Local and state leaders came together yesterday at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex to break ground on a new open-air stadium that will serve as the home of UAB football and host other sports and entertainment events.  The $175 million stadium will seat up to 55,000 people. Speakers at the groundbreaking event noted that a […]

The College of Human Sciences at Auburn University honored singer, songwriter and actor Lionel Richie and journalist Judy Woodruff during the 25th annual International Quality of Life Awards (IQLA) Monday, December 3 at the United Nations in New York City “as exemplary contributors to the well-being of individuals, families and communities around the world.” Launched […]

The national restaurant and entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s opened its first Alabama location last week. The new Dave & Buster’s in Hoover features a 33,000 square foot venue of arcade games, premium sports viewing in addition to its food and drink offerings, according to a company release. The company’s 120th overall location will reportedly […]

Much like Alabama Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) predicted, Republicans in Alabama saw great success in Tuesday’s midterm election. The state saw 76 Republicans running for the House of Representatives win, to only 28 Democrats with one race still not yet called — although The New York Times has the Republican in that race […]

During remarks at a forum on combating wildlife poaching and trafficking last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to devote “every available resource” to bringing to justice the individuals responsible for the illegal wildlife trade around the world. “The United States views the poaching and trafficking of protected wildlife as a threat to good governance, […]

Shelia Spencer of Birmingham had an awful feeling on Wednesday night after realizing she was missing both her wallet and iPhone.  After retracing her steps that day, Spencer had determined the only possible place she could have left the items was Piggly Wiggly on Highway 78. Sure enough, after a call to the store manager, […]

The United States Post Office (USPO) Meadowbrook Station has been designated as the “Lance Corporal Thomas E. Rivers Jr. Post Office Building” in a ceremony held on Tuesday. The official dedication comes as the result of legislation introduced by Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL 6) to honor Rivers, a Hoover native who was killed in action […]

Yellowhammer Multimedia announced today that tickets are now available for the 4th annual Power of Service reception. The event – which has sold out every year – will take place Thursday, October 25 at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa. This event honors the Yellowhammer Power & Influence 50 who have leveraged their […]

Yellowhammer Multimedia announced today that the 4th annual Power of Service reception will take place Thursday, October 25th at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa. For the last seven years, Yellowhammer has released an annual list of the most powerful and influential people in Alabama business and politics. The 2018 list will be released October 1, […]

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has chosen Elaine Lyon, PhD, FACMG, as its new director of its Clinical Services Lab (CSL). “We are thrilled to have Dr. Lyon join the CSL team,” Shawn Levy, PhD, executive director of the CSL and faculty investigator at HudsonAlpha, said in a press statement. “Her clinical genomics and research […]

Mobile-native and former LSU quarterback Jamarcus Russell has returned to his high school to coach. In a recent interview with WKRG’s Randy Patrick, Russell talked about going back to his alma mater of Williamson High School in Mobile to coach quarterbacks, helping his successors fill his shoes. “I get a chance to be back on […]

The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority has been granted $1.5 million by the U.S. Transportation Department for new, fuel-less buses. The funds, dispersed as part of the Fiscal Year 2018 Low or No-Emission (Low-No) Bus Program Project, will be used “to purchase battery electric buses and charging stations,” according to a department project description. “The main purpose of […]

President Trump publicly voiced his regret for his decision to make Jeff Sessions the attorney general, in an interview that aired Thursday with “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt. “The reason he got nothing is the Dems are very strong in the Justice Department,” Trump said of Imran Awan, a former aide to Rep. Debbie […]

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded Jefferson State Community College $220,817 to upgrade a program that trains students for jobs in the medical industry. The grant, provided to the state by the Appalachian Regional Commission, will be used to purchase equipment, furniture and supplies to upgrade classroom and laboratory space for the college’s biomedical training program. […]

A grassroots push to build a new interstate stretching from West Texas to East Georgia has gained significant media attention over the last few weeks, and now Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) is talking about it. Roby recently discussed with the Dothan Eagle her vision for broad infrastructure investments, saying those investments could include the new […]

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) is paying tribute to Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” who died on Thursday. Aderholt posted a video on his Facebook page documenting Franklin’s time recording at the renowned FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, along with these words: “The music world has lost a legend in Aretha Franklin. While I was […]

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs announced on Monday that it will administer a series of grants to 35 different Alabama counties to be used for improving traffic safety in coming months. One series of grants, totaling $791,838, will go toward increasing patrols and other highway safety measures in 17 north Alabama counties […]

Five Mobile teens who were born together are now all going to college together. Fox 10 News’s Lee Peck reports that the Zimlich quintuplets – Hallie, Sophia, Isabella, Amelia Rose and the lone brother, Shipley – will kick off their college career next Monday, continuing the family tradition of being a South Alabama Jag. “We […]

A newly-published ranking of states judges Alabama to be the 50th best – or 2nd worst – state in which to have a baby. The ranking, developed by the personal finance website WalletHub, compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia using four categories: cost, health care, baby-friendliness and family-friendliness. Its cost metric includes […]

The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) is hosting a “Supermarket of Veterans Benefits” on Friday, Aug. 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Houston County Farm Center Complex in Dothan. At the free event, veterans and their dependents will be able to “shop” for benefits and services, receiving guidance from state and federal officials […]

The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) has launched an ambitious, seven-figure ad campaign in several markets across the country, including Alabama, to urge the confirmation of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Beginning on Tuesday, markets throughout the state will air an ad beckoning voters to demand that Sen. Doug Jones […]

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded the city of Good Hope in Cullman County a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant to go toward extending sewer service to AGCOR Steel’s new 128,000-square-foot facility. The city will use grant funds to provide 3,600 feet of sewer force mains, 1,000 feet of gravity sewer mains and a new lift […]

A group of Alabama protesters showed up at the Alabama State House Wednesday in Montgomery to voice their disdain for the National Rifle Association (NRA). In the video sent to Yellowhammer News, protesters can be heard chanting, “The NRA has got to go.”

The University of Alabama announced its biggest donation in school history Monday. Marillyn A. Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp., and her husband, James Hewson, pledged $15 million to the university to go towards the Culverhouse College of Business. “I am deeply thankful for the strong business education I received at the […]