With less than 100 days separating now and Election Day, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) says he feels “very good” about his prospects in a head-to-head match-up against GOP U.S. Senate nominee Tommy Tuberville. In an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Jones argued his opponent did not “have a clue” […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) was lauded by NASA officials for the performance of its Atlas V rocket in launching the Mars 2020 mission. At a post-launch news conference on Thursday morning, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine went out of his way to praise ULA and its leadership for their role in the historic launch. “It was […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Birmingham-based Southern Research have discovered a new drug candidate that represents a major advance in the treatment for diabetes. A release from UAB on Thursday advised that the drug has been tested on isolated human and mouse pancreatic islets, the place where the hormones insulin and glucagon […]

Jesse A. Goldberg, Ph.D., still has not started his first semester as a lecturer at Auburn University. However, the incoming professor continues to ignite controversy on social media. A few months ago, Goldberg admittedly posted his “first controversial tweet” as an Auburn faculty member. Ahead of starting his new job as a “Lecturer of African American & […]

There are glimmers of good news in Alabama’s coronavirus numbers for the first time in several weeks, and a high profile infectious disease expert at UAB Hospital credits increased wearing of masks as a big factor. According to BamaTracker, the number of people being hospitalized each day due to COVID-19 has leveled off in the […]

NASA’s Mars 2020 launch went off without a hitch early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Catching a lift from United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Alabama-made Atlas V rocket, Mars Perseverance is now setting its trajectory toward the Red Planet. The Perseverance rover will explore Mars while gathering samples and performing groundbreaking tests to see if […]

State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) on Wednesday resigned from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, where he was serving as an Alabama Baptist bivocational pastor. The resignation, first announced by The Alabama Baptist, comes in the wake of Dismukes attending a celebration of Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was a Confederate general and the first grand wizard of […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey wasted no words in responding to Alabama State Board of Education member Wayne Reynolds, who on Wednesday morning posted an insulting comment about the governor’s appearance on Facebook. “She is gaining weight,” wrote Reynold in the comments of an AL.com Facebook live stream that was broadcasting the governor’s coronavirus pandemic press […]

Alabama received high rankings for its workforce development programs and auto manufacturing strength in a new report from Business Facilities magazine, which also picked Birmingham and Huntsville as top cities for business climate. In the 16th installment of its Annual State and Metro Rankings Report, Business Facilities rated Birmingham as the No. 1 mid-size metro area for […]

Alabama is once again set to make history with the scheduled Thursday morning launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. Atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, the Perseverance rover is set to blast off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was built at ULA’s world-class facility […]

While many school systems around the state are opting for online schooling-only for the first nine weeks, the debate as to whether or not schools should open in Alabama remains unsettled given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Cherokee) argued for the […]

MacKenzie Scott, who for 25 years was married to Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, gave $20 million to Tuskegee University in recent days. The donation is the largest gift in the history of the school. The Tuskegee donation was one in a string of contributions from Scott that totaled $1.7 billion. Scott has pledged […]

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two people previously charged on the state level in the death of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney. The tragic disappearance of McKinney, 3, captured the hearts of many across Alabama and the nation last fall. After being missing for more than a week, the Birmingham girl’s remains were located in […]

Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell was recently appointed to a national agricultural trade advisory committee. The president of Alabama’s largest farm organization is one of 25 new members to serve across seven different committees, announced U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer this month. Parnell, a fifth-generation beef cattle […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday extended until August 31 the requirement that all Alabamians wear face masks when they are outside of their home and within six feet of others. The extension specifies that all teachers and students above the first grade must wear masks whenever possible at school. The mask order, […]

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries has created a website where consumers can report if they receive suspicious, unsolicited packages of seeds from China. Yellowhammer News first detailed on Monday the recent surge in consumers receiving the mysterious seed packets, which Ag Commissioner Rick Pate says may be “dangerous to livestock.” “Currently there is […]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted four Alabama corrections officers in connection to an incident where a prisoner was allegedly assaulted by prison guards. The charges stem from a 2018 episode at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama, where Bibb employees Keith Finch, Jordan Thomas and Kevin Blaylock are alleged to have […]

The same day that the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition (ACFC) named a new president, Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that the non-profit organization has partnered with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to create a statewide plan to provide more electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Yellowhammer State. Michael Staley, a longtime chief […]

The National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB) research center this week released a national survey on the state of small business amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application is set to close on August 8 after Congress extended this deadline to allow more small business owners to participate. In a […]

National Right to Life, the nation’s largest pro-life group with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide, on Tuesday announced its endorsement of Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate general election. In a release announcing the endorsement, National Right to Life cited Tuberville’s support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act […]

UAB Hospital has been again named the best hospital in Alabama by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, the magazine named eight specialty programs within the top 50 in the nation, seven of those within the top 30, along with two others noted as being “high performing” in the 2020-2021 Best Hospital rankings, released today. […]

One of the first public figures that spoke out about State Rep. Will Dismukes’ (R-Prattville) participation in a celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest on Saturday and subsequent post on Facebook was his colleague, State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville). Garrett expressed his disapproval on social media, tweeting, “I cannot fathom why anyone in 2020 celebrates the […]

Ben Robbins has announced his candidacy to seek the Alabama Republican Party’s nomination in the special election for District 33 of the Alabama House of Representatives. The seat became vacant upon the death of State Rep. Ron Johnson (R-Sylacauga), who had held the seat since 1978. Robbins — a Talladega County native, Sylacauga resident and […]

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville announced Tuesday that it needs $1.5 million in public support or it will be forced to permanently close at the end of October. The organization has created a Save Space Camp campaign where members of the public can donate online to keep the iconic Alabama location afloat […]