Governor Kay Ivey declared a State of Emergency effective at 3:00 p.m. Monday for all Alabama counties in preparation for winter weather expected to hit the state overnight. The declaration came after the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning or Winter Weather Advisory for most of Alabama in anticipation of rain, snow and […]

Yellowhammer Multimedia founder Cliff Sims has been making the interview rounds ahead of his new book’s Tuesday release, with the Enterprise native managing to throw even more intrigue into the mix at the last minute. With Team of Vipers set to hit the bookshelves, Sims has embarked on a whirlwind tour of national print and television […]

An inmate serving a life sentence has been captured after escaping earlier this week from an Alabama prison. A statement by the Alabama Department of Corrections said Corey Aris Davis, 30, surrendered early Saturday in Kentucky.

The fire department of Eclectic, Alabama, says two men rescued their neighbor from a burning house. AL.com reports the neighbor suffered severe injuries in the Saturday fire and was flown to a hospital in critical condition.

A north Alabama city has voted to ban the smoking of electronic cigarettes, also known as vaping, in public places such as restaurants and bars. The Decatur Daily reports that the Decatur City Council voted 4-1 to add e-cigarettes to the city’s smoking ordinance.

With a fresh round of border security and immigration policy negotiations set to heat up after the partial government shutdown ended on Friday, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) is now accusing President Donald Trump of moving the goal posts and not negotiating in “good faith.” In an interview with MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt on Sunday evening, Jones […]

A University of Alabama computer science professor has received a grant to better understand how K-12 students in the Alabama Black Belt perceive human-computer interaction. Dr. Chris Crawford, UA assistant professor of computer science, was awarded an approximate $276,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop technology that allows children to get hands-on experiences building neurofeedback programs, a type of […]

Inside Lori Perkins’s office at the Birmingham Zoo are figures and photos of orangutans, her favorite primate, the ones she has studied most in her nearly 30 years of zoological experience. In November, Perkins assumed the role of deputy director at the Birmingham Zoo, where she will oversee the animal collections, veterinary, nutrition, and education teams, as well […]

With the addition of the new sensory room at John S. Jones Elementary School in Rainbow City, it’s not unusual to hear peals of joy — and the excitement isn’t coming only from students. The school’s six special-education teachers are just as thrilled about the 300-square-foot addition, said longtime Principal Tanya Clark, who has been at John […]

Southern Research has moved a team of scientists working to develop promising clean-energy technologies from North Carolina to a new state-of-the-art laboratory it is opening on the organization’s downtown Birmingham campus. The research team, led by Amit Goyal, Ph.D., has devised cost-efficient, environmentally friendly methods to produce valuable industrial chemicals from sources such as waste materials and […]

thimbletreestudio (Homewood and Brevard, North Carolina) The Makers: Kyle Wick and Camille Webb When Kyle Wick sits at her sewing machine in Homewood she imagines her daughter Camille Webb is doing the same thing hundreds of miles away. It’s a connection that goes beyond mother-daughter. The two are business partners in thimbletreestudio, producing sewn and knitted goods […]

Construction of a new oversized vehicle tunnel and premium RV infield parking section at Talladega Superspeedway is still on schedule to be completed in time for the April NASCAR race, despite large amounts of rainfall and unusual groundwater conditions underneath the track. Track Chairman Grant Lynch, during a news conference Wednesday at the track, said he’s amazed the general […]

It’s Friday morning and The Clash are punk rocking their way through your radio’s speakers. Why? Because Doctor Punk likes it that way. Peter Stanwick might be a mild-mannered professor at Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business by trade, but on Friday mornings he trades his briefcase and PowerPoint presentations for control of the WEGL microphone and assumes his […]

Alabama’s auto workers built nearly 1.6 million engines last year, as the state industry continues to carve out a place in global markets with innovative, high-performance parts, systems and finished vehicles. Last year also saw major new developments in engine manufacturing among the state’s key players, and more advanced infrastructure is on the way in […]

Janice Vance had just returned from a funeral in Montgomery when she heard tornado sirens sound outside her home in downtown Wetumpka. She turned on local television to check in on the weather. “They said if you live in Wetumpka, it’s too late for you make it to shelter. About the time they said that, that’s […]

Legal proceedings continue to swirl around the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, the state legislation passed in 2017 prohibiting the removal and alteration of monuments more than 40 years old on public property. After the law was ruled unconstitutional earlier this month by a Jefferson County circuit judge minutes before his retirement from the bench, Attorney General Steve […]

Political and business leaders gathered for a groundbreaking at Alabama’s newest aerospace plant gave credit to the formation of the many key partnerships that made it possible. Governor Kay Ivey and several other federal, state and local officials attended the event which celebrated the construction of rocket engine builder Blue Origin’s facility in Huntsville.

Alabama’s influence in national politics is on the rise. On Friday, Alabama Republican National Committee (RNC) Committeewoman Vicki Drummond was elected as the secretary of the RNC, joining the organization’s four-person national leadership team led by RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel. A native and resident of Jasper, Drummond has served as Alabama’s RNC committeewoman since […]

Mobile Police Department Officer Sean Tuder was laid to rest Friday, as tributes from around Alabama continue to pour in for the young officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty on Sunday. Tuder was also an Alabama National Guardsman, and Governor Kay Ivey earlier this week ordered all flags in the […]

On Friday, Rep. Mo Brooks (AL-5) announced his reappointment in the 116th Congress to the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, which has jurisdiction over all NASA programs. “I am pleased to be chosen to continue on the influential Science, Space, and Technology Committee despite cuts to Republican membership because of the move from majority to […]

An Alabama civil rights museum has reversed course after a public outcry and has decided to give political activist Angela Davis an award that it offered then rescinded. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said in a statement Friday that its board has voted to reaffirm Davis as the recipient of the human rights award.

Thursday on Huntsville radio’s WVNN, State Auditor Jim Zeigler discussed his potential run in 2020 for U.S. Senate for the seat currently occupied by Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook). Zeigler had been hinting at a run over the last couple of months and announced he had taken the step of forming an exploratory committee shortly after […]

Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been drawing attention from both sides of the aisle, and her latest eyebrow-raising remarks this week put Alabama in the national spotlight. When discussing what she called the “immoral” American free market system, Ocasio-Cortez used poverty in parts of the Yellowhammer State as an example. However, she missed the […]

According to Alabama News Network, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a visit to Alabama planned for the near future. Organizers of the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma reportedly told the outlet that Clinton called to confirm her plans to attend Wednesday afternoon. The Jubilee is one of the largest annual Civil Rights […]