Former Troy University standout John Johnson, age 24, died on Thursday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. The university’s athletics department announced the sad news on Friday in a press release. Johnson was a native of Troy and attended Charles Henderson High School. He played at Troy University from 2014-2017, his freshman season representing […]

Mobile native Jake Peavy, who officially announced his retirement this spring following a stellar MLB pitching career, visited patients at University of South Alabama (USA) Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital for the third consecutive year. According to a recent release from the hospital, Peavy, also playing the guitar, and a friend sang songs for young patients […]

Auburn defensive tackle Derrick Brown on Friday was named the 2019 winner of the Senior CLASS Award for the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, beating out the likes of Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts. The prestigious award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I FBS football coaches, national football media and fans, is given […]

In one of the most in-depth reports yet on former University of Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts’ storied college football career, the 2019 Heisman Trophy finalist discusses his relationship with Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban and “the special place” Bama will always have in his heart. ESPN on Thursday published an article entitled, “Jalen Hurts […]

Carolina Panthers quarterback and Auburn legend Cam Newton is known for his Superman celebration. However, it was Panthers rookie linebacker Christian Miller, who played his college football at the University of Alabama, who became Superman to Northport’s Jaden Elijah Smith, who passed away earlier this month after a long battle with cancer. A Christmas-day report […]

NASA will honor the first-ever class of astronaut candidates to graduate under the Artemis program next month at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and there is one graduate that has a strong tie to the Yellowhammer State. After completing more than two years of basic training, 11 NASA and two Canadian Space Agency candidates […]

In her 2019 Christmas video to the people of Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. The video opens with Ivey reciting Luke 2:11-14. She then says, “On this joyous day, we celebrate the birth of our Savior. The gift of Jesus is everlasting, and the gift He gave us so long […]

In a poignant Christmas video, Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) encouraged Alabamians to remember the true reason for Christmas: celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Aderholt’s video starts with a rendition of “The First Noel” playing as imagery outlining the nativity is shown. Nearly one-minute in, Aderholt appears and delivers his annual Christmas message.

Secretary of State John Merrill has returned from Israel, and in a Monday release he reflected on his productive trip. Merrill last week was a part of a bipartisan delegation of American secretaries of state that visited Jerusalem to discuss cybersecurity policies and best practices for business services and election administration. The trip, which was […]

USA Today is looking to name its Readers’ Choice Best Small Airport of 2020, and your vote could help put Huntsville International Airport over the top. A panel of experts picked the top 20 small airports in the United States to contend for this honor. Members of the public are currently voting on their favorite out […]

The out-of-state Freedom from Religion Foundation is attacking yet another Alabama school. Last month, 26 football players at Reeltown High School in Notasulga were voluntarily baptized at Nix-Webster-O’Neal Stadium, as reported by The Outlook. Now, head football coach Matt Johnson and the school are under fire from the foundation.

Alabama has helped make space travel history once again. Nearing the end of the 50th year anniversary of the Huntsville-built Saturn V rocket powering the famed Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, the Rocket City added another notch to its belt on Sunday morning when the Boeing CST-100 Starliner touched down safely at the U.S. […]

New independent polling released on Sunday provides insight into Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) 2020 reelection prospects. John Couvillon of Louisiana’s JMC Analytics conducted a general election survey from December 16-18 using a combination of robocalls to landlines (49%) and texts to cell phones (51%). There were 525 respondents, with the poll having a margin of […]

Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama on Friday named Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego as the winner of its 2019 Crime Stopper of the Year Award. The honor is awarded annually for exemplary dedication to fighting crime and for support and commitment to Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama, which covers an eight-county area of metropolitan Birmingham. […]

In a statement to Yellowhammer News about the latest 2020 Democratic primary debate held on Thursday night, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested that the “radical socialist” ideas spouted on the debate stage are prime evidence of why Republicans need to win Alabama’s Senate race this election cycle. Sessions, himself a 2020 candidate for […]

Two University of Alabama alumni have made Forbes’ annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. Capstone “Legends” Marillyn Hewson was ranked No. 10, while Vicki Hollub is No. 47. Hewson currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp., which has a strong presence in the Yellowhammer State. This year marks […]

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) on Friday announced that Governor Kay Ivey has awarded over $137,000 to provide high-speed internet to more than 200 citizens across two Alabama communities. The grants were awarded through the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund, which was created by historic legislation spearheaded by State Sen. Clay Scofield […]

Alabama has done it again under the Ivey administration, shattering five jobs-related economic records once more. First, Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Friday announced — for the seventh month in a row — the Yellowhammer State has reached a new record low unemployment rate. Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate was […]

The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave final passage to two appropriations packages that will avert a government shutdown and fund the government through the end of Fiscal Year 2020. H.R. 1158, the national security related package, passed 81-11 while H.R. 1865, the domestic spending package, passed 71-23. The measures resulted from a compromise agreement between […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced that the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education has been newly awarded a total of $33 million by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Education for a renewal of the state’s Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) initiative over the next […]

The United-States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) on Thursday was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in a bipartisan 385-41 vote, with all of Alabama’s House members voting to support the Trump administration’s trade deal that would replace NAFTA. The agreement still needs to be approved by the U.S. Senate, and both other countries involved in the deal […]

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) historic work as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee continues to pay off in huge ways for the Yellowhammer State. As part of two Fiscal Year 2020 funding packages given final passage by the Senate on Thursday, Shelby secured funding that will enable construction of the Birmingham Northern Beltline to […]

After Yellowhammer News on Thursday reported that Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) has secured the federal appropriations that could very well fund the final part of the historic project to deepen and widen Mobile Harbor, Governor Kay Ivey released a statement celebrating the achievement. “The Port of Mobile plays a significant role in expanding Alabama’s global […]

An irate Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) took to the U.S. House floor on Thursday after House Democratic leadership pushed sending the two articles of impeachment passed against President Donald Trump to the Senate until at least January 7. The House on Thursday adjourned until that date without approving its impeachment managers, or prosecutors. The managers […]