Four impressive students from the Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School have won Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District’s first Congressional App Challenge. Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6) was “pleased to announce” the news this week in a release. The winners are Aniket Pant, Viraj Kacker, Lonnie Webb and Cole McKee. The team designed an app to bring awareness […]

Two Alabama police departments aided in the investigation of a “sophisticated” identity theft and tax fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a press release on Tuesday, the DOJ announced that a federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis returned an indictment, which was unsealed on Monday, against a Missouri resident for […]

The rowdy group of protesters that blocked traffic on Highway 31 and called police officers “domestic terrorists” on Monday took to Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato’s house Tuesday evening starting at 8:15 pm. The protest leader, Carlos Chaverst, Jr., confirmed this plan on Facebook, sending out the mayor’s home address. In a live stream posted by […]

Alabama’s only cruise ship will continue docking at the port of Mobile. Mayor Sandy Stimpson says the city has extended its contract with Carnival Cruise Line for the company to keep offering trips aboard the Carnival Fantasy from Mobile.

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) has spoken with former Attorney General Jeff Sessions twice recently, with Byrne providing updates on his travels around the state in preparation for an expected 2020 U.S. Senate campaign. A spokesman for Byrne outlined, “Congressman Byrne has spoken with Jeff Sessions twice in the last few weeks. The calls were primarily […]

On Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey joined The Westervelt Company and other leaders in announcing a major expansion of the company’s operations in rural Clarke County. A new lumber mill will be constructed in Thomasville, the second sawmill for the storied 134-year old company based in Tuscaloosa. The Westervelt Company is expanding its wood products manufacturing […]

With all of the emotion surrounding the death of Emantic “E.J.” Bradford, it can be hard to distinguish established fact from misinformation given the prevalence of social media. However, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), which is handling the Riverchase Galleria shooting investigation, and the Hoover Police Department have put out statements trying to keep […]

A woman whose daughter owns a store in the Riverchase Galleria believes that volatile protesters are hurting black business owners and ignoring “the root of the problem.” In a clip posted by WBRC’s Ashley Knight, the woman speaking from the inside of a Galleria shop expressed her sympathy for the family. “My heart goes out […]

Powered by United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket, which is made in Alabama, a NASA InSight spacecraft on Monday landed on Mars. This is the latest show of America’s space might, as Monday marked the eighth perfect Mars landing by NASA while no other country has yet been successful in doing so. It is NASA’s first landing […]

Alabama’s nationally syndicated radio duo of Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey are handing out some of their vintage commonsense this holiday season, this time in the aftermath of the Riverchase Galleria shooting on Thanksgiving night that resulted in Emantic “E.J.” Bradford’s death in an officer-involved shooting. Monday morning, before the worst-yet protests erupted that […]

A volatile “Black Lives Matter” protest erupted in Hoover on Monday evening, with the crowd encouraging violence and shutting down a part of busy Highway 31. The assembly came in the aftermath of 21-year-old Emantic “E.J.” Bradford being killed in an officer-involved shooting at the Riverchase Galleria on the night of Thanksgiving. Protesting began on […]

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is raising eyebrows again with his ambivalence towards representing the views of the majority of his constituents, saying, “I’m just going to do what I think is the right thing.” He has previously stated, to significant pushback, that representing the majority of Alabamians is not “the be all to end […]

The national restaurant and entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s opened its first Alabama location last week. The new Dave & Buster’s in Hoover features a 33,000 square foot venue of arcade games, premium sports viewing in addition to its food and drink offerings, according to a company release. The company’s 120th overall location will reportedly […]

The City of Hoover and the Hoover Police Department issued a joint statement on Monday morning, affirming their commitment to transparency in the wake of the Thanksgiving night Riverchase Galleria shooting and sharing that body camera and other video footage had immediately been turned over to outside investigators. Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, a 21-year-old from Hueytown, […]

The number of unlicensed day cares is falling in Alabama. According to numbers from the Alabama Department of Human Resources, the number of day cares that claim a licensure exemption dropped from 953 to 838 over the last year, The Montgomery Advertiser reported.

Authorities say a woman asleep in her home has been killed after an impaired driver crashed into her bedroom. Huntsville police said 53-year-old Anthony Wu was charged with manslaughter after the crash around 11:30 p.m. Saturday killed 48-year-old Joy Vaughn.

A lawsuit filed against former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley by his one-time law enforcement secretary will go to trial in March. Court records show that Montgomery Circuit Judge Greg Griffin set a March 4 trial date for the case.

In the lead-in to an interview on the publication’s new HBO documentary news series on Sunday evening, Axios’ National Political Reporter Jonathan Swan called Alabama native and former Yellowhammer Multimedia CEO Cliff Sims “one of the most interesting people you’ve never heard of.” Sims served as special assistant to President Donald Trump and director of White […]

The Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) hosted their annual Youth Leadership Conference Nov. 11-12. Students in the 11th and 12th grades were hosted at the Alabama Power Corporate Headquarters to learn skills to help prepare them overcome obstacles and succeed in life. This year’s theme was entitled “Lighting Our Future!”  Professionals shared tips with the […]

Could 3-D printers transform the International Space Station into a manufacturing hub and one day function as the heart of an on-demand machine shop in space that enables NASA to mount crewed missions deep into the solar system? Engineers at Southern Research are helping NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center explore the capabilities of additive manufacturing […]

Mobile Energizers members played Santa’s elves Nov. 13, shopping for students at the Southwest Regional School for the Deaf and Blind in Mobile. The six Alabama Power retirees scoured the toy aisles at Target at Shoppes at Bel Air Mall in Mobile, searching for the perfect toy for each child. During the school’s Dec. 12 […]

Seeds of hope planted in some Alabama schools are sprouting into tiny yet vigorous sprigs that signal a bumper crop. The shoots will grow over the next few years as those schools work to reap the harvest of a Hope Institute program that cultivates character in students. Housed at Samford University, the nonprofit is the […]

The shooting at the Riverchase Galleria on the night of Thanksgiving could become America’s next racial flashpoint, with national media outlets and the lawyer who previously represented the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice jumping into the fray as protesting began in Hoover on Saturday. After 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, who was reportedly […]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Southern Research for an award of up to $1.5 million to advance technology for carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization. The DOE award, now being negotiated, will fund scale-up and field testing of a catalytic process for conversion of CO2 and shale-derived ethane to ethylene, a valuable olefin.