The Blue Star Families organization is partnering with AARP nationally to promote participation in a survey that will help identify and explore the issues that face service members, veterans and their families. The survey is available now through October 16. By participating in this survey you are providing valuable insights that impact policy, educate military […]

SEC programs invest heavily in their coaches, and this Saturday, fans get to enjoy the payoff when Nick Saban takes his Crimson Tide to Oxford to take on Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels. They are but two of the many coaches in the conference who contribute to its rich character. There is no shortage of […]

The Blue Star Families organization is partnering with AARP nationally to promote participation in a survey that will help identify and explore the issues that face service members, veterans, and their families. The survey is available now through October 16. By participating in this survey you are providing valuable insights that impact policy, educate military […]

Staying at an elite level in any field for 14 years is a difficult task. Human nature gets in the way. Focus drifts. Energy wanes. Complacency sets in. Not for Nick Saban. Merely two games into his 14th season as Crimson Tide head coach, it appears Saban has assembled as good a team as any […]

Optimism and hope still reign for many teams entering the second week of the SEC season. Week two is typically when teams see their biggest leaps in improvement. Nick Saban was predictably upset by some aspects of his team’s play in a dominant win over Missouri, a victory which some say showed the Tide is […]

Sherrie Lemier-Potts freely admits that she prefers to love through acts of service. So it is no surprise that the mother of three and accomplished corporate officer has an impeccable record of service to her state, her community and those around her. It was during her nearly two-and-a-half decades at Blue Cross Blue Shield of […]

Even Gary Danielson sounded good yesterday. That is how badly college football fans were craving a return to the field. The next several days will be about assessing what happened. We start with this week’s power rankings, which are determined by the combined votes of our experts. Their individual votes can be seen with an explanation […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide beat Missouri in its 2020 opening game, coasting to a 38-19 win. The Tide’s trip to Columbia mainly wielded dominance even though head coach Nick Saban will undoubtedly find a few things about which to be unhappy. Here are a three of our takeaways: Alabama is without peer in 2020. Saban’s […]

The Season of Sankey officially gets underway today. The SEC takes the field for the first time this fall as a result of conference commissioner Greg Sankey’s well-planned approach to playing football amid COVID-19 conditions. During the last two weeks, a parade of conferences have backtracked on plans to cancel their seasons and put in […]

Fear drove them to Montgomery. They feared Alabama would make its own decisions on energy policy. So in marched an army of lawyers and so-called experts representing a slew of environmental groups. They came from California, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. They saw hearings at the Public Service Commission (PSC) in March as the perfect chance […]

For Lisa Thomas-McMillan, it is the newness of each day that motivates her from the minute she opens her eyes. Thomas-McMillan, founder of Drexell & Honeybee’s in Brewton, told Yellowhammer News in a recent interview that the excitement of discovering what each day holds propels her out of bed and to her restaurant as soon […]

The big kids come back to play on Saturday. Until that happens, there is one more week of the Yellowhammer college football power rankings without the SEC having been on the field. Yellowhammer’s rankings are determined by the combined votes of our experts. Their individual votes can be seen with an explanation of their rankings. […]

So many things in the world are worthy of intensive research. Yet, there are only so many resources available to make that research a reality. That is where Lynne Chronister steps in. A self-described “change agent,” Chronister is vice president for research and economic development at the University of South Alabama. It is that ability […]

The pursuit of what she terms “lofty goals” has driven Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo throughout her illustrious career in medicine and research. Marrazzo, a professor of medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UAB, is a leading researcher in HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. She is world-renown for her research and education on […]

Alabama football coach Nick Saban said preparing for a conference-only schedule during a pandemic has caused the Crimson Tide to structure practice differently on the Capstone. Saban said the coaches have split up to allow them to practice all players all the time and give some players experience at other positions – even some on both offense and […]

The college football season officially kicked off for two of the three power conferences which have maintained their schedules. The first Saturday brought a few surprises and some of what was expected. In other words, it looked a lot like any other opening weekend on the field, even if appearing a little odd off of […]

For a college football coach preparing to play a division rival the second week of September in 2001, the terrorist attacks on that Tuesday left a lasting impact just like they did for every other American. “Life changed forever as of that day,” recalled Tommy Tuberville in a conversation with Yellowhammer News. In his third […]

Whether in a hospital, surgery center or clinic, COVID-19 has drastically changed the care physicians are able to provide patients. According to a recent survey of medical practices in Alabama, the coronavirus has fundamentally altered Alabama’s healthcare delivery system and exposed policies that limit adaptive solutions. The survey identified several key findings that could be […]

Whether in a hospital, surgery center, or clinic COVID-19 has drastically changed the care physicians are able to provide patients. According to a recent survey of medical practices in Alabama, the coronavirus has fundamentally altered Alabama’s healthcare delivery system and exposed policies that limit adaptive solutions. The survey identified several key findings that could be […]

Whether in a hospital, surgery center or clinic, COVID-19 has drastically changed the care physicians are able to provide patients. According to a recent survey of medical practices in Alabama, the coronavirus has fundamentally altered Alabama’s healthcare delivery system and exposed policies that limit adaptive solutions. The survey identified several key findings that could be […]

They wanted you to pick up the tab for their use of Alabama’s electrical grid. A bold move, no doubt. But getting something for nothing is a popular notion these days. The entire premise of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign was giving out free stuff, including housing and healthcare. He finished in second place in the […]

At a time when signs of respect for law enforcement have become scarce, three Auburn University professors expressed their appreciation in abundance. On their own dime, Auburn faculty members Beth Davis-Sramek, Dave Ketchen and Glenn Richey spent lunchtime Friday providing meals for Auburn police officers as, what they termed, private citizens and grateful members of […]

The words could easily have emanated from the chaos in Portland or Seattle. “F**k every single cop…The only ethical choice for any cop to make at this point is to refuse to do their job and quit. The police do not protect people…They are instruments of violence on behalf of capital.” This statement was expressed, […]

Alabama businesses of all sizes will have the opportunity to connect and learn from industry experts on a wide array of topics from economic development to marketing your business in a post-COVID world. The Business Council of Alabama is excited to present Engage Alabama: A Virtual Business Summit on August 26-27, 2020. The two-day virtual […]