ENTERPRISE, Ala. — A retired Army helicopter pilot in Enterprise, Ala., wrote an email to MSNBC over a decade ago warning the network that Brian Williams’ story that he had been in a helicopter that took enemy fire in Iraq was false. He was ignored. “It just wasn’t close to what actually happened,” Retired CW4 […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On the eve of Alabama’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage coming to an end, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has issued an order to probate judges around the state instructing them not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. According to Moore’s six-page letter, “no probate judge shall issue […]

The first Wednesday of February is an unofficial holiday for college football fans around the U.S., especially in SEC country. It’s National Signing Day, the first day that college football recruits can sign a National Letter of Intent to play for their school of choice. Over the years, highly coveted recruits have come up with […]

In June of last year, Yellowhammer’s video crew was in Governor Bentley’s office inside the Capitol setting up for an interview when the door opened behind us. “Good morning, Mr. Speaker,” one of the governor’s staffers said as he stood up. I turned around in the cavernous wood-paneled office expecting to see Alabama’s current House […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL3) on Thursday expressed concern that he does not believe President Obama has the same resolve to fight the so called Islamic State that Jordan’s King Abdullah II has displayed in recent days. “I was very impressed with the resolve shown by the King of Jordan when I had […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Public Service Commissioner Chris “Chip” Beeker on Tuesday opened the PSC’s monthly meeting by expressing his frustration with the federal government’s overreach in a variety of areas — from immigration to environmental policies. When I was a child the federal government did not work to punish success and reward sloth. But, […]

ENTERPRISE, Ala. — Enterprise High School student Robert Hillan has wanted to be an astronaut since he went to Space Camp as an 8-year-old. He’ll have to wait a while longer for his chance to go into space, but in the mean time he’ll be sending one of his inventions ahead of himself. Hillan was […]

ATLANTA, Ga. — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the State of Alabama’s motion to place on hold a federal judge’s ruling striking down Alabama’s same-sex marriage ban. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange had previously asked the 11th Circuit to stay the lower court’s decision, pending a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court […]

Blair Andress, or “Mr. A” as he is called by those who have the pleasure of knowing him, is a tiny-town principal with a larger-than-life personality. He is currently the principal at Eclectic Middle School in Eclectic, Alabama, a town of 1,007 in Elmore County. But in addition to his typical duties as principal, Mr. […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) last week became the center of the push to repeal and replace ObamaCare when news broke that House Leadership had chosen his bill as their repeal legislation of choice. On Monday, Byrne’s bill got another boost with the endorsement of Heritage Action for America, arguably the most influential […]

GLENDALE, Arizona — Malcolm Butler picked off seven passes, including three in a single game, during his All-American career at the University of West Alabama, but none of them will ever compare to the one he got on Sunday night. With the Seattle Seahawks within a yard of back-to-back Super Bowl wins, the whole world […]

Lenny Kravitz joined Katy Perry on stage during the Super Bowl halftime show, which was pretty random, but not near as random his connection to an Alabama football legend. According to Kravitz, he played catch with former Alabama quarterback Joe Namath when the latter was the signal-caller for the New York Jets in the early […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has a message for global warming alarmists: Cool it. Alabama’s junior senator took to the senate floor this week to express his frustration with the Obama Administration and its Environmental Protection Agency, which is seeking to impose trillions of dollars of regulations on the American economy, due to what […]

http://youtu.be/FbjsvEjXLgo (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions questions AG nominee Loretta Lynch during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing) “Who has more right to a job in this country: a lawful immigrant who’s here, a green card holder, or a citizen, or a person who entered the country unlawfully?” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Wednesday posed that […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said today that he is officially “in” to run for re-election in 2016. Shelby was first elected to the Senate in 1986 and prior to that served for 8 years in the U.S. House. With roughly four decades of experience under his belt and thanks to the newly elected […]

Baseball Prospectus has named Hillcrest High School (Tuscaloosa) graduate Tim Anderson the No. 1 prospect in the entire Chicago White Sox organization, topping even vaunted pitching prospect Carlos Rodon, who the Sox drafted in the first round (third overall) in last year’s draft. That’s an impressive feet under any circumstances, but even more impressive considering […]

(Video above: Alabama State Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) appears on MSNBC) Alabama’s first and only openly gay legislator was a guest on “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC Tuesday evening after she went viral online with threats that she would expose her colleagues’ extramarital affairs. “I will not stand by and allow legislators to […]

(Video above: The incredible story of how an Alabama man left his racist past behind during the Vietnam War) A call into the Paul Finebaum Show from 2008 resurfaced this past week and is well worth revisiting. “Jay in Huntsville” explained to Finebaum that he “grew up in Alabama and was raised a racist.” His […]

Dr. David Platt, who until recently pastored Birmingham’s Church at Brook Hills, is poised with the upcoming release of a new book to be an influential voice in the cultural debate surrounding some of American society’s major hot-button issues — from gay marriage and abortion to immigration and racism. Platt, 35, is the author of […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A school choice march and rally set to take place in Montgomery on Wednesday is expected to be the largest organized event during National School Choice Week, an annual nationwide education reform push that takes place each January. Over 10,000 school choice-focused events are scheduled to take place around the country this […]

ATLANTA, Ga. — A former staffer for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is currently believed to be the frontrunner to win the chairmanship of the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), the oldest political youth organization in the United States and one of the nation’s largest and most active Republican grassroots advocacy groups. Meagan Myers Hanson, a […]

MOBILE, Ala. — The federal judge who on Friday struck down Alabama’s constitutional ban on gay marriage has now placed her order on hold for two weeks, giving the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals an opportunity to weigh in. U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade ruled in Searcy v. Strange that Alabama’s ban on gay […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Probate Judges Association released a statement Sunday clarifying that probate judges around the state will not be issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, in spite of a federal judge’s ruling that many outlets reported would immediately force them to do so. According to Reuters’ initial report, which has not been […]

http://youtu.be/QoF0A4D-lo0 When it comes to senior prom, Enterprise High School senior Cole LaBrant is shooting for the stars — or at least for one star. In a video posted to YouTube Saturday, LaBrant is relying on his sense of humor to win himself a date with 22-year-old singer and actress Selena Gomez. Gomez came up […]