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College football is finally back. JSU kicked off the season on Saturday with a hard-fought, nationally-televised game against North Carolina AT&T in Montgomery.
In an exclusive interview with Yellowhammer News on Friday, black conservative sensation Candace Owens ripped into Black Lives Matter Activist Shaun King, who is scheduled to speak at the University of North Alabama (UNA) on September 6.
U.S. Strategic Command (STRACOM) on Wednesday tweeted that the USS Alabama was named the best performing nuclear-powered, ballistic missile-carrying submarine in the nation's fleet, commenting "another title for Alabama" and "Roll Tide."
"Global Trade" magazine this month ranked Alabama as one of the best eight states for manufacturing in the nation.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) on Tuesday profusely praised the Senate's confirmation of Judge Terry F. Moorer of Greenville to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama.
In a brazen interview with NPR's "Code Switch" last week, Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin said that becoming a sanctuary city would not be going far enough and instead declared Birmingham a "Welcoming City."
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) slammed the brakes on calls to rename the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. after the late Sen. John McCain.
After Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) last week called for postponing the confirmation process of President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Concerned Women for America (CWA) CEO Penny Nance told Yellowhammer News that Jones' "stall tactic" was nothing more than a "desperate attempt to get out of making a decision."
The Princeton Review has released their trademark list of the “Best 384 Colleges” for 2019 and three Alabama schools made the cut - Auburn University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
President Trump announced Monday that he has reached a preliminary new trade deal with Mexico called the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement - getting rid of the name NAFTA - with hopes that Canada will "negotiate fairly" and join the new agreement in the near future, enter into a separate deal or face American automobile tariffs.
WHNT in Huntsville on Saturday ran a powerful story about an Alabama pastor's personal experiences with mental illness, suicide and spirituality.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Monday directed all state agencies to immediately lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Sen. John McCain.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday announced their decision to uphold 11 out of 12 felony ethics convictions for former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard.
The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) adopted its first ever state party platform on Saturday at its annual summer Executive Committee meeting.
Law enforcement agencies in Calhoun County have discovered that over one hundred flower vases have been stolen from area cemeteries in the last month, with residents calling the crimes "pretty low," "deplorable" and "a disgrace."
Planned Parenthood's Alabama state political action committee dissolved on Thursday after months of mysterious activity, according to public records made available by the Secretary of State's office.
A new analysis released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Energy Institute (GEI) found that electricity customers across Alabama will save over $1.28 billion as a result of the recently enacted “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017,” while the state's economy will grow thousands of jobs and see $1.34 billion more in economic activity.
Last week, an illegal alien from Guatemala tried to violently kidnap a woman at a local park and lure two teenage girls into his car at a school bus stop in Jasper, leading to charges of second degree attempted kidnapping and enticing a child.
After a lifetime of service to his nation, Sen. John McCain passed away on Saturday "surrounded by the people he loved, in the the place he loved best."
Sadness and outrage have been replaced with tears of joy at the American Legion Post 164 in Citronelle. After NBC 15 in Mobile on Wednesday broke the original story of a “coward disgracing our country” who cut down and stole the American flag from the local veterans at Post 164, the community in southwest Alabama came together as one.
The University of North Alabama (UNA) confirmed to Yellowhammer News that prominent Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King's speech on campus next month is being funded by rent money that students pay to live on-campus.
Yellowhammer News confirmed on Friday that Governor Kay Ivey's deputy chief of staff, Jon Barganier, is leaving the administration effective August 31 to become Executive Director of the Alabama Petroleum Council.
Turning Point USA's Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk will headline Friday night's 2018 Alabama Republican Party Summer Dinner.

