The University of Alabama has released its latest television commercial for the award-winning Where Legends Are Made campaign, which celebrates the achievements of influential Capstone alumni. Those watching the Crimson Tide’s televised game against Duke on Saturday may have already seen the spot, which opens with a scene featuring the UA football team. Viewers are then introduced to a […]

Telegraph Creative on Tuesday announced that Arthur C. Brooks will be one of the keynote speakers at the Alabama Economic Growth Summit, which is set to take place October 24-25 at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa. Brooks is professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and […]

Publix Super Markets Charities has pledged to donate a total of $500,000 to four food banks in Alabama this month. The donations were announced as part of Publix’s ongoing support of hunger relief efforts and in recognition of September being Hunger Action Month. The four Yellowhammer State food banks receiving a donation are as follows:

Registration for Alabama’s first sandhill crane hunting season in more than 100 years will open on Wednesday, September 4, and run until September 25. Only 400 sandhill crane hunting permits will be issued statewide. The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) will conduct a computer-controlled random draw on October 2 to pick the […]

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) has decided to throw her weight around in the Montgomery mayoral runoff, endorsing Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed. In a surprise tweet on Friday, Harris congratulated Reed on advancing to the municipal runoff election, where he will face businessman and local FOX affiliate WCOV owner David Woods. “It’s time […]

Alabama’s aerospace and defense sector is continuing its ascent on the world stage. The U.S. Army on Friday announced it is awarding two major contracts for work in Alabama related to the production of hypersonic weapon systems – one for Dynetics Technical Solutions in the amount of $351.6 million to produce Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) […]

President Donald Trump is strongly sticking by Governor Kay Ivey. As reported by University of Alabama alumna and Yellowhammer State native Kaitlan Collins, now covering the White House for CNN, Trump on Friday evening referenced the recently discovered radio clip from the mid-1960’s that featured Ivey’s then-fiancé saying Ivey had worn blackface while a student […]

Thursday’s unexpected apology from Gov. Kay Ivey not only revealed Alabama still has not fully exorcised the demons of its past, it showed us that some members of the Alabama Legislature still feel jilted after the Rebuild Alabama Act passed this spring. Ahead of Thursday’s announcement, some members of the legislature were given a head’s […]

Patriots across Alabama have an added reason to celebrate this holiday weekend. Nextstar Media Group on Thursday announced that 171 of its nationwide affiliate stations across 100 markets will begin daily broadcasting of the Star-Spangled Banner this Labor Day, September 2. In Alabama, Nextstar owns Birmingham’s WIAT CBS 42; Huntsville’s WZDX Rocket City Now and WHDF; […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced that she has approved the Alabama National Guard to send up to 50 support personnel to Florida, should the need arise due to Hurricane Dorian. “Alabamians believe in neighbors helping neighbors, and we stand ready to support the Floridians however we can,” Ivey said in a statement. “Alabama is […]

Montgomery Biscuits pitcher Blake Bivens was preparing for a double-header against the Chattanooga Lookouts on Tuesday morning when his entire world was turned upside down. From his usual gameday routine to knowing that no day will ever be the same, Bivens learned that his wife, one-year-old son and mother-in-law had been murdered in Virginia and […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan has responded to reports of Governor Kay Ivey allegedly wearing blackface during a skit while she was a student at Auburn University in the mid-1960’s. Ivey released a statement and a separate video apologizing, while saying she does not remember the alleged incident or ever wearing blackface in general. […]

Allegations are being made that Governor Kay Ivey wore blackface while a student at Auburn University in the mid-1960’s. This comes after Auburn’s student media discovered a radio clip from their archives in which Ivey was interviewed along with her then-fiancé, Ben LaRavia, when they were both seniors in college and she was Auburn’s SGA […]

Jacksonville State University (JSU) certainly turned some heads with the release of their football program’s hype video this week. The video, which features “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” playing throughout, opens a little, well, differently, than most. In conjunction with the religious music, the opening image of red paint dripping down a dangling arm immediately […]

The new history book co-authored by Secretary of State John Merrill and Tom Ward is coming to a school near you. At Wednesday morning’s meeting of the School Superintendents of Alabama and State Superintendent of Education Dr. Eric Mackey in Montgomery, Merrill delivered almost 650 copies of the history book Alabama: The Bicentennial to 142 school […]

Tommy Tuberville’s U.S. Senate candidacy continues to pick up steam. Yellowhammer News has learned that a political action committee with major conservative bona fides formed on Thursday. Called “Grit PAC,” the committee fully intends to support Tuberville for the 2020 Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Alabama.

Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth on Wednesday released a statement supporting the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) vote to effectively kill the I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway toll project. A release from Ainsworth’s office explicitly stated the toll project “was proposed and promoted by Alabama Department of Transportation Director John Cooper.” Ainsworth is one […]

The Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, which the Alabama Department of Transportation was proposing to partially pay for with a toll, is “dead,” according to Governor Kay Ivey. The governor’s declaration came immediately after the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) met on Wednesday to vote on its Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), which […]

According to the higher educational rankings and review site Niche, the University of Mobile packs quite the punch for such a relatively small school. Niche recently released its in-depth “2020 Best Colleges” rankings, with the University of Mobile being named the “Best Small College” in Alabama. The University of Mobile, a private Christian university, also […]

The Alabama Coal Association (ACA) on Wednesday applauded the Tuscaloosa County Commission for a Monday vote approving nearly $482,000 in funding for much-needed work on an industrial roadway that provides access to a crucial job creator in West Alabama. Wallace Ferry Road, which began as a gravel road providing access to a few homes, the […]

MONTGOMERY — Charlotte Meadows on Tuesday won the special Republican primary runoff election in Alabama’s House District 74. Meadows garnered 3,800 votes (55.06%), with Michael Fritz getting 3,101 votes (44.94%). Turnout was 22.34% of the registered voters in the district. Meadows will run against Rayford Mack in the special general election for HD 74 on […]

When it comes to the highest adjusted salaries across American cities, coastal areas, many of which are perceived as economic juggernauts, actually perform pretty poorly when compared to the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area. According to a study posted Tuesday by Hiring Lab, the average salary in Alabama’s largest metro area goes further than any other U.S. […]

ABBEVILLE — “American dreams begin with American jobs.” That was the slogan used to tease Tuesday’s grand opening of Abbeville Fiber Sawmill in Henry County, and the event itself did not disappoint. The celebratory atmosphere made it seem like Labor Day Weekend had started several days early in the small Wiregrass town, but underneath — […]

The Alabama Department of Labor’s Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program is set to receive a prestigious national honor. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) on Monday announced that Alabama’s AML reclamation program has won the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Small Project Award for reclamation work at the Marvel […]