Finally, a night game in Bryant-Denny Stadium this year. It might be too late to beat the summer heat, but Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide have gotten their wish at long last. The SEC on Monday announced an 8:00 p.m. CT kickoff for Alabama’s game against Tennessee on Saturday, October 19 — which is […]

Effective Saturday, October 12, local calls will not be completed within the 205 area code’s geographic region unless both the area code and the subsequent seven-digit telephone number are dialed. This comes after the Alabama Public Service Commission on August 7, 2018 approved a proposal by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator to add an […]

Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Greg Shaw on Friday released a statement saying that he will file to run for reelection on Tuesday, which is the first day of the Alabama Republican Party’s qualifying period for the March 3 primary. Shaw was first elected to the Supreme Court in 2008. Immediately prior to that, he […]

Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) on Thursday was elected chairman of the Alabama legislature’s important Oil and Gas Study Committee. Created by the legislature in 1983, this committee is responsible for keeping track of trends in the state’s oil and gas industry. According to a study conducted in 2017 by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Alabama’s oil and […]

The Associated Press released their weekly Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, with the Crimson Tide holding on to their top spot after a bye-week and Auburn falling to number 12 following a 13-24 loss to Florida. Clemson was again ranked second and Georgia and Ohio State, in extremely rare fashion, actually tied for […]

Donald Trump, Jr. will hold a meet and greet on November 7 in Birmingham for the launch of his book, “Triggered.” The event is being held from 7:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m. at the Books-A-Million located at Brookwood Village. Admission will include a copy of the book, as well as meeting the president’s eldest son: […]

One Birmingham-area couple celebrated their 70th anniversary this past week. The secret ingredient to their lasting love? Faith. CBS 42 reported that Arthur and Bernice Lewis met in Lowndes County over 73 years ago. However, Bernice, 86, told the TV station that it was not love at first sight. In fact, she said she did […]

Congressmen Bradley Byrne (AL-01) and Mike Rogers (AL-03) have joined a resolution to officially condemn and censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) for misleading the public during a hearing last week with a false retelling of a conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky. The resolution was filed by Congressman Andy […]

Judge Mary Windom, who presides over the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, on Thursday announced that she will seek reelection for Place 1 on the court in 2020. Windom has been elected by her fellow judges to serve as the court’s presiding judge since 2012. First elected in 2008, Windom has served the people of […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday released an extra, conditional state appropriation that when matched with federal dollars will provide a total of $78 million in extra payments to state hospitals for treating Medicaid beneficiaries. She released a conditional appropriation of $22 million in state dollars for Alabama Medicaid to increase reimbursements to hospitals for treating Medicaid […]

The Trump administration has announced a decision hugely beneficial to coastal Alabama’s aerospace industry. While a World Trade Organization decision on Wednesday paved the way for the United States to impose sanctions on many goods made in the European Union, including a 10% tariff on Airbus aircraft built in the EU, critical component parts imported […]

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday announced the successful flight test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which are managed by Boeing in North Alabama. The test was conducted early that morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ICBM was equipped with a test reentry vehicle. The Minuteman III is the […]

The historic project to upgrade the Port of Mobile continues to move forward following official federal authorization last month. The Alabama State Port Authority director and CEO James K. “Jimmy” Lyons and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district commander Colonel Sebastien Joly on Wednesday signed the Mobile Harbor Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design Agreement at the […]

Manufacture Alabama on Wednesday announced that it has named Garrett Jemison, a former state director for Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), as the organization’s first ever chief operating officer. Jemison most recently served as a government affairs consultant in both Montgomery and Washington, D.C., representing energy companies such as PowerSouth, higher education institutions, chambers of commerce […]

TRUSSVILLE — Yellowhammer Multimedia on Tuesday held its sixth News Shapers event of 2019, with Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) making a special guest appearance. The event, held at the Trussville Civic Center, featured a panel discussion focused on small businesses in Alabama. About 35 minutes into the forum, Palmer joined the panelists in the front […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that the Shinhwa Group, a major South Korea-based automotive parts manufacturer, plans to establish a manufacturing operation in Auburn to serve the region’s booming auto manufacturing sector. In a statement, Ivey said, “Shinhwa’s decision to invest $42 million and create 95 jobs in Auburn is great news for Alabama. […]

The three West Alabama hospitals of the DCH Health System on Tuesday are only accepting new patients in “the most critical” condition. This comes as a result of the system experiencing a ransomware attack, according to a press release. “A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems in exchange for an as-yet […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) reacted Monday to a viral video of masked Antifa members blocking an elderly woman using a walker from crossing a public street in Ontario, Canada. The video, shot at Mohawk College, showed the self-proclaimed “anti-fascists” stopping the woman before shouting expletives at her and her husband. Watch:

Christie Strategy Group on Monday announced the promotion of Maeci Walker to vice president of the Montgomery-based governmental relations firm, which is celebrating 25 years of service in 2019. Walker joined the firm in 2011 as manager of public affairs and was quickly promoted to director of public affairs. Prior to joining Christie Strategy Group, […]

Active head coaches of major sports at Auburn University and the University of Alabama, whether it be football or basketball, rarely ever enter the political fray, although Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl appears to have provided an exception. At an event preluding the “Bruce, Barkley and Basketball” golf tournament in Lee County over the weekend, […]

Thomas Roberts was an atheist for most of his life. However, in his final days earlier this month, he was reborn, deciding he wanted to be baptized. According to a story posted on the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) website on Monday, Thomas specifically wanted to be fully submerged in water, per his newfound […]

Former Birmingham Barons infielder Tim Anderson has won both the Major League Baseball (MLB) and the American League batting titles with a .335 batting average for the 2019 season as a member of the Chicago White Sox. A native of Tuscaloosa, Anderson showed major improvement this season. After hitting .240 in 2018, he raised his […]

The University of Alabama Crimson Tide have jumped Clemson to top the Associated Press’ weekly college football poll for the first time this season. A new poll was released on Sunday, with the Tide now having been ranked as the nation’s best team for at least one week annually the last 12 years. This came […]

Seven Alabama schools have been named as National Blue Ribbon Schools for this year, according to a list released by the U.S. Department of Education. Nationwide, 362 schools are being recognized through this program for 2019 “based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. These schools demonstrate […]