After a shooting in Tuscaloosa injured one University of Alabama student and shook residents around town on Sunday, police investigators discovered that the shooter is “developmentally challenged” and that his caretaker bears a large portion of the blame. Per ABC 33/40, the 28-year-old shooter fired several rounds into Another Broken Egg Cafe, a popular restaurant […]

Per a report by NBC 13, students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) helped take down notorious Russian cybercriminal Peter Levashov. Levashov, who pleaded guilty in federal court last week, was caught running a network of computers infected with malicious software. Investigators say through those infected computers, the Russian was able to steal […]

Starting this coming fiscal year, paid congressional internships will be widely available for the first time in decades due to a funding package passed last week under the leadership of Senate Committee on Appropriations Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL). The legislative package, which also strongly funded Veterans Affairs, military construction, nuclear security and energy and water […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Sunday afternoon called for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to be postponed, calling for a “pause button” to be pushed once again, after the Washington Post published an allegation of sexual assault by then-high school student Kavanaugh. Jones has previously demanded that Jones’ confirmation process be put […]

On Sunday, Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) did an interview with CNN in which he discussed an allegation of sexual assault by then high-school student Brett Kavanaugh, who is now President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. In the interview, Jones said that the allegation needed to be “tested in the light of day,” meaning […]

For the second year in a row, Troy University’s football team made big money off of upsetting a heavily favored opponent. On Saturday, the Trojans travelled to Lincoln and defeated Nebraska 24-19. Troy got paid $1.15M to beat Nebraska. That is all. — Melanie Newman (@MelanieLynneN) September 15, 2018 Last year, the team from southeast […]

Jalen Drummond, who graduated from the University of Alabama this past May and is a native of the state, is facing racial abuse from the “tolerant left” after he interned for President Donald Trump over the summer. In a recent viral post from from the liberal “comedy” website “Funny or Die,” Drummond’s picture was replaced […]

A former student at Grissom High School in Huntsville filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday against members of the school’s staff and the city school board. The complainant, Zelda Menefee, is transgender, with the given name “James.” As reported by WHNT, Menefee “began making a social transition from male to female in summer 2014, meaning […]

College football is in full swing with two weeks of games done and dusted, and Alabama’s favorite teams have some exciting matchups in week three. JSU is off this week, but all of the Yellowhammer State’s other teams play on Saturday. The Crimson Tide and Auburn have their first SEC matchups and Troy travels to […]

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback and former University of Alabama star Dre Kirkpatrick hosted a tailgate party at a local nursing home before playing the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night Football, and the six-year NFL veteran participated in a dance battle with an elderly woman. Kirkpatrick, who is a native of Gadsden, played for the Crimson Tide from […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) issued a statement praising Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) in response to overwhelming passage of the first government funding package for Fiscal Year 2019, which included important bills for Veterans Affairs, Energy and Water Development, Military Construction and the Legislative Branch. Shelby, the powerful chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is currently […]

Seven days after hosting prominent Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King for a speech on campus, the University of North Alabama (UNA) announced on Thursday that they are considering changing the school band’s nickname – “Pride of Dixie.” The name has been in use for over half a century, but now UNA has felt the need […]

As the threat from Hurricane Florence bore down on America’s east coast on Thursday, President Donald Trump hit Democrats for what he called “Bad politics,” with the president asserting that his political enemies had invented death tolls stemming from hurricanes Maria and Irma – which battered Puerto Rico in 2017. “3000 people did not die […]

Governor Kay Ivey has the Alabama National Guard on standby to assist with response efforts to Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and said Alabama is sending additional state personnel and resources to assist. While the National Guard is ready to roll out when called upon, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) has already been officially activated […]

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday named Alabamian Jody Singer as director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and Alabama lawmakers praised the historic appointment. Singer, who has been the center’s deputy director since February 2016 and serving as acting director since July, is the first woman appointed to the important position. As Marshall’s […]

Tarana Burke, founder of the worldwide #MeToo campaign intended to raise awareness about sexual harassment, abuse and assault, credits Alabama for inspiring the movement. In an article published Thursday in the Birmingham Times, the details of Burke’s deep connections to the Yellowhammer State were tied together. Not only did she attend Alabama State University before graduating […]

Planet Fundraiser, an app born in Birmingham, is revolutionizing charitable giving. Donating to charities has been made easier due to ever-improving technology, but the innovative app that started right here in Alabama is simplifying things even more. Planet Fundraiser, which started in 2016, allows people to donate from the money they budget every week for everyday […]

Anchor Lester Holt will host NBC Nightly News from Montgomery on his nation-wide “Across America” tour, NBC announced Wednesday. Sometime during the week of October 8, Holt will do the show in Alabama’s capital city as part of a swing covering five states over five days. In addition to Montgomery, he will visit Houston, Texas; Kansas City, […]

As reported by WBRC, NAACP Tuscaloosa chapter president Jerry Carter wants to do away with Alabama’s “Stand Your Ground” law that generally justifies the use of force – even lethal force – for self defense. The NAACP chapter in Tuscaloosa County held a packed forum at Beulah Baptist Church on Monday night about the law […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday joined Airbus executives, local leaders from the Mobile area and industry and educational partners in breaking ground for the coming hands-on instructional facility “Flight Works Alabama.” In May of last year, Ivey announced plans to build the revolutionary center, with a goal to bolster the state’s workforce development efforts […]

Two prominent scientists with deep Alabama ties are on opposite sides of the renewed debate about whether Pluto should be classified as a planet, per WHNT. Pluto was downgraded in 2006 to a “dwarf planet” from a planet. While controversy has brewed since, a new scientific study released this week might see it spill over once […]

Trump surrogate and former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke called in to Yellowhammer Radio’s The Ford Faction on Tuesday, telling host Ford Brown that Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin’s “welcoming city” policy is a “violation of the United States Constitution” and even suggesting the Alabama mayor should be criminally prosecuted and removed from office. In an […]

The Alabama Power Company and PowerSouth Energy Cooperative were both named this month to Site Selection’s annual list of “Top Utilities in Economic Development” that recognizes a very select group of utilities across the United States. “Dependable and affordable power still lies at the root” of site selection, the publication said about the honorees. The […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) was honored on Wednesday by the national Aerospace Industries Association, who was “proud to present the annual ‘Wings of Liberty’ award” to Alabama’s senior Senator. In a press release, the organization cited Shelby’s work to ensure funding for defense and non-defense programs vital to American national security and the health of […]