Governor Kay Ivey, along with the SBA and Alabama Emergency Management Agency Director Brian Hastings announced Friday that businesses and residents...

A former Alabama Senate leader has been charged with felony theft. The Cullman Times reports that 50-year-old Zeb Little was arrested Thursday on three theft charges. He was booked into the county jail and released on bond.

Alabama’s homegrown behemoth in the lumber business has added another world-class talent to its board of directors. O.B. Grayson Hall, Jr. has been elected to the board of Great Southern Wood Holdings, Inc., according to a release from the company.

Some roads are covered with water in the Tennessee Valley and schools are closed after days of heavy rain. Nearly a dozen city and county systems in north Alabama and southern Tennessee canceled classes Friday.

In an appearance on Birmingham’s Talk 99.5 radio on Thursday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) discussed the possibility of entering the 2020 U.S. Senate election for the seat currently occupied by Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook). Brooks did not completely rule it out but said the odds were against the run. He also noted his polling numbers […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) Thursday lauded the Appalachian Regional Commission for awarding a major grant that will aid job training efforts in...

Fresh off his announcement in Mobile that he is running for the United States Senate in 2020, Congressman Bradley Byrne is already crisscrossing the...

An Alabama school system says it may eliminate nearly 70 jobs after decisions to close some schools in an effort to save money. The Dothan Eagle reported Dothan City Schools expects to cut at least 47 staff members as part of the efforts.

An Alabama high school basketball star who had been ruled ineligible dropped a lawsuit against the Alabama High School Athletic Association shortly after her senior season ended. Pike County Circuit Judge Sonny Reagan dismissed the suit Wednesday at the request of Maori Davenport’s mother, Tara.

Byrne became the first candidate to officially announce a run against the incumbent from Mountain Brook, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL).

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) is set to announce his candidacy for the United States Senate seat held by Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) live at the Wintzell's Oyster House in downtown Mobile.

Heavy rains are causing problems in parts of the Deep South. Police in Huntsville, Alabama, say a half-dozen roads are blocked by downed trees or utility poles plus water from flash floods.

Governor Kay Ivey, the Alabama Department of Labor’s Abandoned Mine Land Program and U.S. Steel announced Wednesday that long-abandoned mine land...

Hoda Muthana, who left Hoover in 2014 to join ISIS in Syria, will not be allowed to return to the United States.

Governor Kay Ivey reaffirmed her support for the fight against opioids and other illegal or abused substances by announcing a grant to the Department of Forensic Sciences worth $386,207. The award, which consists of two grants valued at $260,207 and $126,000, will provide the Department of Forensic Sciences with necessary equipment, including two state-of-the-art substance […]

Alabama Power Company announced Wednesday that Gorgas Steam Plant in Walker County will be shuttered because of unrealistic mandates put in place by...

Yellowhammer News will host its next “Yellowhammer News Shaper” event in Montgomery on March 19. The gathering will offer a networking opportunity as well as a live interview with Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia). The discussion will be moderated by Yellowhammer News editor and owner […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) is set to officially announce his candidacy for the United States Senate seat currently held by Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL).

Prominent Alabama Republicans Tuesday unequivocally denounced the Democrat-Reporter's recent editorial advocating for the return of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Alabama Iron & Steel Council (AISC) announced Tuesday that it has launched a new scholarship initiative that will award...

State Rep. Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) is sponsoring a gas tax in the State House, but still doesn’t have a number for the increase he will propose, leading many people to question how much support the bill actually has. During a Tuesday conversation on Huntsville’s WVNN about the impending gas tax debate, State Sen. Sam Givhan […]

Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-7) are demanding the resignation of Goodloe Sutton, The Democrat-Reporter publisher and editor who has...

The longtime publisher and editor of The Democrat-Reporter in Marengo County - a man once celebrated by The New York Times as an exemplar of courageous...

Last week, former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe revealed that within the Department of Justice, there were discussions about the possibility of attempting to invoke the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to remove President Donald Trump from office involving he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. During an appearance on Huntsville’s WVNN, Rep. Mo […]