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Judge J. Elizabeth "Beth" Kellum has officially announced her intention to seek re-election to a third term on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
“We need a competitive two-party system in this state, and this is a good first step,” Jones said. “There’s some other things that have to happen....
After over 40 years of service, one of the titans of Alabama's business community will retire. Mike Tracy, chief executive officer of Drummond Company...
"You’re going to be burning in hell for taking away people’s voting rights," Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley told DNC members.
Join the Yellowhammer News team Tuesday, September 17 for a “Yellowhammer News Shapers” event in Dothan on rural broadband.
"Virtually anything you do as a public servant now under that act is illegal, so we'll be contesting the constitutionality of the ethics act"
Country band Alabama says it is postponing the remainder of its 50th anniversary tour as lead singer Randy Owen battles health complications. The group announced Wednesday that the 69-year-old Owen is suffering from migraines and vertigo, and doctors say he needs more time to recover.
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that Limestone County Sheriff Michael Anthony Blakely has been indicted and arrested on several ethics charges.
On Wednesday at the Talladega Superspeedway, former NASCAR great Rusty Wallace, the 1989 champion of the sanctioning body’s premier series, took part in a tour with members of the media that showcased the finishing touches being put in the facility’s “Transformation” renovations with its October fall race weekend fast approaching. The $50 million “Transformation” project […]
Alabama rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducted its 135th mission Thursday morning when it powered yet another Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into its targeted orbit. The GPS III Magellan, built by Lockheed Martin, will enable the U.S. Air Force to continue modernizing the nation’s worldwide navigation network with improved accuracy, better anti-jam resiliency […]
The Blount County Sheriff's Office continues to offer voluntary baptisms to inmates as a way for them to help turn their lives around, this time with...
Wednesday during an appearance on Birmingham radio Talk 99.5, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth challenged the claim of the purpose of October’s meeting of the Alabama Toll Road, Bridge, and Tunnel Authority as a forum for those to offer alternatives to the proposed $2.1 billion I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge project and toll structure to finance the […]
Watch: ALDOT Director John Cooper, State Rep. Matt Simpson clash over I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge project
Wednesday at an informational meeting for members of the Mobile County legislative delegation, things got a little heated between Alabama Department of Transportation Director John Cooper and State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne). According to Mobile’s FOX 10 WALA’s Tyler Fingert, Cooper had previously planned not to speak at the meeting. That would have been keeping […]
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced this week that it has been honored by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers with a Milestone Plaque for a 1987 physics discovery. The discovery of superconductivity at 93 Kelvin occurred on January 29, 1987, and the dedication of the award recognizes “the impact of the […]
One critique of those in Alabama outside the southwestern portion opposing the proposed toll for the Interstate 10 Mobile Bayway Bridge has been that residents using the bridge, which would be primarily those of Mobile and Baldwin Counties, want the bridge, but they do not want to pay for it. That sentiment has been echoed […]
Tuesday during an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth explained his decision to publicly oppose the Alabama Department of Transportation’s proposed toll on the new Interstate 10 Mobile Bay Bridge. A day earlier, Ainsworth released a video declaring he would be “proudly casting a ‘no’ vote” as a member of the Alabama […]
Japan-based Vuteq plans to invest more than $60 million to open a manufacturing facility to serve the under-construction Mazda Toyota Manufacturing...
Earlier this week, Alabama Toll Road, Bridge, and Tunnel Authority member Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth announced his opposition to the current proposal offered by the Alabama Department of Transportation regarding the new Interstate 10 Mobile Bay Bridge. That proposal would charge $6 each way for travelers but offer other less costly options for frequent user […]
The Alabama High School Athletic Association announced that a locally owned company will broadcast the premier high school sporting events...
The University of Alabama, Auburn University and the Department of Public Health are partnering in a new effort to make Yellowhammer State roadways safer.
"There's not a whole lot of profiles in courage to stand up to your own party these days." - U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL)
Autauga County Commissioner Van Smith is the presumed winner of the Republican special primary election in House District 42.
Although it is still the early going of the 2020 U.S. Senate Republican primary election campaign, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) has some advice for the handful of candidates seeking the GOP nod. When asked what he saw as important to him and his constituents in Alabama’s fourth congressional district, he said it was support […]
Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Co. has sued an Alabama contractor over a spill that threatened gasoline supplies along the East Coast three years ago. The pipeline operator contends faulty work by the Birmingham-based Ceco Pipeline Services caused a crack that spilled at least 250,000 gallons of gasoline in rural Shelby County in September 2016.