General Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chief of staff of the Air Force, last week visited MGMWERX, Montgomery’s state-of-the-art innovation hub. Brown toured the facility with Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, Air University Commander and President Lt. General James Hecker and Brig. General Trent H. Edwards (USAF, Ret.) — the director of […]

As executive director at Cornerstone Schools of Alabama, Dr. Nita Carr is playing a critical role in the development of young minds – educating students while also challenging them to live a life devoted to God. Cornerstone Schools of Alabama provides a Christian education to at-risk and underserved children in Birmingham. Carr is tasked with […]

Dr. Cheri Canon is much more than an award-winning doctor specializing in diagnostic radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Also a professor and the Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair of Radiology at UAB, Canon’s impact reaches far beyond her important day jobs. In a recent interview with Yellowhammer News, Canon attributed her success in […]

What started as a pet project transformed into a bustling, nationally renowned family business for the McCrarys. Natasha McCrary launched 1818 Farms in 2011, and it wasn’t long before the farm was named America’s “Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year” by Amazon in 2019. Nestled outside of Huntsville — in the historic village of Mooresville […]

Yellowhammer News is proud to name Bobbie Knight a 2020 Woman of Impact.