It’s here! The new and improved Yellowhammer News App is ready to deliver your favorite content straight to your smartphone. Sleek and user-friendly, the app is yet another platform from Yellowhammer Multimedia keeping our loyal consumers informed on the topics that matter most. The app enables users to select specific categories for content notifications. Whether […]

The state of Alabama is auctioning off surplus property ranging from office furniture to golf carts. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs will hold the auction Wednesday in Montgomery.

Episode two of The Insider, a new offering from Yellowhammer Podcast Network covering everything in Alabama politics, covers a major update on Senate Pro Tem Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) bill to eliminate Common Core in Alabama: SB 119. Plus, with all this talk of “comprehensive education reform,” the first of what could be many relatively under-the-radar […]

According to a letter obtained by Yellowhammer News, Alabama Democratic Conference chairman Joe Reed attacked Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) and blamed him for the Democratic National Committee’s call for the Alabama Democratic Party to hold new elections for chairman and vice chairman. Details of the letter dated March 22 and addressed to “The Prevailing […]

Earlier this week, Mel Showers celebrated a milestone few have and will ever get to experienced. On Friday, the anchor of the evening newscasts on Mobile’s CBS affiliate WKRG marked 50 years with the same station. First, he started as a reporter and then later as the channel’s lead anchor. As a reporter, Showers earned […]

Birmingham-based HPM, which is overseeing the construction of a second assembly line at Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Mobile, announced that four other Alabama firms will play major roles in the project. The new assembly line will allow Airbus to accelerate production of a second aircraft in Alabama, the A220 passenger jet. Airbus said the expansion […]

To commemorate Women’s History Month, Alabama Power hosted a panel discussion Friday on workforce development with Birmingham leaders Melanie Bridgeforth, CEO of the Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham; Yazmin Cavale, CEO/co-founder of Glow; and Britney Summerville, vice president of community engagement at Shipt. “Today, we are here to celebrate Women’s History Month,” said Cathy Sloss Jones, panel moderator […]

On Friday’s broadcast of “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Port Authority director Jimmy Lyons praised the Alabama legislature for passage of the Rebuild Alabama Act. The bill, which was passed by overwhelming margins in the House and the Senate, was signed into law early this month by Gov. Kay Ivey, and it sets aside money for the […]

After reporting Friday morning that new Jefferson County sheriff Mark Pettway is under intense scrutiny for not enforcing state law against illegal gambling in his jurisdiction, Yellowhammer News can now confirm that Bruce Pettway, the sheriff’s brother, has been permitted to operate electronic bingo by the City of Graysville. Electronic bingo machines, which are essentially […]

Funeral services for Alabama State Rep. Dimitri Polizos (R-Montgomery) have been finalized. WSFA-TV reports a public visitation will be held between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday at Leak Memory Chapel in Montgomery. His funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation.

Yellowhammer Multimedia is proud to announce the second annual Women of Impact Awards, a celebration of strong women who shape and propel Alabama. This year’s class of honorees is stacked with respected leaders, advisers and mentors who empower others through the lives they devote and trails they blaze. From rocket scientists to philanthropists, soldiers on […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) continued his push for the national Democratic Party’s narrative on voter suppression, claiming Thursday, “In the last few years we’ve seen a whole segment of our population that have had their voting rights restricted.” Secretary of State John Merrill has challenged Jones and others making similar claims to provide objective evidence […]

Early on in Yellowhammer’s history, founder Cliff Sims produced a feature called “Rumors and Rumblings” that became a staple of Yellowhammer News content. Well, it’s back! It’s back because we have listened to our readers. In the last few months, we have had more people say they wanted us to bring it back than any […]

Jefferson County’s new sheriff, Democrat Mark Pettway, is drawing intense scrutiny over non-enforcement of state gaming laws in his county. Last week, Walker County law enforcement officials cracked down on a host of new illegal gambling facilities in their jurisdiction, and in doing so publicly emphasized that they did not want their gaming situation to […]

Wiley Cowart Sanders Jr., a lifelong resident of Troy, died on Wednesday at age 78. The founder and owner of Wiley Sanders Truck Lines started his freight company in 1959 with a single truck.

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Thursday announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $8,034,003 to the University of Alabama’s (UA) Alabama Transportation Institute (ATI) to improve traffic control systems in west-central Alabama with modernized technology through the Advanced Connected Transportation Infrastructure and Operations Network (ACTION) project. The grant is being made through […]

Congressman Mike Rogers (AL-3), as ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, on Thursday called on Congress to stay in Washington, D.C. through the weekend in response to reports that Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) stations are operating dangerously above capacity amid record-breaking migration levels. This came after CBP on Wednesday announced that the […]

Last week, Alabama’s own Jeff Sessions returned to the Department of Justice to claim the brown leather chair he once sat in across the table from President Donald Trump during Cabinet meetings. The Cabinet chair presentation is a tradition of the Justice Department. The former subordinates of an attorney general contribute to the cost of […]

Alabama has hired Nate Oats, who led Buffalo to three NCAA Tournaments in four seasons, as its new men’s basketball coach. Crimson Tide athletic director Greg Byrne announced the hiring Wednesday, three days after parting ways with Avery Johnson.

With Vice President Mike Pence announcing earlier this week that the Trump administration wants to return American astronauts to the moon within five years, the CEO of an Alabama rocket builder feels certain this new era of space exploration will put the nation’s might on full display. United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno sat […]

After Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh earlier this year called on the private sector and federal and state authorities to address increased telemarketing abuses, AT&T and Comcast on Wednesday announced a major milestone in the fight against fraudulent robocalls and spoofing. In a press release, the companies advised that they “have […]

A panelist at a recent discussion on ethics reform at Cumberland School of Law mentioned that he saw value in “leaving some of the lines a little bit fuzzy” when it comes to how the law applies. The Alabama Ethics Commission may have adopted the same approach when it comes to charities and non-profit organizations […]

Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard is asking the state Supreme Court to toss out his 2016 conviction on ethics charges. In a brief filed this week, Hubbard’s attorneys argued he did not commit a violation and that prosecutors stretched the intent of the ethics law when they brought charges against him.

Tuesday, State Rep. Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals) appeared on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” to update the public on the status of the bill he is drafting in response to issues raised on the program concerning the state subsidizing local newspapers to the tune of a couple of million dollars a year. Sorrell noted that […]