Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a new ad on Wednesday that highlights his conservative record and attacks his opponent former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville for his time living in Florida and for not participating in a debate during the runoff. The ad specifically mentions how Sessions fought against amnesty for illegal immigrants and […]

It appears that Bubba Wallace, the only black driver in NASCAR's Cup Series, was not targeted with a noose at Talladega Superspeedway this past weekend.

The purpose of vaccination is to stimulate the immune response to prevent a disease. A person who is rendered resistant to a disease by vaccination is termed “actively immunized.” Active immunity may also result from recovery from a natural outbreak of a disease. Immunity transferred from plasma from a donor, which contains antibodies from a […]

United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has designated Mobile and Baldwin Counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought suffered in recent months. The designation means area agriculture producers may apply for assistance from the Farm Services Agency, including emergency loans. Federal rules stipulate that all counties which border a designated disaster area […]

The Cullman County Sheriff's Office announced that an illegal alien is in custody after being charged with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.

The Jacksonville State University board of trustees confirmed Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr. as the university’s 13th president, effective immediately.

Alabama Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth's office announced that a "part-time employee" has tested positive for COVID-19.

Austal USA, a shipbuilding company in Mobile, announced Thursday that it has received a new contract worth $43,362,000 to perform needed work on littoral combat ships. The $43 million announced Tuesday is an addition to a $584 million contract signed in 2017 to build a littoral combat ship for use by the United States Navy. […]

When Auburn University students return to the Plains in the fall, their schedule will look different than years past. As a measure to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, students will have no breaks in instruction between August 17 when classes begin and November 24 when Thanksgiving break starts. After students are sent home […]

Monday’s GEICO 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway may have been one of the consequential races in NASCAR’s 72-year history but not because of anything that happened on the track. As political upheaval plagues the country, NASCAR found last week it was not immune to those changes. After taking the unprecedented step of banning the display […]

Polling results show that both Tommy Tuberville and Jeff Sessions would enter a General Election battle against U.S. Sen. Doug Jones with a sizable lead.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has warned of "dire economic consequences" if college football is not played or played with capacity restrictions this season.

Jimmy Pursell, known for his generous philanthropy and for building an East Alabama fertilizer company into a global industry leader, has died. He was 89. Pursell passed away on Sunday, according to a message from Pursell Farms. On behalf of his family, the East Alabama landmark he co-founded remarked, “Beloved family patriarch and Pursell Farms […]

Kenneth E. "Kenny" Coleman has been named president and CEO of the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA).

Two startup companies from the Birmingham area have won $150,000 in prize money from Alabama Launchpad. The two winners are MOXIE, a company that creates high-tech web-based solutions for industrial operations, and Culture Compost, a firm that aims to reduce landfill waste by producing compost. Both investments are non-dilutive, meaning the entrepreneurs behind the two […]

TALLADEGA — The race cars never made a lap on Sunday, as the race was postponed due to weather. However, Sunday turned out to be a pivotal day for NASCAR’s Cup Series. Late Sunday, NASCAR issued a statement that revealed a noose was left in the garage stall assigned to the #43 Richard Petty Motorsports […]

Last week, U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon relaxed absentee voting requirements for Lee, Jefferson and Mobile Counties, and allowed those counties to offer curbside voting for next month’s runoff elections. Soon thereafter, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling by Kallon […]

OPELIKA — Despite the prevailing anti-police sentiment coming from the political left in America, Alabama’s top law enforcement official is not backing away from being a vociferous advocate for police in his state. On Saturday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told those gathered at Alabama’s Fraternal Order of Police Conference at Lee County’s Auburn Marriott […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A collaborative project between The University of Alabama and several statewide partners was awarded a nearly $4 million grant to bring computer science education to Alabama K-12 schools. The five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help the Pathways for Alabama Computer Science Initiative expand computer science education in Alabama, […]

The Baudry Lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has identified 125 naturally occurring compounds that have a computational potential for efficacy against the COVID-19 virus from the first batch of 50,000 rapidly assessed by a supercomputer. It’s the first time a supercomputer has been used to assess the treatment efficacy of naturally occurring compounds against the […]

For Suporior Campbell, success is not about recognition or awards but rather walking in the path God has chosen for her and her husband, Leo. That path took a big turn five years ago when Campbell started Victory Professional Development Center, which offers short-term certificate programs for people interested in a medical career. Campbell realized her […]

In what might be the Alabama Democratic Party’s most aggressive move yet in the era of its new leadership with State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) at the helm, party executive director Wade Perry called for State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) to resign given his “public support of the lost Confederate cause.” Earlier in the week, […]

In May, Harry Connick Jr. and a CBS television video crew stopped by UAB Hospital to recognize unsung heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Five members of UAB’s environmental services department will be feted in “United We Sing: A Grammy® Salute to the Unsung Heroes,” airing Sunday, June 21, at 7 p.m. on the CBS network. The show is hosted […]

Club for Growth Action, the super PAC associated with  Club for Growth, reported spending $851,070 on three federal races in Alabama this week, the majority of which will go towards running ads on television. Most notably, in the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate, the group reported spending $196,409 in support of former Auburn […]