The Alabama Census Bowl has been created where counties that have performed poorly in responding to the Census will earn money for their school systems by competing head-to-head at increasing their response rates. The competition, similar in style to a March Madness type bracket, is a project from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community […]

Online collegiate resource “Niche” has rated Auburn the best university in Alabama, while the magazine “Money” has named Auburn as the best value in the state. Money says it factors in affordability, quality of education and graduates’ earnings potential to the rankings they publish. The publication highlighted Auburn’s 78% graduation rate as a positive indicator […]

Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Chancellor Jimmy Baker announced on Monday that he has appointed Gregg Bennett to serve as the interim president of Gadsden State Community College. Current president Dr. Martha Lavender announced earlier in the year that she would be retiring from the post she has held for the last six years. Bennett […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has allocated $10 million for a grant program to help relieve the financial pain suffered by the state’s timber owners during the coronavirus pandemic. The money comes from the $1.9 billion Alabama received as part of the federal government’s CARES Act passed in March with the goal of alleviating the economic […]

Dr. Andrew Westmoreland, who has served as president of Samford University since 2006, announced on Friday his plans to retire effective June 30, 2021.

Alabama’s coronavirus numbers were muddled over the last seven days as some metrics indicated slight progress while others did not provide positive signs. Hospitalizations are down slightly from when Yellowhammer News last provided an update one week ago, and new cases, according to how they have been traditionally recorded, are down as well. However, the […]

Republican candidate Barry Moore has been endorsed by the Alabama Farmers Federation in his bid for Congress.

The Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant in Montgomery is currently producing new automobiles to the fullest extent of its capabilities...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday extended the state’s face covering requirement through the month of September, and it is now set to expire at 5:00 p.m. CT on Friday, October 2. All other coronavirus related precautions such as a limits on capacity for restaurants and retailers have been kept in place for […]

Alabamians hoping to visit their loved ones who reside in nursing homes will have to keep waiting due to the continued threat of COVID-19, though the Nursing Home Association is working to allow visits as soon as they are safe. Brandon Farmer, Alabama Nursing Home Association president and CEO, released a statement Wednesday updating the […]

Troy University has changed the name of a building on campus to John Robert Lewis Hall in honor of the iconic civil rights hero and congressman who passed away earlier in 2020. Lewis, a native of Troy, attempted to enroll at the university as a young man in the 1950s, but was denied admission because […]

DECATUR — Mayor Tab Bowling of Decatur has been pulled into a runoff election against challenger William “Butch” Matthews, a former city councilman from the northwest area of the city. According to unofficial city results published by the Decatur Daily, Bowling captured 47.81% of the 8,366 votes cast in Tuesday’s municipal election, falling 183 votes […]

HUNTSVILLE-- Mayor Tommy Battle was overwhelmingly reelected on Tuesday, garnering 78% of the vote in the Rocket City to earn a fourth term.

The Washington Nationals announced Monday that they are calling up Ben Braymer, a former pitcher for the Auburn Tigers, who will take on a bullpen role for the club. Braymer, 26, is the second former Auburn pitcher to be called up this season, after Casey Mize made his debut for the Detroit Tigers earlier in […]

A group of River Region organizations including the City of Montgomery announced Monday the creation of Montgomery Techlab, a program designed to increase the viability of mobile app developers in the area. The program consists in large part of a 12-week program described as “intensive” where startup companies from the Montgomery area that develop apps […]

The Associated Press has released its preseason rankings of college football’s best teams, and Alabama is ranked No. 3 followed by Auburn at No. 11. The Clemson Tigers are ranked first, followed by Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma in the top five. The preseason rankings will be the last version to include teams like […]

State Representative Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals) on Monday cast all of the state’s 50 delegates to officially renominate President Donald Trump as the GOP’s candidate for president in 2020. The official nomination of Trump was a procedural matter — the president has enormous support among Republican voters and faced only token challengers in the primary […]

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox announced Monday that he has issued an executive order closing all bars and bar service at restaurants in the city for 14 days. He said the decision was made in concert with the University of Alabama and local health officials. Maddox appeared at a press conference alongside University of Alabama President […]

Regions Bank announced Monday that it is granting $75,000 to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) to help offset revenue losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. BCRI is currently in the midst of raising $750,000 before the end of the year to keep operating, meaning the Regions grant covers 10% of the total fundraising goal. […]

The Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) announced this week that three iconic sites in the Yellowhammer State have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bricklayers Hall in Montgomery, The Alabama Book Store in Tuscaloosa and Vanity Fair Park in Monroeville are now nationally enshrined for their historical significance. “The National Register properties in […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Friday issued a supplement to her emergency proclamation that will allow municipalities greater freedom to recruit and train election workers. Almost every midsize and small city in Alabama heads to the polls next Tuesday, August 25, to vote on their mayor and city councils. Should no candidate get 50% in […]

A beloved fall event in the Wiregrass region of Alabama has reportedly canceled its 2020 edition. WTVY in Dothan is reporting that the 2020 National Peanut Festival has been canceled. The event had been scheduled for November 6-15. The TV station says news of the cancellation was confirmed by “several people with knowledge of the […]

The Trump administration released this week a summary of the support it has given to the state of Alabama amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, including millions of masks and thousands of doses of remdesivir. The newly collected data prompted praise from U.S. Reps. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) and Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville). In the document, the Trump […]

Two Bassmaster tournaments have been moved to lakes in Alabama after organizers in upstate New York could not find a way to make the originally scheduled events happen. The most recent announcement is that the Bassmaster Eastern Open will now occur December 3-5, 2020, at Lay Lake with takeoffs and weigh-ins held at Beeswax Park […]