November 28 will mark two-years to the day when Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin was sworn in as the Magic City's 30th chief executive.

Carvana, a leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, plans to invest more than $40 million to construct a distribution and...

Representatives for Koch Foods joined Governor Kay Ivey and local leaders in Etowah County on Tuesday to announce that the company plans to invest more than $50 million to establish a grain storage and distribution facility in Attalla. In a press release, Koch Foods, which employs 3,000 people in Alabama, stated the “new poultry feed-mill […]

The Alabama Policy Institute (API) on Thursday will hold its 30th anniversary celebration at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds.

Jim Zeigler is writing a book. The twice-elected state auditor, ubiquitous in times of controversy, is putting pen to paper to tell the story of his involvement in the defeat of the Mobile Bay toll bridge project. Zeigler provided Yellowhammer News a draft of the partially completed book. Not only does it delve into some […]

The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed Navy Vice Admiral Charles A. "Chas" Richard to be the next head of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM)...

The Atlas V rocket, built at ULA's Decatur campus, is set to launch Boeing's first CST-100 Starliner capsule on its historic Orbital Flight Test to...

Multiple sources on Monday confirmed to Yellowhammer News that President Donald Trump is planning on attending the University of Alabama's home football...

The South Alabama courthouse linked to Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is receiving a preservation grant. The program Partners in Preservation says the old Monroe County Courthouse in Monroeville is receiving $125,000 to repair serious structural problems in a wall.

An event that bills itself as the world’s largest celebration of the peanut is under way in Alabama. The National Peanut Festival opened Friday in Dothan and continues through next Saturday with rides, exhibits, music and agricultural competitions.

Last week, the Newcomen Society of Alabama honored Jimmy Rane and his Abbeville-based Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc. at the society’s annual awards...

LCS 22 is the 11th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), built by Austal USA in Mobile, to reach this important milestone.

One of the questions often raised about Tommy Tuberville’s U.S. Senate run in Alabama is if fans of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide would vote for the former Auburn University head football coach, especially after the five and six fingers raised after his Iron Bowl wins signifying the wins in the streak Auburn had […]

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill was interviewed Thursday on Talk 99.5's "Matt & Aunie Show" about his Republican bid for the U.S. Senate...

"The greatest part of my life is that Tiffany and my three daughters have all been saved and grew up in the church," Jeff Coleman testified.

Alabama Democratic politicians have made Medicaid expansion a centerpiece in their election campaigns over the last few years. However, with so few Democrats getting elected, the prospects of state officials undertaking such an effort have remained dim. However, earlier this year before the 2019 general legislative session, some Republicans hinted that they might be open […]

Alabama State Board of Education member Ella Bell of Montgomery died on Sunday. Bell, a Democrat, has represented district five on the state school board...

Governor Kay Ivey announced Friday that Alabama will participate in the 2020 Girls Go CyberStart Challenge. According to a press release, “the Girls Go CyberStart Challenge is a skills-based competition designed to encourage girls to pursue cyber-based learning and career opportunities.” “Initiatives like the Girls Go CyberStart Challenge are critical because they help the next […]

If you’re reading this story using an electronic device, you might be hacked before you get to the next paragraph. Welcome to the 21st century, where new technologies and new vulnerabilities seem to be going hand in hand. The good news is, there are people on your side working and learning to protect you and […]

Beta cells in the pancreas produce insulin. Their death is a key feature of Type 1 diabetes, and that loss starts long before diagnosis. However, there has been no straightforward way to measure that early loss. Anath Shalev, M.D., and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham now have identified an early biomarker of Type 1 diabetes-associated […]

Alabama has quickly established itself as an attractive home for founders wanting to launch and grow startups. The state’s momentum in helping technology and innovation startups flourish was the focus of a panel discussion Oct. 25 during the Alabama Economic Growth Summit in Hoover. Britney Summerville, vice president of community involvement at Shipt, moderated the discussion and said […]

TUSCUMBIA — For 17 years, State Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) has been a fixture in the State House in Montgomery, eight years as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and seven years as a member of the Alabama Senate. Last month, the veteran lawmaker announced he was seeking a change of scenery with […]

More than 100 students and dozens of companies came together Friday for Code the Classic, an initiative designed to link area employers with diverse talent from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) hosted the sixth annual event that coincides with the Magic City Classic football game between Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University. The event took […]

Donald Trump, Jr., son of President Donald Trump, remains solidly in the “anyone but Roy Moore” camp with regards to the Republican nominee for the 2020 Alabama U.S. Senate race. During a follow-up on his interview with Yellowhammer News and ahead of his visit to Birmingham next week, the younger Trump echoed his remarks from […]