NASA and its international partners — including the many in Alabama — this month marked a new milestone in human spaceflight. It has now been 20 consecutive years since the last time all humans were on the planet Earth at the same time. Indeed, November 1, 2000, was the most recent day humans dwelled only […]

Auburn University head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl spoke remotely to the media on Wednesday ahead of the team’s first game of the season. The Tigers are scheduled to face Saint Joseph’s at 3:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving in the Fort Myers Tip-Off event. However, the opening contest has been overshadowed this week by Sunday’s announcement […]

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is set to miss Saturday’s Iron Bowl after testing positive for COVID-19. Team physician Dr. Jimmy Robinson and UA Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine Jeff Allen made the announcement on Wednesday in a joint statement. Saban experienced a false positive earlier in the season, but this […]

U.S. Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Wednesday announced that he has selected Stephen Boyd to serve as his chief of staff. Boyd is a veteran of Capitol Hill with deep Alabama connections, currently serving as United States assistant attorney general. Born in Birmingham, Boyd would go on to graduate from the University of Alabama with a […]

Sweet Grown Alabama, the state’s agricultural branding program, this week added the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) as a founding member of the non-profit organization. The program represents over 170 farmer, restaurant, market and business members across the state who play a role in bringing local products to Yellowhammer State consumers. “I am excited […]

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee on Tuesday evening released its first rankings of the 2020 season, with the University of Alabama Crimson Tide coming out on top. Bama was followed by Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State to round out the top four teams. Texas A&M, Florida and Cincinnati were ranked Nos. 5-7, respectively. […]

Due to “positive COVID tests and subsequent contact tracing” within the Southern Miss football program, UAB’s upcoming game against the Golden Eagles has been canceled. The game was set for Friday, November 27, at Birmingham’s historic Legion Field. This was supposed to be UAB’s last game ever at the venue, as the team will transition […]

Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) on Tuesday introduced new legislation to further the advancement of affordable, high-speed rural broadband internet access. Aderholt’s bill, entitled the Enabling Extra Time to Extend Network Deployment (EXTEND) Act, would permit states to use federal CARES Act monies under the Coronavirus Relief Fund for grants for the deployment of broadband infrastructure […]

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office held a press conference on Tuesday where they displayed the results of a massive drug bust that was brought about by a months-long investigation. Hundreds of pounds of marijuana, meth, heroin and psychedelic mushrooms were found during the execution of four search warrants. Renaldo Henderson, 43, is in custody with […]

Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) on Tuesday issued a directive to all state agencies ordering that flags in certain locations be lowered to half-staff. The directive covers flags “on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol Complex in Montgomery and in Alabama House District 78.” This is being done “to honor the memory and longstanding service” […]

Even though the No. 1 University of Alabama Crimson Tide (7-0) come into this weekend’s matchup as heavy favorites on paper, Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn is noting that the Iron Bowl is always a different kind of game — and one that is difficult to predict. Malzahn’s Tigers come into the annual post-Thanksgiving matchup […]

Yellowhammer News on Tuesday spoke with State Senator Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville), who was selected by his Republican colleagues the previous day to be the next majority leader in the legislature’s upper chamber. This vote by the Senate GOP Caucus came after Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) in the same meeting announced he would step down from […]

For the third year in a row, Alabama has set a new record for the number of foster care adoptions in the state. Governor Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that 814 foster kids in Alabama were adopted over fiscal year 2020, up from 731 in FY 2019. “I am so proud that Alabama has set yet […]

Census workers in Alabama were told to lie about the occupancy of certain houses when they could not find a way to interview the occupants or neighbors during the frenzied last month of the 2020 count, according to a report published on Monday by The Associated Press. Text messages between a Census worker and a Census […]

Yellowhammer News on Tuesday spoke with Alabama Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper), who was unanimously chosen by his Republican colleagues the previous day to be the next president pro tempore of the legislature’s upper chamber. Reed’s nomination by the Senate GOP Caucus came after Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) in the same meeting announced […]

One of the names being mentioned to fill the U.S. Attorney General’s role in a potential Biden administration has been U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), who lost his reelection bid earlier this month to former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville. During an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Jones declined to address that possibility. […]

It has now been three weeks since Americans voted in the presidential election, and still, questions remain about its outcome. Joe Biden is moving forward with the transition despite no official concession to have come from incumbent President Donald Trump, who is vowing to fight on. During an appearance on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5 on […]

Backed by a national labor union and Democratic socialist U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a notice has been filed informing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that there is an attempt underway to unionize Amazon’s state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama. This facility outside of Birmingham just opened earlier this year, employing more than 1,500 full-time […]

The City of Birmingham on Monday afternoon released a video with some rather specific recommendations of what people not do this Thanksgiving. Mayor Randall Woodfin opens the video by noting the message is intended “especially for our Birmingham city employees.” The video, shared with the hashtag “#DontDoThat,” subsequently transitions to an on-screen narrator commenting on […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate Republican Caucus met on Monday, and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) announced he will be stepping down as leader of the legislature’s upper chamber. The Caucus membership in the same meeting then unanimously nominated current Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) to succeed Marsh as pro tem; since […]

Governor Kay Ivey’s office on Monday announced that the governor has allocated a total of $3,606,104 to reimburse several Alabama food banks for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alabama received approximately $1.9 billion total of federal CARES Act funding to respond to and mitigate the pandemic. Alabama Act 2020-199 initially designated up to […]

Miles College on Monday announced a new multi-million dollar collaboration with IBM on a comprehensive program designed to develop high-demand skill sets in students and faculty that align with industry needs and trends. As part of this program, IBM is reportedly donating $2 million worth of artificial intelligence (AI) and open hybrid cloud technology resources […]

Homtex, a company that made its name producing linens and other cloth products, is receiving $10,572,100 in CARES Act funds from the State of Alabama to build a new plant near Selma that will manufacture face masks and employ over 300 workers. Governor Kay Ivey announced the expansion in a release on Monday morning, praising […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall (R-AL) on Monday released a video message warning the people of Alabama that elected officials violating the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act could cause serious, wide-spread societal consequences. The message came after Marshall on Friday announced that his office is filing suit against Madison County for recently removing a Confederate monument from […]