The first video in the Our Yellowhammer 360 series was released on Tuesday and features Governor Kay E. Ivey. Our Yellowhammer 360, announced at the beginning of this month, is a partnership between Yellowhammer News and Our 360 News created in an effort to bring the people of our great state together, regardless of individual […]

During her 35-year career working in the health care services industry, Willie Neil McGhee lived out what she believed was her calling in life: to help people. Every day, McGhee assisted customers with billing and collections using empathy and concern, always trying to find ways to help others. However, not long after McGhee retired, she […]

Birmingham’s Atomic Lounge is a bar, to be sure. There are drinks with fun names and fine booze with regulars destressing and unwinding. And if that was all Atomic Lounge is, that just might be enough. But Atomic Lounge is really an experience and the bar is a component of that experience. Husband and wife owners Feizal […]

After winning the Heisman Trophy on Tuesday evening, Alabama Crimson Tide star DeVonta Smith immediately thanked his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To begin his live acceptance speech delivered virtually to the world, Smith declared, “First off, I’d like to thank God.” “Without Him, none of this would be possible,” he continued.

The Tuskegee Airmen are being commemorated with a freshly designed quarter from the U.S. Mint that will go into circulation in early 2021. Trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Southeast Alabama, the legendary World War II aviators were the first black pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces. Serving during WWII, they flew over 15,000 […]

On a glorious fall afternoon — their favorite time of the year — Louis and Melinda Mapp pull up a pair of rocking chairs on the front porch of their Fairhope home. They sit down to trace a family history that begins with business roots in Mississippi and ends with hospital philanthropy in Alabama. Both […]

For Waymond Jackson Jr. and his family, July 13 was always a sad anniversary. July 13, 1985, was the date his father, Leondras Waymond Jackson Sr., died in a motel swimming pool. For 34 years, Jackson and his mother and sister saw the date pass and it reminded them of loss. Now, the date celebrates […]

For Ryan Zargo, the chef-owner of Farmhouse of Springville, the idea of local is serious business. It’s personal, too. That’s exactly why he opened his fresh, new restaurant near where he lives. “I’m local,” he says. “I grew up in Trussville; I live in Odenville. I’m very passionate about food, and … there’s just not […]

In her end-of-the-year address to Alabamians, Gov. Kay Ivey reaffirmed the unprecedented nature of 2020 while expressing optimism for 2021. “Throughout it all, with everyone’s help, our state has found a way to keep pushing forward,” Ivey said. The governor quoted Isaiah 40:31: “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They […]

Despite being born with no feet and deformed hands, Bob Freeman has never felt limited in life. In fact, he has had a fulfilling career in radio and television that began in Birmingham but has taken him to stops all across the country and now in Indiana. We reached out to Freeman to reflect on […]

Children at Adullam House in Wetumpka may have had a white Christmas this year, thanks to a recent donation from Alabama Power’s Southern Division Energizers. Angie Spackman, director of Adullam House, said the unexpected funds will help make it possible for the children to travel to Gatlinburg for the holidays. Adullam House is a ministry […]

Nestled behind the stone walls surrounding 2300 Springhill Ave., in old Mobile are a collection of buildings and, more importantly, a group of women who love you and me. The Convent and Academy of the Visitation, commonly known as Visitation Monastery, is a historic complex of Roman Catholic buildings and a small cemetery. Established in 1832 […]

There’s no “Grinch” in Mobile – 10 nonprofits and more than 411 happy children are proof of that. Thanks to members of the Barry Chapter of the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO), several nonprofits and Mobile-area families will have a merrier Christmas. Employees and contractors at Barry Electric Generating Plant “dug deep” to ensure nonprofits and other […]

Mission of Hope in Walker County for nearly three decades has been reaching out to low-income families and others who need help. But in this pandemic-stricken world, the organization has introduced a new program. “Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, we have seen a lot of people furloughed or their jobs have went away,” said Lori Abercrombie, executive […]

At the Birmingham Museum of Art, in the back and around a corner, is a painting that few care to look at for too long. It’s small, roughly the size of a piece of printer paper. The background is a golden sunset, rolling hills and tall lanky trees that, every time I look at it, […]

Writing this holiday column reminds me our nation is nearing the end of one of the most trying and unpredictable years in American history. Divisions in the political realm and disagreements as to the most effective manner by which to deal with the coronavirus pandemic have served to breed animosity one toward another in ways […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday morning released a video sharing a Christmas Eve message, including her favorite Christmas tradition. She explained that reading the biblical Christmas story found in Matthew with family and friends is her most cherished seasonal tradition. “We are so grateful that God loves us so much that He sent His only […]

It was seasonally appropriate that Darryl Fuhrman and his son Miller motored from Homewood to Huntsville in a red 2016 Dodge Charger. Like Santa and an elf riding in his sleigh, the two were delivering holiday cheer in the latest project of Lettermen of the USA. Of course, the Fuhrmans weren’t the only ones. And their […]

It’s Christmas week, so let’s talk about some Christmas miracles. No, I’m not talking about that monster hit John Metchie put on Florida’s Trey Dean in the SEC Championship game Saturday. We’ve come to expect plays like that from the Alabama football team this year. I’m talking about some truly surprising big deal things. First, […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said she had “good news for the children of Alabama” when asked if the North Pole’s most famous resident would be able to make his yearly deliveries. Ivey updated reporters on the travel plans of Saint Nicholas shortly after she received her initial dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Monday. The […]

Historic Hotels of America on Monday announced the winners of its annual Awards of Excellence for 2020. After analyzing more than 250 member nominees, the organization has once again honored a Coastal Alabama gem for representing the “pinnacle” of industry excellence. The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa was named as the nation’s “Best […]

Even amid the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Christmas spirit is shining perhaps brighter than ever in Alabama. Mobile-based Fox 10 on Sunday reported about a local nine-year-old boy, Josh Cox, who reached into his own pockets this holiday season to brighten the lives of other Coastal Alabama children. The outlet reported that Josh, […]

It is a celestial treat for amateur astronomers as well as those interested in tying the heavens to religious events. It’s the annual planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn that should be easily viewed in the early evening sky. The event is also called the Christmas star. The planets regularly appear to pass each other […]

The notion of hometown pride may seem a quaint, old-fashioned sentiment in our modern – and increasingly cynical – era. But it’s real, and it can be powerful. For proof, look to Wetumpka, sitting on the soft bluffs rising above the Coosa River about 25 miles north of Montgomery. The strength of the hometown pride bursting at […]