Senior campaign adviser Lara Trump has rebutted reporting from CNN that the president’s reelection campaign canceled a July 11 rally in Mobile, Alabama. Trump — who is married to the president’s son, Eric — told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum this week that the rally was never finalized. Rumors had been swirling in previous weeks that President […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday evening moved to block an appointee of former President Barack Obama from making last-minute changes to Alabama election laws ahead of the state’s July 14 primary runoff. As previously reported by Yellowhammer News, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Abdul K. Kallon issued a memorandum […]

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is asking the University of North Alabama (UNA) to send their live mascot, Leo III, to an off-campus sanctuary. Leo’s twin sister, Una, passed away earlier this week. The two lions have lived at the George H. Carroll Lion Habitat on the UNA campus since 2003. In […]

The Supreme Court of Alabama on Thursday released a unanimous, scathing opinion outlining that the Jefferson County Probate Court “egregiously violated” the “basic due-process rights” of Joann Bashinsky, heiress to the Golden Flake fortune and one of the state’s most beloved philanthropists. As previously reported by Yellowhammer News, Bashinsky has been deprived of controlling her […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s campaign bus caught fire on an interstate in Northeast Alabama on Wednesday. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office at 8:26 p.m. posted two pictures of the bus ablaze at the 227-mile marker of I-59 northbound. Tuberville was not aboard the vehicle at the time. The only occupant, a volunteer […]

Alexander Shunnarah Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C. recently participated in a national challenge to feed frontline heroes across the United States. A release from Shunnarah’s firm outlined that many essential workers are frequently working long hours while risking their own health and safety during these difficult times — so the firm wanted to do something to […]

Altec Chairman and CEO Lee Styslinger III on Wednesday announced his endorsement of the formal implementation and “Entry Into Force” of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the historic trade deal negotiated by President Donald Trump’s administration that replaces NAFTA. Altec, headquartered in Birmingham, is a leading equipment and service provider for the electric utility, telecommunications, […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) 2020 reelection campaign on Wednesday posted a new video ad entitled, “For Each Other.” The 30-second spot encourages Alabamians to wear masks and social distance amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Jones narrates the entire ad himself, saying, “The COVID crisis has shown how our health depends on each other, on our […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced the appointment of Dr. Barbara Cooper as secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education (DECE), effective immediately. The position was vacated effective June 1 by the retirement of longtime DECE Secretary Jeana Ross. Dr. Trellis Smith has been serving as acting secretary of the department since then. […]

The best of Alabama — and America — was on display under the biggest cactus in T-Town this week. Taco Casa of Tuscaloosa on Monday shared a video showing the moment one of its employees found out that an anonymous customer gifted him a car. The employee had recently lost his method of transportation but […]

The Alabama State Port Authority this week welcomed the NSU VOYAGER, which loaded a Port of Mobile record 135,484 short tons (122,909 metric tons) of export metallurgical coal at McDuffie Coal Terminal. This Newcastle Max class bulk carrier also matched the previous record bulk ship to call the port, tying the MARAN COURAGE in measuring 984.2 […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday appointed James P. “Jim” Naftel II as presiding probate judge of Jefferson County. Naftel, a shareholder at the prestigious Birmingham-headquartered law firm of Maynard Cooper & Gale, fills the vacant Place 1 spot on the probate court and becomes the chief elections official of Alabama’s largest county. Longtime Probate Judge […]

Alabama’s Lake Guntersville was ranked No. 2 in Bassmaster Magazine’s “Best Bass Lakes of the Decade” list released on Tuesday. Bassmaster has released annual rankings of the country’s best bass fisheries since 2012. However, 2020 rankings were not compiled because tournament data could not be gathered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the publication crunched […]

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced this week that 59 counties in Alabama will receive a total of $1,477,641 in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2020. In a statement, Bernhardt said these types of payments “will help small towns pay for critical needs like emergency response, public safety, public […]

The National Association for Gun Rights’ (NAGR) political arm on Tuesday announced its endorsement of former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s July 14 Republican primary runoff election. NAGR-PAC is a political action committee of the National Association of Gun Rights, which is America’s second-largest pro-Second Amendment organization with 4.5 million members […]

Una, one of two live mascots of the University of North Alabama (UNA), passed away at the age of 17 on Tuesday morning after a brief illness. A release from UNA advised that the female lion died “peacefully” at the George H. Carroll Lion Habitat on the UNA campus. A memorial will reportedly be planned for […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded 16 local airports across the state of Alabama a total of $10,750,845 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants for infrastructure improvements. The grant funding was made available through annual measures facilitated by U.S. Senator Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) leadership of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, as well as the federal […]

Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego on Monday announced his endorsement of Russell Bedsole in the special election for Alabama House of Representatives District 49. A longtime public servant, Bedsole has 21 years of experience with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. “As a longtime member of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Bedsole knows firsthand how crucial […]

The United States Army Special Operations Command “Black Daggers” parachute demonstration team will salute health care workers on Tuesday, June 30, with an aerial demonstration that will see them land on the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s campus green. According to UAB, the aerial demonstration will promote USASOC’s compassion for all Americans as well as […]

South Alabama shipbuilding juggernaut Austal USA has delivered its 12th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy. The future USS Oakland (LCS 24), now the second ship delivered by Austal to the Navy in 2020, was delivered on Friday, June 26. “We’re so excited to deliver Oakland to the fleet,” Austal USA president […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced that she has awarded $30 million of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) money to support two important COVID-19 testing and safety development programs. The programs, Testing for Alabama and Stay Safe Together, will be implemented by a coalition led by the Alabama Department of […]

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Friday announced that is has welcomed a support team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) newly deployed to assist the state with its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The five-member team of CDC professionals reportedly began assisting the department on Wednesday and will […]

Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., the last surviving 16th Street Baptist Church bomber, has died in prison. Governor Kay Ivey made the announcement in a statement on Friday, saying Blanton “passed away from natural causes” while serving his life sentence. Blanton, convicted of murder in 2001, was one of two Ku Klux Klan members successfully prosecuted for […]

The Alabama Association for Justice (ALAJ) recently elected a new group of officers and directors, including the selection of attorney Rip Andrews as the organization’s president. The largest association of plaintiff’s lawyers in the state, ALAJ this year held elections during the association’s first-ever virtual seminar, which was conducted June 18-19. Andrews, who practices with […]