Governor Kay Ivey on Sunday ordered flags in the state of Alabama to be lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH. A memo from Ivey to all state agencies said this was done at the request of President Donald Trump. “Let us remember […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Friday sent a letter to the members of the Alabama Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority to call a public meeting for Tuesday, September 17 regarding the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project. This comes amid a social media and press firestorm about the project’s proposed use of a toll for partial funding […]

PRATTVILLE — High-speed broadband access is on the way to Alabamians in Central Alabama Electric Cooperative’s (CAEC) primarily rural 5,000 square-mile service territory. At a packed announcement event on Friday, the cooperative explained that it has formed a wholly owned subsidiary, named “Central Access,” to construct a 400-mile fiber optic ring that will connect CAEC’s […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville is defending a DeKalb County school’s plan to hold a “back to school worship service” and reiterating his call for prayer to return to public schools. Fyffe High School last week published a post on Facebook inviting members of the public to voluntarily attend the event scheduled […]

The Nick’s Kids Foundation on Thursday held its annual luncheon at Bryant-Denny Stadium. According to WBRC, the philanthropy of Terry and Nick Saban awarded a total of approximately $560,000 to 130 different non-profits at the event. BamaOnLine added that the foundation also presented a check worth $100,000 to the Tuscaloosa PARA All-Inclusive Playground. WVTM spoke […]

Senator Doug Jones is apparently a big fan of Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” however Alabama’s junior senator recently tried to distance himself from New York City. In a video shared Wednesday on Twitter, Jones can be seen backstage walking up to the cast. When someone announces his arrival, the room […]

HUNTSVILLE — Yellowhammer News on Wednesday held the third of its 2019 “News Shapers” events: “Prepare for Launch.” Hosted at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), key stakeholders from industry, government and academia came together to discuss Alabama’s soaring aerospace and defense industry.

After the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on Tuesday sent out a press release claiming “voter fraud” has “consistently proven to be non-existent,” Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill in an interview with Yellowhammer News pointed to specific, confirmed cases of recent voter fraud in the state, rebutting the SPLC’s assertion. The SPLC release […]

Former State Senator Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) has been endorsed by the Washington, D.C.-based Club for Growth’s political arm in the 2020 Alabama First Congressional District race to fill the vacancy created by Congressman Bradley Byrne’s (R-AL) U.S. Senate bid. The endorsement was announced on Wednesday. “Bill Hightower is a strong, pro-growth conservative with business experience […]

Autauga County Commissioner Van Smith has been endorsed by the Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) in the House District 42 special Republican primary election to fill the seat of the late State Rep. Jimmy Martin (R-Clanton). The endorsement was announced in a statement on Tuesday. “We believe that Van Smith is the best candidate to represent District […]

Ahead of this week’s Democratic presidential primary debates, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is once again being criticized for his blanket pledge to support the party’s eventual 2020 nominee, no matter how radical that individual ends up being. A new video ad by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) plays off of Jones’ now infamous admission, […]

Chilton County Commissioner Allen Caton has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the House District 42 special Republican primary election to fill the seat of the late State Rep. Jimmy Martin (R-Clanton). The endorsement was made in a letter to Caton written on Friday and announced on Monday. Caton was the only […]

Popular State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville) on Monday announced that he will not seek Alabama’s Second Congressional District seat being vacated by the retirement of U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) in 2020. Chambliss on Sunday told Yellowhammer News he was in “serious discussions” with his family about the race and that he was “definitely interested.” […]

MONTGOMERY — General Ed Crowell (Ret.) on Monday released the first video ad in his campaign to be Montgomery’s next mayor. In the ad, Crowell highlights his desire to fix Montgomery’s education crisis and reduce crime in Alabama’s capital city. The video specifically mentions that he will push for increasing teacher pay and prioritize workforce […]

North Alabama will soon be “the U.S. leader in advanced electron beam welding for aerospace, defense and commercial sectors,” thanks to Huntsville-based Dynetics. Dynetics Technical Solutions (DTS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynetics, Inc., last week signed an agreement with Pro-Beam, a global leader in the electron beam and laser technology sector, to acquire the largest electron […]

Thanks to a $25,000 donation from Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH), Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center (FORGE) and its clients are not fighting alone. FORGE was established in 2016 as a unique partnership between the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Brookwood Baptist Health, Grandview Medical Center, UAB Medicine and St. Vincent’s Health System. The FORGE mission […]

After U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02) on Friday announced that she will not seek reelection in 2020, a field of potential candidates is already shaping up in the southeast Alabama district. While some former and current elected officials are among the crowd still weighing bids, two popular state legislators strongly rumored to be in the […]

Many of Alabama’s elected officials are commending the service of U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02) after she announced on Friday that she will not seek reelection to a sixth term in 2020. The first to offer words of praise for Roby was Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), the dean of Alabama’s D.C. delegation and the state’s […]

Representative Martha Roby (AL-02) on Friday announced that she will not seek reelection to a sixth congressional term in 2020. Roby, first elected in 2010, currently serves as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommitee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. She is also a member of the influential House Appropriations Committee, serving […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey this week held a bill signing ceremony for four major pieces of education legislation that were passed during the Alabama legislature’s 2019 regular session, with Friday marking two years since the governor unveiled her signature ‘Strong Start, Strong Finish’ education initiative. The governor’s office in a statement emphasized that these […]

Outdated facilities are being blamed after pit bulls killed 29 cats at the Dothan Animal Shelter this week. WTVY reported that shelter workers were shocked to make the discovery when they came into work on Thursday morning.

The viral moment that brought a photographer to tears recently in Madison County has now garnered national adoration. Fox 5 in Atlanta this week published a story based on a recent Facebook post from Brittany Calden of Brittany Calden Photography in Madison, Alabama. In an impromptu photo Calden took while sitting in the Madison Chick-fil-A’s […]

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 on Thursday passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 284-149 margin, with Alabama’s members split on the bipartisan deal that moves to increase discretionary spending caps by $320 billion and suspends the national debt limit for two years. Approximately one-third of the House Republican conference, 65 GOP members, voted […]

Governor Kay Ivey’s office on Thursday joined the U.S. Department of Transportation in officially confirming that the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project has been awarded a $125 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant by the Trump administration. The project announcement was first made Monday by Senator Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) office, which said the amount signifies […]