After a long wait, college football is finally back. Jacksonville State kicked off the FCS season on Saturday with a hard-fought, nationally-televised loss against North Carolina A&T in Montgomery. This week features a slew of season-openers and some exciting matchups featuring Alabama’s favorite teams. West Alabama, UAB and Samford open their seasons on Thursday, while […]

In an exclusive interview with Yellowhammer News last week, 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. The university last week confirmed that King’s speech on campus is being funded, through their Housing and Residence Life division, by rent money […]

U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) 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.” STRATCOM oversees the U.S. nuclear command-and-control operations with additional responsibilities in space operations, global strike missions, global missile defense, and global command, control, […]

“Global Trade” magazine this month ranked Alabama as one of the best eight states for manufacturing in the nation. The states named in the rankings have a “combination of factors, like an existing industrial base, the availability of talent, investment incentives, and favorable tax and regulatory environments.” Besides Alabama, the states that made the cut […]

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) on Tuesday praised the Senate’s confirmation of Judge Terry F. Moorer of Greenville to be a U.S. District Judge. Moorer, who was nominated for the seat by President Donald Trump in September of last year, is the first African American judge ever on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of […]

In an 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.” Yellowhammer News asked Woodfin’s communications office about the city’s status as a sanctuary city and “policy regarding cooperating with federal law enforcement officials, […]

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, instead wanting to take time to find a fitting tribute. The building is currently named after the late Sen. Richard B. Russell, a powerful Georgia Democrat who served from 1933 […]

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 – the University of Alabama, Auburn University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Both Alabama and Auburn were ranked in several top 20 subcategories, including “Most Conservative Students” and “Most Religious Students.” To […]

Alabama lawmakers praised Donald Trump after the president 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 or enter into a separate […]

WHNT in Huntsville on Saturday ran a story about an Alabama pastor’s personal experiences with mental illness, suicide and spirituality. The report opened by noting that many “Christians would say you don’t question God ever,” even when it comes to the important topic of mental illnesses like depression and anxiety. Steve Lacy, a teaching pastor at […]

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. Ivey’s order came at the request of President Donald Trump. The state’s flags are to remain at half-staff until McCain’s internment on Saturday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. […]

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, and Hubbard’s attorney was “absolutely in shock.” His conviction on one count, which charged that Hubbard intentionally voted for legislation “when he knew or should have known […]

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) adopted its first-ever state party platform on Saturday at its annual summer Executive Committee meeting. ALGOP Platform Committee Chair, and soon-to-be state senator, Sam Givhan presented the committee’s report to the Executive Committee, which then voted to adopt the state platform. The @algop adopted the first ever state platform. We […]

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.” ABC 33/40 first reported on Friday that 97 brass vases were lifted from the Forest Lawn Gardens cemetery in Anniston, […]

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. The PAC, called “Alabamians for Healthy Families,” was officially affiliated with Planned Parenthood Southeast, which is headquartered in Atlanta. Planned Parenthood Southeast’s president and CEO Staci Fox served […]

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. “Our […]

Last week, an illegal immigrant 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. Walker County Sheriff Jim Underwood on Friday said 22-year-old Bernardo Castro-Gabriel […]

After a lifetime of service to his nation, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) passed away on Saturday “surrounded by the people he loved, in the the place he loved best.” His office released the following statement: “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his […]

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 […]

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. King came into the national spotlight for his role in hot-button, liberal social justice causes, especially the Black Lives Matter movement. He was […]

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. Barganier has worked in the office of the governor for the past six years, including previous service as former Gov. Robert Bentley’s chief of […]

Turning Point USA’s Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk will headline Friday night’s 2018 Alabama Republican Party Summer Dinner. Called “America’s New Powerhouse Team of Truth,” the two conservative social media sensations and frequent Fox News Channel guests will deliver speeches to the sold-out crowd at Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa. Here…they…come @charliekirk11 @RealCandaceO #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/w1eHn9eWUe […]

NBC 15 in Mobile on Wednesday broke the story of a “coward disgracing our country” after an American flag was cut down and stolen from the American Legion Post 164 in Citronelle. The television station described the incident as “a crime tearing at the heartstrings” of the victims – the area’s heroic veterans – and the […]