Auburn University announced this week it will claim seven additional football national championships, expanding the program’s recognized total to nine and formally acknowledging the undefeated 2004 team. While the claim gives Auburn now nine titles and numerous more SEC titles, the significant majority of them are from the last century and out of the memories […]

The Alabama Community College System is receiving a huge boost to their women’s athletics programs with a $300,000 award in 2025 Alabama Education Trust Fund Supplemental Appropriations specifically to support the development and expansion of women’s sports in the ACCC. The appropriation was championed for inclusion in the budget package by State Rep. Chris Blackshear […]

The Huntsville Housing Authority is considering extending their curfew policy because it seems to be effective in helping combat crime. A curfew has been in effect since June for those who live within the housing authority. This was done in response to deadly shootings across the city, including one that resulting in two people being […]

A rare hadrosaur tooth dating back roughly 84 million years has been discovered in Greene County, Alabama, during a fossil excursion hosted by the Alabama Museum of Natural History. According to the museum, Dr. John Friel, the museum’s director, found the fossil on July 26 while exploring a gravel bar in a creek on private […]

Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security is bringing two heavyweight national-security figures onto its advisory board. Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary under President Donald Trump, Kirstjen Nielsen, now president of Lighthouse Strategies, and Auburn alumnus James Hoskins, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence leader who built Scitor Corporation into […]

Conservative Republican and longtime cotton and peanut farmer Garrett Dixon launched a campaign for the open Alabama House District 38 seat today. Dixon says he’ll take a business approach to Montgomery and be a voice for rural communities in Chambers and Lee counties. Dixon is lifelong resident of the district, a Smiths Station High School […]

Former U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl has launched a campaign to retake Alabama’s 1st Congressional District. The former Mobile County Commissioner was first elected to represent the South Alabama district in 2020 and re-elected in 2022. He was unseated after federal re-districting pitted him against fellow U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise). In concert with a campaign […]

On Monday morning, Alabama Speaker of the House of Representatives Nathaniel Ledbetter endorsed his friend and colleague, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) for Governor of Alabama in the 2026 GOP primary election. “Alabama is winning like never before, and our state’s continued prosperity hinges upon its next governor being a strong conservative who will always […]

As the 2026 Republican primary to fill the open seat left by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) heats up, candidates are building their war chests to finance the effort to secure victory. On Monday, one candidate’s campaign for U.S. Senate launched the “Statewide Finance Committee for Steve Marshall” with public support from business leaders across […]

For the first time in three decades, passengers will be able to ride an Amtrak train between New Orleans and Mobile. Beginning tomorrow, Monday, August 18, the new Mardi Gras Service will make the four-hour journey twice daily, restoring a Gulf Coast connection that’s been missing since the 1990s. The route includes stops in Bay […]

Drivers traveling on U.S. 231 near Alabama 174 north of Pell City are once again facing an added danger – a sinkhole. For the third time in less than a month, the sinkhole has reopened, posing potential hazards for unsuspecting motorists. The issue has resulted in the road being closed or partially closed at different […]

According to recently conducted polling, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is the most popular elected official in the state of Alabama. The Business Council of Alabama commissioned a poll conducted by Cygnal of likely Republican primary voters. In an email to its members this week, BCA outlined that Britt’s favorability is 72%, with an incredibly […]

The Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Launched Effects Summit opened Aug. 11, setting the tone of week-long events focused on the rapid increase in unmanned systems in the U.S. Army. Maj. Gen. Clair Gill, commanding general of the Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, gave the opening remarks to summit attendees, stressing that UAS need to be […]

A mother utilizing the CHOOSE Act (Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education Act of 2024) is urging others to do the same after seeing the firsthand impact the new program is already having on her children’s education. Although Breauna McDade of Montgomery became content with the quality of teaching provided in their local […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Friday called a special election to fill Alabama House District 38, setting the primary for October 21, 2025, a potential primary runoff for November 18, 2025, and the general election for February 3, 2026. The seat opened after State Rep. Debbie Wood resigned this summer to re-locate with her family for […]

HOT: Summer heat finally returns to Alabama over the next five days with highs in the low to mid 90s for most places. As always on a summer day, a few pop-up storms are likely during the afternoon and evening hours (mainly from noon to midnight)… but they should be widely scattered. The chance of […]

PowerSouth Energy executive Taylor Williams and Casey B. Rogers, the deputy director of the Alabama State Military Department, have been elected as the newest board members for the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA). The ALBBAA is committed to enhancing outdoor recreation and promoting tourism opportunities in the Black Belt in a manner that provides economic […]

“We’ve been working on this for a very long time.” The words came from James Spann, chief meteorologist of the Alabama Weather Network, shortly before the 24/7 streaming weather source launched. “Think about all of the things we have been through together,” Spann said in his opening comments during the network’s debut. He recounted Hurricane […]

Alabama’s hospitals, universities, and training programs could soon see a major infusion of funding after the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee recently advanced its FY2026 Labor–HHS–Education funding bill. The package includes more than $28.6 million in Congressionally directed spending for Alabama — funding that U.S. Senator Katie Britt, a member of the committee, helped secure. Later […]

The North Alabama Drug Task Force, hosted by the Huntsville Police Department, recently dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking organization in the first investigation conducted under Alabama’s newly enacted Agent Billy Clardy III Act. All told, the operation resulted in 23 indictments, the seizure of $4.8 million in illegal drugs, the recovery of $223,385 in U.S. […]

Two Phenix City women have been arrested after police say they carried out illegal ballot harvesting tied to suspicious absentee applications in the upcoming August 26 municipal elections. Phenix City Police launched the investigation after the city clerk’s office reported multiple irregular absentee applications. Detectives say the probe uncovered evidence of illegal ballot harvesting. Authorities […]

Efforts to deepen and widen the Port of Mobile’s ship channel are drawing both strong support and determined opposition. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is carrying out the project to accommodate larger vessels, a move backed by the Alabama Port Authority and business advocates who point to the port’s role as a key economic […]

Huntsville isn’t just growing—it’s welcoming the equivalent of a small neighborhood every month. As of July 1, the Rocket City’s estimated population reached 249,102, a 15.9% increase since the 2020 Census. That’s 18 new residents a day, with 34,000 people choosing Huntsville as their hometown over the past five years. According to the City and […]

An Alabama priest has stepped away from his parish duties while church officials investigate allegations of sexual misconduct dating back more than a decade. Rev. Robert Sullivan, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Homewood, is barred from public ministry while the Diocese of Birmingham reviews claims that he entered into a sexual […]