowned […]

(Video above: Former University of Alabama QB and current Big Oak Ranch executive director Brodie Croyle appears on Yellowhammer Radio) SUBSCRIBE to the Yellowhammer Radio podcast on iTunes. John Croyle and his wife, Tee, have seen their dream of building the best children’s home in America grow into three separate facilities in Northeast Alabama: Big […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley has forced at least 87 staffers in his office sign confidentiality agreements, according to documents obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request by Alabama sports website and liberal political blog al.com. Conspicuously missing among the 87 individuals, however, is Rebekah Caldwell Mason, who was working for the Bentley […]

WASHINGTON — Four Alabama congressmen have signed on to a letter demanding President Barack Obama walk back his effort to coerce all public schools around the country to offer gender-neutral bathrooms. The administration claims the new policy “gives administrators, teachers, and parents the tools they need to protect transgender students from peer harassment and to […]

(Audio above: Retired Marine Matt Pierce discusses his combat experience on Yellowhammer Radio with Cliff Sims) Alabama-based Marine Matt Pierce did a total seven combat tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring from active service in 2012. He is an expert dog handler and explosive ordinance disposal technician (EOD Tech), meaning Pierce was […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) recently visited the People’s Republic of China with a group of his colleagues and is now sounding the alarm about China’s unfair trade practices and aggressive military expansion. Byrne noted that China, the world’s most populous country, and the United States, the world’s largest economy, have both […]