Longshore and McKnight break down Alabama’s new 5-star signee, the CFB Playoff Committee brushing off Vanderbilt’s upset over Tennessee, plus the latest on SEC matchups, playoff scenarios, and more from around college football.

The Auburn Tigers shocked everyone on Sunday morning when news broke of their new head coaching hire, landing on South Florida’s Alex Golesh as the new man to lead their program coming off two disastrous eras since Gus Malzahn. Following the failures both of Bryan Harsin and Hugh Freeze, Tigers fans were fed up and […]

7. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) demanded Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz face an investigation and imprisonment for allegedly allowing a $1 billion pandemic-era food-aid-related fraud scheme where Somali immigrants funneled funds to Al-Shabaab terrorists. He cited whistleblower social services workers who exposed the Democrats’ cover-up and declared Walz bears direct responsibility […]

7. Auburn University unveiled a lucrative bonus structure for new head football coach Alex Golesh’s six-year contract, starting at $6.75 million base salary, rising to $8 million, including up to $300,000 for SEC Championship appearances, $12 million for undefeated seasons, and national title incentives, potentially making him one of the highest-paid SEC coaches amid Alabama […]

The tragedy in D.C. is the fault of a failed government and an immigration system that was allowed to be overwhelmed by unvetted Afghans and open borders. Oddly, the people who support that failure are blaming President Donald Trump, the one guy who has pushed to end this fiasco. But if the media and their […]

Catch live episodes of Longshore and McKnight daily on YouTube, Spotify, and on Yellowhammer News?️? Today’s Top Moments 0:54 – Iron Bowl turns into one of the most physical matchups in years with big hits and wild officiating 13:54 – John Summerall insists on coaching Tulane through a title run even after taking the Florida […]

7. U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) led Alabama’s congressional delegation in urging the Army secretary to select Redstone Arsenal for Project Janus microreactor deployment, highlighting its defense expertise to bolster energy security for NASA, FBI, and U.S. Space Command in North Alabama. 6. Black Friday 2025 spending surged 9.1% online to $11.8 billion despite tariffs […]

7. Alabama’s Crimson Tide could secure an SEC Championship Game berth by defeating Auburn in the Iron Bowl, with tiebreakers favoring them over Ole Miss and Georgia regardless of other results. 6. The final member of a 15-man Wiregrass drug trafficking ring, 45-year-old Terrell Edwards from Ozark, received 240 months in federal prison, capping a […]

President Donald Trump’s progress on crypto risks being rolled back by those who fear what an open crypto market could mean. The status quo has backers and a fight is brewing over this in D.C. The financial establishment wants more regulation and less innovation. The risks of crypto are real, but the danger of strangling […]

7. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged airline passengers nationwide to stop wearing pajamas and slippers to restore civility amid soaring in-flight incidents; while etiquette experts backed the push for respectful attire, which makes sense because no one ever gets in a fist-fight in a suit. 6. Oregon coach Dan Lanning mocked the SEC after beating […]

You have not heard this unusual bit of news in the national media. Likely you will not, unless those media outlets pick up the information from this Yellowhammer News article. Here is the unusual news bulletin: There have been no hurricanes in the Gulf of America. Ever. And no tropical storms. The 2025 hurricane season […]

Mary’s hospital might close. Mary is a mother in rural Alabama who faced a difficult pregnancy and gave birth prematurely to a fragile baby. Her local hospital, the only one with an obstetrics ward in her county, was where her child received lifesaving care. For Mary, that hospital isn’t just a building; it’s the reason […]

When President Donald Trump dealt a fatal blow to PBS and NPR, Alabama had an opportunity to move on from the liberal outlets that dominate public media. Unfortunately, the day before the board overseeing Alabama Public Television was to decide how to handle it, Governor Kay Ivey gave cover to the board and maintained the […]

Evidence doesn’t speak for itself – skilled people and smart technology make it talk. The Huntsville Police Department’s forensic journey has evolved from film rolls to mobile data extraction and digital intelligence tools. The department’s new Crime Scene and Evidence Warehouse Complex isn’t just a building; it’s a milestone in how HPD collects, preserves and […]

7. Penn State, after firing James Franklin post-three losses and paying him $49 million to go away, is allegedly targeting Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer as a top target IF Alabama misses the College Football Playoff via an Iron Bowl loss. 6. 27-year-old Jack Andrew Smiley of Muncie, Ind., was fatally shot during an underage sex sting […]

It’s another week on the college football calendar, and with just a week until the Iron Bowl on the Plains between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers, it’s officially cupcake week in the SEC. For the Tide and Tigers, it’s games against Eastern Illinois and Mercer respectively, while the Georgia Bulldogs will take on […]

 Is the Epstein story blowing up on Trump or Democrats? Can college football really dominate the 2026 elections in Alabama? Why is Doug Jones so willing to get destroyed by Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn)? All this and more on Alabama Politics This Week, on TV, radio, and online all […]

7. Tuscaloosa Municipal Court launched a program through Dec. 4, allowing residents to swap $19 overtime parking tickets for new toys valued at $10+ (one ticket) or $20+ (two tickets) for Toys for Tots. The project aims to boost holiday donations and potentially inspiring similar initiatives across Alabama communities. 6. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) […]

Home sales across Alabama began their traditional seasonal decline in October, falling 4.7% month over month and 1.7% year over year — but indicators point to the state’s housing market remaining “healthy and balanced” according to the Alabama Association of Realtors’ October monthly report released Thursday. “Consumer sentiment continued to decline in October, and there […]

Democrats are seeking a candidate who can actually challenge Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville for governor, but former Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is the only person they can find. Jones lost to Tuberville 60-40 in 2020. Good luck. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show […]

7. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall launched a multi-week statewide radio ad campaign for his U.S. Senate bid, touting his conservative record, Trump’s past endorsement, and work as the AG. 6. The House unanimously voted 426-0 to repeal the Arctic Frost provision from the shutdown-ending bill, allowing spied-on Republican U.S. senators like Governor-elect National-Championship-winning Coach […]

American politics have been dogged by accusations, some baseless, of the implications of what is in the Epstein Files for a decade. FINALLY, we are looking at the end of the road for the public disclosure of the details of Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with the rich, powerful, and political. Whether President Donald Trump is implicated […]

The Auburn Tigers head into the final bye week of the season with two more games on the horizon following another close loss, but the first game of the DJ Durkin era felt a little bit different than the ineptitude of the way they kept losing games under Hugh Freeze. For the first time this […]

7. Alabama Public Television voted to continue its PBS contract until July with commissioners agreeing to preserve educational programming like “Sesame Street” amid federal funding cuts; APT also will form a survey committee per Gov. Kay Ivey’s guidance to assess disaffiliation risks, including a $2.8 million gap and 80-90% membership loss. 6. Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal is […]