Auburn University Director of Athletics Allen Greene on Tuesday announced a search firm and advisory group that will assist with the search for the program’s next permanent head football coach. Parker Executive Search Firm, based in Atlanta, Georgia, will assist an eight-member advisory group. This group includes administrators from the university and its athletics department, along […]

Alabama Republican Party Chair Terry Lathan has announced that she will not seek reelection to a fourth term in 2021. Lathan informed ALGOP State Executive Committee members of her decision in an email on Tuesday. Yellowhammer News contributor Jeff Poor first reported the news. A former public school teacher and longtime Republican grassroots activist from […]

Former State Rep. Richard Laird (I-Roanoake) passed away on Monday at age 81 after a bout with the coronavirus, his family has confirmed. Laird served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 until choosing not to seek reelection in 2014. Before election to the legislature, he served on the Roanoke City Council from 1972-1976. He […]

At a remote press conference on Monday, Auburn University head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl reacted to the news from the previous day that head football coach Gus Malzahn’s contract was terminated by the university. Malzahn had led the Tigers football program since 2013, and Pearl joined him on The Plains in 2014. “Yesterday was […]

Mercedes-Benz on Monday officially announced it will launch six new electric vehicle lines by 2022, including two new SUVs to be built in Alabama. Mercedes’ electric vehicles will all be branded under the “EQ” designation. The company announced that the new EQS and EQE SUVs will both be produced in Tuscaloosa, beginning in 2022. The […]

Regions Financial Corporation has announced that chief operating officer John Owen will retire effective March 15, 2021, following a nearly 38-year distinguished career in business and banking. Owen has spent the past 13 years at Regions, joining the Birmingham-based company in 2007 as head of Operations and Technology. In 2009, he was named head of […]

Phoenix Investors in recent days announced that an affiliate of the national private commercial real estate firm has acquired the vacant plant in Wetumpka owned and once occupied by Russell Brands. A Class A industrial facility totaling approximately 891,000 square feet on 102 acres of land, the plant was closed in 2013. “I want to […]

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02) this past week delivered her congressional farewell address on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Republican from Montgomery chose not to seek reelection this year after serving five terms in Congress. Roby is widely and bipartisanly respected, especially when it comes to advocacy related to defense, veterans, agricultural […]

Auburn Director of Athletics Allen Greene on Sunday announced that Gus Malzahn is no longer the head football coach on The Plains. Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele has been named interim head coach, and a national search for Malzahn’s permanent replacement will begin immediately. A release said that Greene recommended the change in the football team’s leadership […]

The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday evening released an unsigned order tossing the State of Texas’ lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Georgia, State of Michigan and State of Wisconsin. The lawsuit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, sought for SCOTUS to block the 2020 presidential election results in […]

There are now five Republican congressmen from Alabama listed on an amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in its lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Georgia, State of Michigan and State of Wisconsin. As reported by Yellowhammer News earlier on Friday, U.S. Reps. Bradley Byrne (AL-01), Mo Brooks (AL-05) and Gary Palmer […]

Local officials and the Randolph County Economic Development Authority on Friday announced plans to expand SteelFab, Inc.’s plant in East Alabama. SteelFab was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. The company opened a fabrication facility in Roanoke, Alabama, in 1997; this Randolph County facility is one of seven SteelFab plants nationwide. The […]

The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) this week named three impressive Alabama leaders as fellows of the 2021 Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy. The DRA is a federal-state partnership created by Congress in 2000 to promote and encourage the economic development of the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt. The authority invests in […]

Governor Kay Ivey showed the power of a pen and a phone this week, culminating in an executive action on Friday that the governor says usurps existing state law. Ivey announced she has issued her 21st supplemental emergency proclamation of the COVID-19 pandemic; the penultimate clause of the proclamation states “to the extent a provision in this […]

While the City of Birmingham’s traditional Christmas parade will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, celebrations of the holiday will still proceed this season. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin shared a video announcement on Friday morning declaring that the City will present a “12 Days of Christmas” video series starting on Sunday, […]

Four Alabama congressmen are among a group of more than 100 U.S. House Republicans who are joining an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of the State of Texas in its lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Georgia, State of Michigan and State of Wisconsin. U.S. Reps. Bradley […]

State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) on Thursday told Yellowhammer News he will introduce a bill for the 2021 regular session of the legislature that would regulate the ability of Jefferson County’s and Mobile County’s respective health officers to implement measures stricter than those put in place by the State of Alabama. Those are the only […]

Mayor Randall Woodfin on Thursday held a press conference to announce the release of a report from the Birmingham Public Safety Task Force regarding the city’s law enforcement policies, procedures and structure. The task force was formed over the summer amid national civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The report, entitled […]

The Rocket City Trash Pandas announced Wednesday that they have been offered a Professional Development License as the Double-A Minor League Baseball (MiLB) affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) new player development structure. The Professional Development License from the Angels is offered as a 10-year contract to run through 2030. […]

State Rep. David Wheeler (R-Vestavia Hills) will prefile legislation for the 2021 regular session to mandate that the Jefferson County Health Officer solicit and receive input from a new advisory board before implementing any mandates. Wheeler’s bill, which is being sponsored in the upper chamber by State Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Gardendale), would establish the nine-member […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday officially filed a lawsuit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), marking an escalation in a longstanding dispute regarding the state’s prison system for men. As required by the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), the DOJ provided the state with written […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday announced that he, on behalf of the State of Alabama, has joined an amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in its lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Georgia, State of Michigan and State of Wisconsin. The lawsuit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is […]

The Alabama Innovation Commission on Wednesday announced a new partnership with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University to further advance innovation and economic growth in the Yellowhammer State. The commission, which was created by Governor Kay Ivey in July, will collaborate with the Hoover Institution to deploy unique, world-class intellectual resources towards recommending practical and […]

Austal USA on Wednesday delivered the future USS Mobile (LCS 26) to the United States Navy. The ship, which was built at Austal’s world-class manufacturing operation in its namesake city, recently completed Navy acceptance trials. Now, LCS 26 has become the 16th ship Austal has delivered to the Navy over the last five years. “We’re especially […]