Stunning images depicting life in segregated Mobile, Ala., in the mid-1950s have resurfaced after decades in storage. Famed photographer Gordon Parks documented the lives of three families living in Mobile, Alabama in 1956. The images he captured were rediscovered shortly after his death in 2012 and are now on display sat the High Museum of […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A statewide survey recently released publicly by the Alabama Federation for Children, in conjunction with the Black Alliance for Educational Options, indicates widespread support in Alabama for school choice, which promises to be one of the top issues in the 2015 legislative session. The survey of likely Alabama general election voters, which […]

Political leaders in Alabama and other Southern states have grown frustrated with their states’ lack of influence in the presidential primaries and have hatched a plan that could have profound implications for the 2016 elections — especially for Republicans. POLITICO explains: Officials in five Southern states — Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas — are […]

Here’s how a booking agency for private parties and events describes Cooper Trent, a local artist from Birmingham: Cooper Trent is a great piano player from Birmingham, Alabama. Having played in college bands at the University of Alabama while obtaining his degree, Cooper can perform hundreds of songs of all varieties. Cooper Trent Piano can […]

Former Auburn University basketball star and Leeds, Alabama, native Charles Barkley is no stranger to making waves with controversial comments. But the NBA hall-of-famer has received a tidal wave of both criticism and support for the various comments he’s made in response to recent events in Ferguson and New York City. Barkley was asked on […]

Ronda Walker opened 2014 with some good news — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced in January that he was appointing her to represent District 3 on the Montgomery County Commission. As you would expect, the news was met with congratulations from her friends, family and co-workers, and even her former boss, Congressman Martha Roby. But […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — “We’re going to be raising revenue,” Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said late last week. “Our goal is to raise revenue. We have to raise some revenue.” The governor and legislative leaders have in recent weeks been laboring over what to do about an estimated $260 million hole in the state’s General Fund […]

A new report released by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) places Alabama about middle of the pack among states when it comes to preventing, detecting, diagnosing and responding to outbreaks, like Ebola, Enterovirus and antibiotic-resistant Superbugs. The report, “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases,” finds that the recent […]

RAINBOW CITY, Ala. — The perpetually offended out-of-state atheists group that recently targeted an Alabama town’s Christmas parade and football game prayers is back again, this time going after another Alabama town’s Nativity scene. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation recently sent a letter to the mayor of Rainbow City, Alabama, urging him to remove […]

PHOTO: #BlackLivesMatter protesters at the entrance to The Summit off Hwy. 280 http://t.co/IkSAhh004h pic.twitter.com/S3zrROaaiK — ABC 33/40 News (@abc3340) December 19, 2014 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The group organizing a Birmingham “Black Lives Matter” protest and die in say they will proceed as planned, in spite of indicating earlier today that they may postpone. A press […]

The crew of the USS Alabama, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine currently stationed in Washington, had a message for the University of Alabama this week. “Just like the Crimson Tide, our awesome offensive and defensive capabilities make us the best in the world,” one of the sub’s officers declared in a video posted on the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 6.0%, down from October’s rate of 6.3%. “Seasonal adjustment” refers to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ practice of anticipating certain trends in the labor force, such as hiring during the holidays or the surge in the labor […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two dozen grassroots conservative leaders from across Alabama came together on Thursday to write a letter to Gov. Robert Bentley urging him not to expand the state’s Medicaid program. In the letter, the group says they feel “obligated to hold (Gov. Bentley) accountable to the campaign promises (he) ran on to be […]

Conservatives around the country were justifiably disappointed on Wednesday when Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) announced that he was stepping aside and allowing Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) to take over as Budget Committee Chairman when Republicans assume control of the Senate in January. Everyone, including Sessions, was surprised last month when Enzi signaled that he wanted […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Judy Bonner, who was named University of Alabama President in late 2012, announced on Wednesday that she will be exiting her current role by the end of Sept. 2015, and plans to return to teaching. Bonner has had a long and distinguished career at UA, including stints as a department chair, […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Katherine Robertson, vice president of the staunchly conservative Alabama Policy Institute, warned Alabamians on Wednesday that they should not be “fooled” by a potential “backdoor approach to Medicaid expansion as introduced in” ObamaCare. In several states around the country, Republican governors have recently proposed plans that eerily resembled Medicaid expansion under ObamaCare, […]

Washington – U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo) have come to an agreement regarding the Budget Committee in the 114th Congress. Pending a committee vote and GOP Caucus approval, Enzi will chair the committee and Sessions will take on a significant role in reforming welfare spending and identifying and eliminating wasteful federal […]

(Video above: ABC 33/40 report on “Black Lives Matter” protests scheduled in Birmingham) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Traffic-blocking demonstrations and “die ins” are coming to Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, according to the buzz on social media. The protests are being designed to mirror many others taking place around the country in the wake of the Michael […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — During an appearance on the Matt Murphy Show on Monday, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley conceded that his recently proposed idea to eliminate certain state income tax deductions would constitute a tax hike on the people of Alabama. As part of his efforts to patch a $260 million hole in the state’s General […]

AUBURN, Ala. — The police officer who arrested Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) for domestic violence last week says he saw the senator shove his fiancé to the ground, prompting him to make the arrest, according to a police report first reported by the Associated Press. Whatley was charged with third degree domestic violence, which is […]

MONTEVALLO, Ala. — The University of Montevallo is experiencing quite a boom under the leadership of its relatively new president, Dr. John Stewart, who arrived on campus in 2010. Since then, the school has seen a dramatic increase in student enrollment, with a 25 percent boost in its freshman class. Overall growth in the total […]

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(Video above: Google’s 2014 “Year in Search”) Each year, Google calculates the top trending searches worldwide and releases them in it’s annual ‘Year in Search‘ feature. By analyzing spikes in search traffic in​ ​over a trillion searches, Google’s annual list aims to reflect the topics and people that defined 2014. In addition to analyzing what […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) on Monday said that the so-called “CRomnibus,” the $1.1 trillion government funding bill passed by the House and Senate last week, does not fund the President’s executive actions on immigration, in spite of what others have said. The bill funds the government through next September, but only funds […]