MONTGOMERY — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Monday a new alliance of law enforcement groups and victims’ services organizations designed to fight human trafficking in Alabama. Officially titled the Alabama Anti Human Trafficking Alliance, the group aims to enhance the effectiveness of human trafficking prosecutions and better provide for victims by giving them […]

ESPN is giving Monday’s College Football National Championship game the “Megacast” treatment, providing fans 14 different ways to enjoy the matchup between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes. Of interest to Bama fans, longtime Crimson Tide radio broadcaster Eli Gold will have his call of the game simulcast on SEC Network. He will […]

Alabama suffered its worst yet week of coronavirus numbers over the last seven days, as many hospitals report a significant strain on their ability to provide care two weeks out from the Christmas holiday. As of Friday afternoon, there were 3,046 COVID-19 patients in Alabama’s hospitals, a new high and a 20% increase from the […]

The SHOWA Group, which has been located in Fayette for over 50 years, is hiring new people every week to keep up with the increase in demand for their gloves brought on by COVID-19. SHOWA is the only American manufacturer of single-use nitrile gloves that have become an in-demand form of personal protective equipment (PPE) […]

Yellowhammer News spoke this week to an executive at one of the internet providers involved with the massive FCC initiative set to bring high-speed internet to over 200,000 homes and businesses in rural Alabama. The FCC initiative is called the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). In essence, the FCC identified census tracts where homes and […]

The Alabama Attorney General’s Office and the Alabama Department of Public Health jointly warned the public on Thursday about scams claiming to offer access to coronavirus vaccines and testing. In a release, the agencies said they “are receiving reports of citizens being contacted at their homes for the purpose of being offered COVID-19 vaccinations at […]

Auburn University head football coach Bryan Harsin has reportedly selected his top assistants for his first season on The Plains. Derek Mason, formerly the head coach of Vanderbilt, will be the Tigers’ new defensive coordinator. Mike Bobo, previously the offensive coordinator for South Carolina, will have that same position at Auburn. Mason, 51, is coming […]

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin has been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for COVID-19 induced pneumonia. Woodfin, 39, was admitted to Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham late Monday evening for what city officials called “symptoms connected to COVID pneumonia.” The mayor first tested positive for the coronavirus on December 30. A release from […]

Protective Life Corporation, an insurance company based in Birmingham, announced Wednesday it has finalized its acquisition of the Revolos family of companies. First announced in late September 2020, the acquisition of Revolos will significantly expand Protective Life’s holdings in the asset protection sector. “The closing of this transaction marks another milestone for Protective and an […]

Tracy Larkin, a longtime city councilman in Montgomery and an army veteran, passed away on Tuesday at age 74 after an extended battle with a respiratory illness. All flags in Alabama’s capital city will be flown at half-staff out of respect for Larkin’s passing, per a Wednesday morning announcement from Mayor Steven Reed. Larkin is […]

Auburn University announced Monday that Jeremy Arthur will lead the institution’s Governmental and Economic Development Institute (GEDI). Arthur has served as the president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama since 2012. He will begin his role at Auburn in February. Auburn’s GEDI was created in 1976 and is a unit of […]

BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama is making $250,000 in grant money available to schools located in Alabama that present plans designed to fight childhood obesity. The Be Healthy School Grant Program will give awards to 25 winning schools in increments of no more than $10,000. To be eligible to apply for one of the grants a […]

Alabama Crimson Tide Quarterback Mac Jones has won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for the nation’s best college football quarterback set to graduate with his class. Jones’ selection was announced on Monday by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Education Foundation, the organization that oversees the award. The Golden Arm Award is among several notable […]

Crimson Tide wide receiver DeVonta Smith is the heavy favorite to take home this year’s Heisman trophy, according to national sportsbooks. As of 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the sports betting website Draftkings has Smith at -1000 (a bettor would have to place $1,000 on Smith to take home $100). FanDuel, another online gambling provider, has […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is the 2021 chair of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (TTW) Development Authority, the organization announced Monday. The TTW Development Authority, created by a congressionally-ratified compact during the waterway’s construction, now “promotes the development of the Waterway and its economic and trade potential,” according to its website. The chair position Ivey is assuming […]

An innovative type of vial developed by the company SiO2 Materials in Auburn that can store coronavirus vaccines and other medical treatments received national attention on Sunday. Forbes Magazine named Si02’s vials the “Best Product” in the magazine’s first annual Forbes Manufacturing Awards. “Glass vials are ordinarily pretty boring stuff, but given the challenges of Covid […]

The Tuskegee Airmen are being commemorated with a freshly designed quarter from the U.S. Mint that will go into circulation in early 2021. Trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Southeast Alabama, the legendary World War II aviators were the first black pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces. Serving during WWII, they flew over 15,000 […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) has endorsed former State Rep. April Weaver’s (R-Brierfield) campaign for State Senate District 14. “April Weaver is exactly what we need in that State Senate,” AFA President Chris Isaacson remarked in a release, further describing the candidate as “a fiscal champion, a proven conservative and a valued friend to the […]

Alabama Launchpad, a fund that invests in Alabama-based startup companies, is heightening its focus on mentoring and supporting young companies in 2021. Launchpad is a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. Companies receive investments from the fund after a panel of judges determine they are the best among a cycle’s finalists. Over the […]

Three Alabama groups have partnered to create the Invest Early Alabama Film Festival, an event focused on early childhood education that will run digitally during January 2021. Invest Early is a joint project of the Alabama School Readiness Alliance, the Alabama Association of School Boards and the Business Council of Alabama. PNC Bank is the chief financial sponsor […]

Small business owners in Alabama will soon be able to apply for loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) again after the federal government recently approved a new round of funding for the program along with changes to how it is administered. Businesses that received a loan in the first round of the program will […]

The number of COVID-19 patients in Alabama hospitals continued to break records this week, and one of the state’s foremost experts on infectious diseases is warning the state’s largest hospital may need to enter “crisis mode” if numbers keep spiking. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of UAB Hospital’s Division of Infectious Diseases, briefed reporters on the […]

Walker County-based Jasper Lumber Company has formed a partnership with the Canadian business Tolko Industries that will facilitate a $45 million expansion creating 60 new jobs. News of the partnership was announced Tuesday by the Office of Governor Kay Ivey. Jasper Lumber’s sawmill will see its capacity triple with the new investment, which will include […]

A state program that provides internet access to families with K-12 students has been extended into 2021 by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey. Federal legislation providing a second wave of coronavirus relief was passed by Congress last week and signed on Sunday by President Donald Trump. It paved the way for the extension by moving the […]