The mother of a former Piedmont High School student-athlete has sued the school and its former football coach over a harassment incident last year. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in District Court in Huntsville and names then-football coach Steve Smith, the Piedmont City School District and several student-athletes involved in the incident. Huntsville attorney Teri […]

In a time of many leaders wanting to ban TikTok, one from Alabama has decided to embrace it. Mayor Richard Phillips of Oneonta has become a TikTok sensation of sorts. He has been using the app to bring attention to his small town of 7,000 people north of Birmingham. On the city’s account, Phillips has […]

Last week, Mexican soldiers and police took over a cargo port and a quarry owned by the Alabama based company, Vulcan Materials. The seizure of the port, which is located on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, made national news. After learning of the incident, several lawmakers – including Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville – issued statements. […]

A student who was involved in an altercation last year with a Madison high school assistant principal is suing the Madison Board of Education, the principal, and the assistant principal. The student is seeking a jury trial and compensation for her injuries and damages, attorney fees, and court costs, according to a lawsuit. The suit […]

The Alabama Legislature returned to regular session Tuesday, greeted by a budget proposal from Gov. Kay Ivey.  Consistent with priorities outlined in her State of the State Address, the proposal includes increased funding toward education, repayment of debt obligations ahead of schedule, a 2% pay increase for all state employees, and a confirmed push for […]

A train derailment this month in Calhoun County was caused by a lack of required equipment, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. The incident was among a series of derailments involving Norfolk Southern trains in a matter of weeks. NTSB investigators said the March 9 event occurred because two of the train’s locomotives didn’t […]

Ella Duus of Huntsville and Stanley Stoutamire of Calera were selected to be Alabama’s United States Senate Youth Program representatives, Sen. Katie Britt announced. Duus is a senior at New Century Technology High School and Stoutamire is a senior at John Carroll Catholic High School. “I am proud of Stanley’s and Ella’s accomplishments and their […]

Join the Yellowhammer News team for a “Yellowhammer Connection” breakfast April 6 in Montgomery. The updated event details includes a networking breakfast, followed by an interview with Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), and questions from the audience. It is presented by Blue Cross and […]

Sen. Katie Britt is leading a charge against Mexican authorities after the “illicit seizure” of Vulcan Materials Company’s port facility at Punta Venado in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Video footage shows the facility being breached and confiscated at gunpoint by Mexican military and police forces. “This forcible seizure of private property is unlawful and unacceptable,” Britt […]

Success at an enterprise as large and complex as the University of Alabama at Birmingham requires vision, purposeful planning and determination. It also takes leadership and teamwork. A decade ago, when the nation was still working its way through the aftershocks of the 2007-2009 Great Recession, and Ray L. Watts, M.D., was named UAB’s seventh president, the time was […]

Innovate Alabama is hosting a tech brunch to launch its HBCU Innovation Experience. The new program will “encourage inclusive talent attraction and retention within the state, home to the most Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the country.” “Innovate Alabama is on a mission to help innovators, including our state’s best and brightest students, […]

Law enforcement, elected officials and residents gathered at a Cullman elementary school to talk about an uncomfortable issue facing parents – school shootings. They also got to see a demonstration of new technology that offers a possible solution.   State Sen. Garland Gudger went to kindergarten at West Elementary School and opened by saying today’s […]

A Birmingham teacher of almost three decades received an unexpected shout out at the 95th Academy Awards. Kay Dummier knew that her former student Daniel Scheinert had been nominated for his new film, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” However, she got a big surprise when he took the stage to receive one of his three […]

A veteran attorney has been appointed to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles by Gov. Kay Ivey. Kim Davidson was announced as the new member on Tuesday in a press release from the Board. “It is an honor to become part of this team, and I am looking forward to working with fellow Board […]

Fulfilling a resolute commitment made to taxpayers, the Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 1 (33-0) Tuesday, which transfers $59.9 million from the State’s General Fund budget to the Alabama Trust Fund. The Alabama Trust Fund (ATF) was created as a “rainy day” account to be used only in times of fiscal crisis and is funded […]

James “Jim” Wilson III, a member of the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees, died Saturday after a sudden illness. He was 59. Wilson, according to the announcement from the Board, was heavily involved in the affairs of the university for decades as a student and an alumnus. A 1985 graduate of Alabama’s Culverhouse […]

Auburn University is the first university in the nation to possess a vehicle designed specifically to make community events accessible for those with sensory needs. The Sensory Activation Vehicle, or SAV, is one of the programs offered by KultureCity, a Birmingham-based nonprofit dedicated to creating sensory accessibility and promoting inclusivity for all. Assistant Professor Morgan Yordy, […]

Maybe the slogan should change to “Sweet retirement home, Alabama.” After all, a recent study ranked the Yellowhammer State as the eighth-cheapest state for retirement. The study conducted by NetCredit found that the cost of retirement on average in Alabama was $536,348 for a 15-year period. Alabama’s neighbor Mississippi was found to be the cheapest […]

A new magnet high school may be on the horizon for Alabama. And Demopolis Mayor Woody Collins is “as giddy as a schoolgirl.” In her State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Kay Ivey proposed establishing a fourth magnet high school for the state – the School of Healthcare Sciences. To be established in Demopolis, […]

At the State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Kay Ivey introduced Terry Saban, wife of Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban, as her special guest for the event. The reason for the introduction, Ivey announced, was that the state will be partnering with the Saban Center and the city of Tuscaloosa to bring about […]

The Huntsville-based Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering has launched a statewide outreach program. Advancing Cyber Concepts and Engineering Learning will formalize ASCTE’s efforts to assist teachers, administrators, and superintendents across the state in replicating cyber technology and engineering studies within their own schools. Mandated by the Alabama legislation that created ASCTE to find ways […]

As a young man growing up in Tuskegee, Phillip Lyman spent many days on the Tuskegee campus watching his father, Bennie Lyman Jr., take care of veterans. Lyman’s father was an Army veteran who retired as a major in 1984. He recalls fond memories of his father in the tiny pharmacy with only four pharmacists […]

New research by investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham supports the premise that inflammation is associated with Parkinson’s disease early in the disease’s progression. The findings, published online in Movement Disorders, support the conclusion that central inflammation is observed early in the disease process of Parkinson’s, is independent of treatment for the disease, and correlates […]

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced the formation of a group to decide if changes in laws, regulations, and resources are necessary in the wake of the fire at a landfill in Moody. The group will consist of officials at state and local levels. The lack of response to the fire revealed shortcomings of […]