The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is the latest can’t-miss television star. A&E’s most-watched series, “Live PD,” will begin this week airing episodes on Friday and Saturday nights from 8 p.m. to midnight featuring Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies. Filming started Monday.

It’s an idea that we Evangelicals like because we usually hear it discussed in the vein of protecting our particular right to express and live out a Christian worldview. But do we really know what our constitutional right to religious liberty is rooted in, and what protecting it for the long haul will require of […]

During the University of Alabama football program’s weekly student-athlete media availability on Monday, one Crimson Tide player stood out for comments completely unrelated to the upcoming weekend’s game against Arkansas. During the press conference, a member of the media asked junior tight end Miller Forristall what he wants to do with his life. The answer […]

State Rep. Debbie Wood (R-Valley) knows first hand how quickly life can change. “It stops. It just kind of came to a halt. All of a sudden, we had a new journey,” she said. In 2015, Wood and her husband were driving when she was called by East Alabama Medical Center-Lanier Medical Center and asked […]

You could spend an entire lifetime paddling across Alabama’s 132,000 miles of water from the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico and the thousands of lakes, rivers and streams in between. Two organizations have partnered to help educate young people just starting that journey. The 4-H RiverKids Program teaches children ages 9-18 basic paddling skills, water […]

Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) believes restoring a sense of community in our society should be one of this nation’s overarching priorities moving forward, with faith guiding the process. Palmer outlined that view and others recently when he sat down with Matt Wilson on his Living Life on Purpose podcast.

James Brewer doesn’t subscribe to the philosophy that “bigger is better.” The president of Alabama Tiny Homes in Warrior knows that you can create a lot in a small space. There is an art to balancing the latest amenities and conveniences with the economization of space.

The path of life isn’t easy for everyone. But the lens in which one views their circumstances is all important. For Carla Youngblood, keeping a positive perspective helped her beat a deadly, triple-negative breast cancer nearly four years ago. A professional comedienne, Youngblood releases her 174-page book, “Cancer Ain’t Funny! Laugh Anyway …,” on Oct. 20.

Republican Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-6) introduced on Friday Res. 640, a resolution condemning the global persecution of Christians. According to a press release, the resolution “recognizes that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world and condemns systemic persecution for faith-related reasons.” The resolution also “calls on the U.S. State Department to prioritize […]

The remains of Alabama World War II veteran Johnnie C. Laurie returned home to Bessemer on Thursday, receiving full military honors. According to information from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Laurie’s remains were accounted for on July 2. The DPAA explained that Laurie was a long last casualty of the Japanese attack on Pearl […]

Three weeks. Just three weeks. That was the time between the greatest high of his life and the greatest low. Today, 14 years later, the memories of two college football Saturdays please him, yet haunt him. From heaven to hell in a span of three weeks, and to this day, both places remain with him. […]

Oh, my heart! Former Auburn University quarterback Brandon Cox sent me this video of his son, Peyton, meeting his baby brother for the first time. Parker Cox was born just a few days ago, and when Peyton first met his baby ‘bro? So sweet! Watch:

Patsy Stallworth loves her rain barrels. “I didn’t understand it at first, but after my husband explained it to me, I like it.” Stallworth has two 55-gallon rain barrels installed at her home in the Mobile suburb of Prichard, catching up to 110 gallons of rainwater for her to use to water her flowers, wash […]

Lonnie Holley sees things. Standing in a dirt lot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he spied a piece of rusty metal, a bit of blue string, a broken yellow broom handle, a plastic spoon. “If you don’t mind, would you step away from the camera and get me that rottening piece of tin right there,” he directed. “Now […]

A parking lot on the corner of 2nd Avenue North and 19th Street in downtown Birmingham has been transformed into Alabama’s newest shopping experience. Upswing Birmingham is a “demonstration project” designed by REV Birmingham to prove and improve downtown’s market for retail. David Fleming, president and CEO of REV Birmingham, says Upswing Birmingham is a modern twist on […]

What started out as a group of friends trying to help a few kids at a nearby school has turned into a neighborhood project that feeds more than 100 children in the Hueytown area. Debbie Kiker, Ginger Parsons and Charlotte Garrett, members of Hueytown Community Helpers (HCH), started Blessings in a Bag to ensure hungry elementary schoolchildren […]

Phenix City’s John Jones, 12, was tragically killed in a shooting that occurred one week ago Friday. According to what a close family friend told WRBL, Jones’ relatives were immediately in “disbelief,” experiencing “[u]ndescribable pain.” Jones, they said, had been diagnosed with autism at age-five. He was described as “a very loving and affectionate young […]

Per local television reports, students at Jasper High School have nearly reached their fundraising goal to buy the school janitor a new truck. However, they are not personally taking credit for their deed, giving all the glory to God. ABC 33/40 reported on Thursday that sophomores Preston Reed and Sam Hice wanted to celebrate Custodian […]

I’d like to bring you a beautiful story sent to me by Holly Whitt Sutherland. Last week, Haleyville City Schools held “Super Hero Day.” While many students dressed up as Superman, Batman and others, a second-grader named Paxton Robertson dressed up as Mark Forester. Who was Mark Forester? Raised in Haleyville, Forester was shocked by […]

Yellowhammer News on Thursday learned that State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) will be the first of Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate candidates to go up on television with an advertisement. A source with direct knowledge confirmed to Yellowhammer News that the ad buy will be in the six-figures and begin in the next day. The buy […]

As I drifted off to sleep on Sunday night, I was suddenly filled with thoughts of a hero. He wasn’t a strapping football player, nor was he a winner of a Super Bowl, a World Series or an Olympic medal. Instead, Walt Gary enriched the lives of Alabama football players, family and friends; and he […]

Books-A-Million and Children’s of Alabama are once again coming together to show that not every hero wears a cape. Through the fifth-annual Superhero Month in October, the partnership this year will honor the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with “The Power of Children’s” initiative. This endeavor aims to bring encouragement to and foster further […]

There’s just one thing I ask of you before you read — and watch — this post: grab some tissues. I’m honored to bring you the story of Samford offensive lineman George Musto, whose loving gesture has made my week. The big Samford football lineman grew up in Miami as George Grimwade.

My babies have only been back in school for a few weeks and we’ve already had a few brushes with some sick bugs. I’m guessing any mommas out there reading this have dealt with these typical school bugs, frequent colds and maybe even the dreaded pink eye …dun dun dun… Kids tend to pick up sicknesses fairly easily, […]