The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday announced that Alaa Mohd Abusaad, the former Alabama resident charged last year in Birmingham with attempting to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda, has pled guilty to a related charge. A piece of new criminal information was filed on Wednesday — the 18th anniversary of 9/11 […]

Opelika High School is scrapping student-led prayer before its football games. Per The Associated Press, Opelika City Schools Superintendent Mark Neighbors announced this week that the high school will instead hold a moment of silence. As reported by WTVM, members of the local community are not pleased with the decision. “First of all, I don’t […]

According to a report published Thursday by Forbes, the University of Alabama and Auburn University have two of the top-10 “most valuable” college football programs in the country. The rankings detailed three-year averages for both revenue and profits. “So much for amateur athletics—the sport’s 25 most valuable programs combine to earn an average of $1.5 […]

The latest 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate was televised nationally Thursday night on ABC, with Alabama Republicans coming away confident in President Donald Trump’s chances at reelection. In perhaps the most succinct reaction to the three-hour spectacle, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth tweeted, “My analysis of the Democratic Debate, they are all crazy!!!! Unreal how far […]

Thursday saw a major win for jobs in Alabama and across the nation, as the Trump administration eliminated yet another of the Obama administration’s overly burdensome, environmentalist-driven executive actions. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Department of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James officially announced that the […]

Representative Mike Rogers (AL-03) on Wednesday appeared on CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime” to discuss the current state of homeland security. Speaking on the 18th anniversary of 9/11, Rogers gave his perspective as ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee. Rogers has been on the committee, now a standing one, since it was formed in the […]

Spearheaded by the historic leadership of Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on Thursday advanced a critical defense funding bill that makes investments crucial to national security and contains major provisions benefitting the Yellowhammer State. This came after the appropriations subcommittee on defense earlier this week marked up and advanced the […]

Alabama Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) on Thursday announced that he has appointed State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Mobile) to a seat on the powerful House Rules Committee. This committee, led by State Rep. Mike Jones (R-Andalusia) as chair and State Rep. Connie Rowe (R-Jasper) as vice chair, is tasked with setting the House’s […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced that experts with IBM Services have named Alabama as the top American job creator from foreign investment last year. The results came through a premier survey of international corporate investment decisions. Alabama also scored highly compared to other American states in specific metrics related to foreign investment in the […]

While there were numerous emotional tributes across Alabama and the nation on Wednesday marking the 18th anniversary of 9/11, one small act in Hoover is making big waves. According to a Facebook post by Jen Davis, her friend — Heather Goss — on Wednesday morning was at the local YMCA to work out. It was […]

NASA and Boeing have entered the final phase of assembling structural parts for the powerful Space Launch System (SLS), which is managed at Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The assembly phase of work is being completed at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Boeing technicians at Michoud last week moved the SLS engine section […]

The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles is set to resume hearings “on or about Nov. 1,” according to new bureau director Charlie Graddick. On Friday, Graddick announced that alleged failure by prior officials to bring the bureau into compliance with a new law enacted June 6 led to the postponement of 113 hearings that […]

Alabama Tax Tribunal Judge Jeff Patterson recently overturned a tax assessment of over $75 million by the Alabama Department of Revenue against Greenetrack, Inc. The assessment stemmed from a March 31, 2009 audit report by Revenue examiners and covered January 2004 – December 2008. Following the conclusion of the audit, Revenue entered a final assessment […]

According to local TV stations WKRG and WALA, one American hero is finally set to return home to Mobile nearly 70 years after fighting his last battle. Master Sergeant James Gerald Cates was reportedly listed as MIA while fighting in North Korea on December 3, 1950, in the Chosin Reservoir. He was then presumed dead […]

Wednesday marked 18 years since the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil were perpetrated, and Alabama’s elected officials shared heartfelt words of remembrance for the 2,977 innocent lives lost that day on September 11, 2001. At least nine Alabamians, or individuals with deep connections to the state, were killed on 9/11, including Terry Lynch – […]

All signs point to continued growth for Alabama’s booming automotive industry. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) will now invest an additional $292 million in new machinery and equipment to facilitate the production of the redesigned Elantra and Santa Fe vehicles and a new, more fuel-efficient Theta engine at their North American plant in Montgomery. The […]

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has announced that it will open an additional three-day private angler recreational season for red snapper in October. The additional season will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, October 4, and run until midnight on Sunday, October 6. The possession limit will be two fish per […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday announced that it is newly making $150 million in grants available through the Community Facilities Program to help rural communities continue their recovery from the devastating effects of recent hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters. USDA Rural Development Alabama State Director Chris Beeker III explained that 22 […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) continues to prove itself as an international juggernaut in scientific and medical research, with the results having profound effects for people across Alabama and the world. In a press release this week, UAB detailed that its Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) recently found a previously unknown genetic variant that […]

Auburn University continues to assert itself as a national leader in the growing world of cybersecurity. The university, through its Auburn Cyber Research Center and McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, is now collaborating with the Alabama National Guard Defensive Cyber Operation Element (DCO-E) in Montgomery to provide training to DCO-E cyber analysts […]

The Auburn University bass fishing team recently won the first-ever Major League Fishing College Redcrest National Championship, marking another impressive milestone for the most dominant collegiate angling program in the country. The event was held on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, last month. In a release from the university in recent days, Logan […]

The historic planned modernization of the Port of Mobile is moving forward. The Alabama State Port Authority on Monday announced it has received federal authorization to upgrade Mobile Harbor to accommodate larger vessels and improve transit efficiencies at Alabama’s only deep-water seaport. This comes after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) South Atlantic Division […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday appointed State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile) to serve on the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II) Committee, replacing State Sen. Chris Elliot (R-Daphne). ATRIP-II, administered by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), is a transportation infrastructure grant program for projects of local interest. The program was created this […]

Samford University boasts world-class student engagement, according to new rankings published by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education. The university ranked third nationally in student engagement, climbing nine spots year-over-year. Samford, located in Homewood, was also ranked 170 overall out of 801 total national institutions, marking an improvement of 33 places since the […]