Governor Kay Ivey, along with co-chairs Jimmy Rane and Dr. Cathy Randall, on Friday announced 49 additional Alabamians have been selected to serve on the governor’s Honorary Inaugural Committee. “The Honorary Inaugural Committee is an accomplished group of Alabamians who have worked tirelessly over the years to keep this state moving forward,” Ivey said in […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall and Alabama job creators are praising the United States Supreme Court’s 8-0 decision this week in Weyerhaeuser Company v U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, better known as the “dusky gopher frog case.” In the decision, the highest court in the nation sided in favor of a lawsuit brought by Alabama and […]

The pastor at Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr.’s church, who will officiate his funeral services on Saturday, joined a pastor in Hoover and Hoover’s lone black city councilman in calling for unity, as well as love to triumph over hate in the aftermath of the Riverchase Galleria shooting. On Thursday, Mike McClure, Jr., the pastor of […]

The courageous Alabama judge who originally set aside a guilty verdict in one of the infamous “Scottsboro Boys” trials will be posthumously honored with a post office bearing his name. On Thursday, Republican Congressman Mo Brooks’ (AL-5) bill to designate the United States Postal Service Office located at 1110 West Market Street in Athens, Alabama […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced two key appointments to her administration as she transitions to a full term of her own. Former Congressman Jo Bonner was named as Ivey’s senior adviser and acting Finance Director Kelly Butler’s position was made permanent. “These two outstanding public servants are great additions to my administration and will […]

After speaking about the Riverchase Galleria shooting and the death of Emantic “E.J.” Bradford, Jr., Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin challenged activists to help with the plague of violence in Birmingham. According to ABC 33/40, Woodfin said, “Right now, all of my energy is spent on concern and empathy and sympathy for his parents. They deserve […]

Republican Congressmen Bradley Byrne (AL-1) and Drew Ferguson (GA-3) on Thursday announced a “friendly wager” on the upcoming SEC Championship Game between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia. Ferguson is staking Chick-fil-a on a Bulldog victory and Byrne is putting up Alabama seafood, pulling for a Crimson Tide win. Byrne and Ferguson […]

Hoover officials met with Emantic “E.J.” Bradford, Jr.’s family on Tuesday evening, and then on Thursday morning, publicly requested that the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) release video footage of the officer-involved fatal shooting of Bradford. In a press conference that included Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato, Police Chief Nick Derzis and City Councilman Derrick Murphy, officials […]

Cygnal, a polling firm headquartered in Montgomery, was recognized on Wednesday by The New York Times’ in-house polling guru as the most accurate in the nation leading up to the midterms. In a tweet displaying the data, Cygnal came out on top over 17 other firms. here are all the pollsters with at least 5 […]

The United States Marshals Service has executed an arrest warrant on the alleged Riverchase Galleria shooter, taking him into custody in the metro Atlanta area. Yellowhammer News learned of the arrest shortly after 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, and Fox 5 in Atlanta has confirmed the update in the case through their own reporting. Fox 5 […]

The military medic who helped save 12-year-old Molly Bennett after she was hit by a stray bullet at the Riverchase Galleria on Thursday night is sharing his testimony, saying, “I believe God put me there for a reason.” Rashad Billingsley, an 18-year-old Alabama Army National Guard medic, has been praised as a “hero” by Bennett’s […]

Four impressive students from the Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School have won Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District’s first Congressional App Challenge. Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6) was “pleased to announce” the news this week in a release. The winners are Aniket Pant, Viraj Kacker, Lonnie Webb and Cole McKee. The team designed an app to bring awareness […]

Two Alabama police departments aided in the investigation of a “sophisticated” identity theft and tax fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a press release on Tuesday, the DOJ announced that a federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis returned an indictment, which was unsealed on Monday, against a Missouri resident for […]

The rowdy group of protesters that blocked traffic on Highway 31 and called police officers “domestic terrorists” on Monday took to Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato’s house Tuesday evening starting at 8:15 pm. The protest leader, Carlos Chaverst, Jr., confirmed this plan on Facebook, sending out the mayor’s home address. In a live stream posted by […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) has spoken with former Attorney General Jeff Sessions twice recently, with Byrne providing updates on his travels around the state in preparation for an expected 2020 U.S. Senate campaign. A spokesman for Byrne outlined, “Congressman Byrne has spoken with Jeff Sessions twice in the last few weeks. The calls were primarily […]

On Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey joined The Westervelt Company and other leaders in announcing a major expansion of the company’s operations in rural Clarke County. A new lumber mill will be constructed in Thomasville, the second sawmill for the storied 134-year old company based in Tuscaloosa. The Westervelt Company is expanding its wood products manufacturing […]

With all of the emotion surrounding the death of Emantic “E.J.” Bradford, it can be hard to distinguish established fact from misinformation given the prevalence of social media. However, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), which is handling the Riverchase Galleria shooting investigation, and the Hoover Police Department have put out statements trying to keep […]

A woman whose daughter owns a store in the Riverchase Galleria believes that volatile protesters are hurting black business owners and ignoring “the root of the problem.” In a clip posted by WBRC’s Ashley Knight, the woman speaking from the inside of a Galleria shop expressed her sympathy for the family. “My heart goes out […]

Powered by United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket, which is made in Alabama, a NASA InSight spacecraft on Monday landed on Mars. This is the latest show of America’s space might, as Monday marked the eighth perfect Mars landing by NASA while no other country has yet been successful in doing so. It is NASA’s first landing […]

Alabama’s nationally syndicated radio duo of Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey are handing out some of their vintage commonsense this holiday season, this time in the aftermath of the Riverchase Galleria shooting on Thanksgiving night that resulted in Emantic “E.J.” Bradford’s death in an officer-involved shooting. Monday morning, before the worst-yet protests erupted that […]

A volatile “Black Lives Matter” protest erupted in Hoover on Monday evening, with the crowd encouraging violence and shutting down a part of busy Highway 31. The assembly came in the aftermath of 21-year-old Emantic “E.J.” Bradford being killed in an officer-involved shooting at the Riverchase Galleria on the night of Thanksgiving. Protesting began on […]

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is raising eyebrows again with his ambivalence towards representing the views of the majority of his constituents, saying, “I’m just going to do what I think is the right thing.” He has previously stated, to significant pushback, that representing the majority of Alabamians is not “the be all to end […]

The City of Hoover and the Hoover Police Department issued a joint statement on Monday morning, affirming their commitment to transparency in the wake of the Thanksgiving night Riverchase Galleria shooting and sharing that body camera and other video footage had immediately been turned over to outside investigators. Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, a 21-year-old from Hueytown, […]

In the lead-in to an interview on the publication’s new HBO documentary news series on Sunday evening, Axios’ National Political Reporter Jonathan Swan called Alabama native and former Yellowhammer Multimedia CEO Cliff Sims “one of the most interesting people you’ve never heard of.” Sims served as special assistant to President Donald Trump and director of White […]