The Alabama State Department of Education has launched its “Teachers are the Real Influencers” campaign. This is the agency’s newest wave of teacher recruitment efforts geared toward high school and college students. The campaign includes social media, YouTube ad spots, pre-roll, display advertising and more. The department said the drive will highlight the “fun, engaging […]

Alabama has recently joined a group of 24 states that are now suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The group of states are requesting that a federal court void a new rule that redefines "Waters of the United States (WOTUS)".

A government report supporting relocating Space Command headquarters to Alabama from Colorado has been hailed by state and local officials. A non-public, 87-page report issued from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in May 2022 and obtained by Yellowhammer News confirmed Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal was ranked first in the Air Force’s Evaluation and Selection phases. […]

Auburn engineering students will be launching a high-powered rocket thousands of feet above the Earth in the NASA University Student Launch Initiative in Huntsville in a few weeks. But, they couldn’t send up some plain old, undecorated rocket. So, members of the Auburn University Rocketry Association delivered the 11-foot-6-inch rocket to Children’s of Alabama in […]

Earlier this month, five people were added to the University of Alabama College of Education Hall of Fame at an award ceremony located at the North River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa.

Powell School has occupied the southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and 24th Street North in downtown Birmingham since 1887.

With the upcoming tornado and hurricane season approaching, Governor Kay Ivey wants Alabamians to be prepared for severe weather.

The inaugural launch for the United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket is set for May 4, ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno said Thursday. The payload includes Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander and two satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation. “We are now targeting the fourth of May so we plan our manifest around that […]

The former sheriff of Limestone County, Mike Blakely, will be reporting to Franklin County Jail tomorrow to begin his three year sentence for theft charges and ethics charges. He was currently out of jail on an appelate bond.

Today, at the Von Braun Civic Center during the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Washington Update, Senator Tommy Tuberville discussed several important topics. One of which was the importance of national security in the face of increasing threats from China.

Over the weekend the Alabama Sheriffs Association(ASA) held its 2023 Winter Technology Conference that gathered sheriffs from all over the state to discuss of a variety of topics relating to law enforcement.

Beginning in December 2021,a lost cat from Birmingham, Alabama traveled close to 2,000 miles from the Magic City all the way to Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame is inducting six new individual members and an engineering company at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa on February 25th.

Citing a desire to continue her fight against the Biden administration's radical energy policies, Twinkle Cavanaugh announced she is seeking another term as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided $52.6 million to Alabama to address “emerging contaminants” in the state’s public water systems, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced. The funding will complement ADEM’s ongoing efforts to improve the state’s drinking water and sewer systems. Last year, ADEM awarded $463 million to public drinking water and wastewater […]

Hyundai has recently been embroiled in controversy over the use of child labor. The company has been discussing the subject with the U.S. Department of Labor(DOL).

Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections(ADOC), John Hamm, yesterday said that the protocol for execution by nitrogen is almost complete.

A Walker County man, Anthony "Tony" Mitchell, died on January 26th while in police custody. His mother is now filing a federal lawsuit.

Recently, a former Alabama sheriff had an 11 count indictment reinstated against him in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.

The University of Alabama was recently recognized as a "Top Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Student Awards.

Cade Marty was invited to lecture industry professionals and experts about a road paved entirely with recycled material.

FEMA has made additional disaster assistance available to the state of Alabama in the wake of last month’s severe weather. The aid is to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes on Jan. 12. It was also announced FEMA and the state opened a disaster […]

The fire at the landfill in St. Clair County that has been burning since November may be out in a “matter of weeks,” according to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. ADEM Director Lance LeFleur released a statement Friday with an update on the fire that was originally reported Nov. 25. Last month, officials said the […]

The governor has awarded $5.6 million in grants to support statewide programs designed to increase public safety on Alabama’s highways and in the state’s communities, it was announced Wednesday. “Public Safety is a core mission of my Administration. Our state, regional, county and municipal law enforcement officers do a tremendous job keeping our state and […]