Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims on Tuesday offered to donate $1,000 to the first Alabama high school to allow their football team to run through a pre-game, breakaway banner that says, “Hillary would delete this banner if she could!” The offer was in response to the uproar over Briarwood Christian School’s Trump-related breakaway banner this […]

Upset that some students attending the Alabama-USC game showed up “looking like they belonged in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show,” Alabama mom and UA grad Rebecca Walden posted a blog on the Huffington Post suggesting they “stop baring almost all in the name of game day fashion.” She went on to add that “families attend […]

Best-selling author and Alabama native Andy Andrews, who the New York Times hailed as “one of the most influential people in America,” is also one of the country’s most compelling speakers. Mr. Andrews lived a relatively normal life until the age of 19, when both his parents died — his mother from cancer, his father […]

Upset that some students attending the Alabama-USC game showed up “looking like they belonged in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show,” Alabama mom and UA grad Rebecca Walden posted a blog on the Huffington Post suggesting they “stop baring almost all in the name of game day fashion.” She went on to add that “families attend […]

By Anna Catherine Roberson It has been two years of transition for Alabama Power’s Plant Greene County, which reached a historic milestone this month. Last year the plant celebrated 50 years of serving west Alabama and Alabama Power customers. In January, the plant received its last shipment of coal and burned coal for the last […]

Retired Navy SEAL Jeremiah Patrick is not one to mince words, and he did not hold back during a recent interview on Yellowhammer Radio. Patrick served on SEAL Team Three, alongside guys like Medal of Honor recipient Mike Monsoor, “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, and “The Last Punisher” author Kevin Lacz. Perhaps most notably, Patrick and […]

Indian Springs School in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, has been named one of the “12 most beautiful schools in America,” and it won’t take long to see why. Over the weekend the school was named one of the winners of the American Institute of Architects’ Education Facility Design Awards. According to Business Insider, “The awards are […]

During Friday’s edition of Yellowhammer Radio, host Cliff Sims went on seven-minute rant, excoriating “left-lane drivers” for clogging up Alabama’s roadways. Research shows that driving slow in the left lane, rather than only using it while passing, creates a dangerous hazard for nearby drivers. “If you drive in the left lane, statics show that you […]

Using data from the 2010 census, Dustin Cable of the University of Virginia has created the definitive map of racial distribution in America. Let’s start with the United States and work our way down to the local level. [Click images to enlarge] United States White: blue dots; Black: green dots; Asian: red; Latino: orange; all […]

(Video above: Cliff Sims on Yellowhammer Radio discussing a new study showing men are getting weaker) CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE YELLOWHAMMER RADIO PODCAST ON ITUNES A new scientific study showing that millennial men “have significantly weaker hands and arms than men the same age did 30 years ago” prompted a near meltdown on […]

At 52,420 square miles, Alabama is the 30th largest state in the nation — about middle of the pack. Interestingly, if Alabama were a country, it would be the 95th largest in the world — also about middle of the pack. To illustrate this fact, the folks over at selfstorage.com set out to answer the […]

HGTV shows like “Fixer Upper,” “House Hunters,” and “Property Brothers” have become favorites in recent years, but Alabamians may not realize that there are talented folks right here in the Yellowhammer State who are doing work that would even impress Chip and Joanna. One such company is Christopher Architecture and Interiors, led by Chris Reebals. […]

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – As Memorial Day approaches, retail giant Walmart said it has hired more than 3,900 veterans in Alabama as part of a company initiative called the Veterans Welcome Home Commitment. Across the nation, Walmart has hired nearly 131,000 veterans under the program, which was announced on Memorial Day 2013. In Alabama, the total […]

A longer state red snapper season and expanded state waters where anglers can fish are expected to provide a boost to the coastal tourist economy this summer. “It should be good for our bottom line,” said Mike Giannini, one of the owners of J&M Tackle on Canal Road in Orange Beach. “It’ll increase fuel sales, […]

Alabamians are taking pride in the state’s role in the new World War II movie, “USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage,” starring Nicolas Cage, filmed on the USS Alabama in Mobile Bay and in the Gulf at Orange Beach. The movie is in theaters Memorial Day weekend. [Related story here] But there’s a much more personal […]

By T. Randolph Beard In his recent “state of the state” address, Governor Robert Bentley pledged to reduce regulatory burdens on private broadband service providers (“BSPs”) as part of an “ambitious plan to provide rural and under-served communities access to broadband.” As an economist who studies telecommunications policy, I commend the Governor’s efforts. Easing regulatory […]

Harper Lee, one of Alabama’s finest, has passed away this morning at 89. Born and raised in Monroeville, Alabama, Lee was known around the world as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird.’ An incredibly private individual, Lee gave very few interviews during her life, but she always loved Alabama. In […]

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