Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson filed a lawsuit on Friday asking a court to prevent outgoing Sheriff Ana Franklin from spending money she improperly took from the county jail food fund, per a press release from Anderson’s office. The suit, filed in Morgan County Circuit Court, asks for an injunction and also demands that […]

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) recently sat down for a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Yellowhammer News, discussing the 2018 election cycle, the new composition of the Alabama Senate, the upcoming legislative session and everything in between. The first part of this interview series examines the impressive […]

Alabama state Superintendent Eric Mackey says the Montgomery Education Foundation will be allowed to open the county’s first charter school system and take over four area public schools. The Montgomery Advertiser reports Mackey publicly announced the approval Thursday.

With the help of some long-time friends and influential community leaders, Dr. Swaid N. Swaid broke ground this week on a new state-of-the-art medical center in Vestavia Hills. Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6), State Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia), Vestavia Hills Mayor Ashley Curry and Dr. Bret Walters, minister at Homewood Church of Christ were all in […]

Thursday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) voted “Yes” on H.R. 88, the combined Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 and Taxpayer First Act of 2018, which passed the House 220-183. Highlights of the bill include delaying many of Obamacare’s more controversial taxes that drive up health care costs further, as well as protecting churches […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has officially asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s law banning dismemberment abortions, setting up what many observers believe could be a historic rollback of Roe v. Wade. On Thursday, Marshall filed a cert petition with the Supreme Court requesting that the […]

Thursday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) touted his vote against S. 756, the First Step Act of 2018, which is criminal justice reform legislation that has now overwhelmingly passed Congress. The entirety of Alabama’s Republican congressional delegation voted against the final version of the bill. A press release from Brooks’ office stated that the legislation as […]

In a statement to Yellowhammer News, Alabama Republican Party chair Terry Lathan responded to the revelation that Democratic operatives executed a covert, “deceptive” digital campaign copying “Russian tactics” in support of Doug Jones’ candidacy in 2017. “It is alarming and deeply disturbing that Democrats took part in this sham,” Lathan said. She also spoke to the […]

The out-of-state Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is attacking the Opp Police Department for a recent social media post that pointed to Satan’s influence on rising violent crime in south Alabama. The since-deleted Facebook post from the police department in Covington County said a recent increase in murders in the area are “BECAUSE WE HAVE […]

Thursday during a conference call with reporters, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) reacted to a report from the New York Times published late Wednesday detailing a so-called “secret experiment” conducted by “Democratic tech experts” and carried out on social media to interfere with the 2017 U.S. Senate special election in Alabama. Jones expressed that he was […]

Despite all of the criticism of and criminal investigations into Russian interference in America’s 2016 presidential election, a report by the New York Times has revealed that Democratic operatives executed a covert, “deceptive” digital campaign copying “Russian tactics” in support of Doug Jones’ candidacy in 2017. “As Russia’s online election machinations came to light last […]

Officials say the flu is widespread across Alabama except for its southeastern Wiregrass Region. News outlets cite state Public Health Department maps in Wednesday reports as showing that flu activity levels are slightly higher than usual during this time.

North Alabama Medical Center is busier than ever since it moved to a new $230 million building. Chief Operating Officer Mike Howard tells the Times Daily of Florence that the hospital has set records for numbers of surgeries and emergency room visits since the December 6 move.

The White House announced on Wednesday that Dr. Annette N. Shelby, the wife of United States Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), will be appointed by President Donald Trump to the prestigious Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In a statement to Yellowhammer News, Senator Shelby expressed his pride […]

Carnival Cruise Line says an autistic 22-year-old missing since Sunday had climbed over a ship’s deck rail, going overboard during a cruise from Alabama to the western Caribbean. The Miami-based company provided a statement from Luke Renner’s family, sent by a public relations firm.

The Alabama Ethics Commission dismissed a highly publicized complaint against Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday stemming from his campaign accepting contributions from the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) in Washington, D.C. The complaint was originally filed by one of Marshall’s primary election opponents, Troy King, during the campaign season. Marshall’s general election opponent, Democratic […]

Governor Kay Ivey has been selected as chairwoman of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Governors Coalition, a body that plays a crucial role in advancing American energy independence. Fellow Coalition governors elected Ivey on Wednesday to serve a two-year term as chair of the important group. The Coalition, formed in 2011, is a bipartisan effort […]

Authorities say three Alabama correctional officers who worked at two different prisons have been arrested on corruption charges. The Department of Corrections says two officers from the Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton are charged with using their jobs for personal gain. Both are accused of soliciting contraband items to inmates for money.

State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) has added yet another leadership position to his belt, further cementing his status as a rising star in Alabama politics. House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) on Wednesday announced that Garrett will serve as House majority whip during the 2018-2022 quadrennium and hold the third highest position in the House Republican Caucus’ […]

More than 60 percent of the required staff positions are unfilled at the overcrowded, violence-plagued prison which houses Alabama’s death chamber. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that maximum-security Holman prison currently employs 72 security staff members of the 195 it needs to cover all shifts.

The Carnegie Foundation listed the University of Alabama among the top doctoral research universities in the nation in its new classifications released this week, joining Auburn University. For the first time in its storied history, the school achieved “Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity” status, formerly known as the R1 category, in the Carnegie […]

Carnival Cruise Line says a passenger is missing on a cruise ship from Alabama. Carnival tells news outlets in a statement that the male passenger was reported missing as the Carnival Fantasy was bound for Progreso, Mexico. The ship is on a five-day cruise and left Mobile on Saturday. It left Progreso at the scheduled […]

The Alabama Ethics Commission convenes on Wednesday for its final meeting of 2018 with the possibility that it revisits one of its more controversial issues from this year. In April, the commission issued an advisory opinion involving a union organizer who had been elected to the Birmingham Board of Education. The commission ruled that the […]

Two brothers in Etowah County blew the nation away during Monday night’s episode of “The Great Christmas Light Fight” on ABC, with the duo from a small Alabama community taking the $50,000 prize back to their uniquely lit home. For Ballplay’s Mike and Donnie Gilley, the extraordinary Christmas light display is not just an annual […]