Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy project that promises to improve fuel efficiency and economy. The project will create a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions. Joining as collaborators in the […]

Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield joined St. Clair County and Pell City officials to help Eissmann Group Automotive LLC celebrate the completion of a $14.5 million expansion project at the auto supplier’s Pell City campus. Eissmann announced plans in June 2016 to expand its Pell City facility with a new 130,000-square-foot building featuring advanced manufacturing […]

Fall weather has finally settled in, and only a few of Alabama’s college football teams face Week Nine tests the last weekend of October. Alabama, Auburn, Troy, South Alabama, UNA and Samford all have a bye-week, but the Yellowhammer State’s other teams play on Saturday. The Magic City Classic is a highlight of the weekend’s […]

Across the country, opioid abuse has reached epidemic levels, severely affecting communities and straining public safety resources. The Institute of Business Analytics, or IBA, a research unit at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business, has received an approximate $1 million grant from the Office of Justice Programs at the Justice Department to develop […]

Lake Martin has always been known for recreation, and now the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce is also making it a place for incubation. In addition to being home to the chamber’s offices, the Lake Martin Innovation Center is a business incubator providing low-cost office space and support to young businesses. The chamber moved into […]

The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) announced on Friday that six early-stage companies have advanced to the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Finale, which will take place in Fort Payne on November 14. In a press release, EDPA vice president Angela Wier said, “In keeping with EDPA’s commitment to bring innovation to all parts of […]

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), through his leadership committee PAC, is working to defeat the Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama as they all face general election challenges. The last mandatory FEC filing before the November 6 midterms for Jones’ PAC, entitled the “Seeking Justice Committee,” showed donations on October 12 […]

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a national organization dedicated to attacking religion in public spheres, “is redoubling its efforts to stop the unconstitutionally excessive piety in Auburn University’s football program,” with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall vowing to “vigorously defend” the university and “win” the battle. FFRF has been hounding Auburn since 2014 over […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) on Thursday expressed his strong support of President Donald Trump’s decision to defend the United States’ southern border “against invasion by the caravan of thousands of Central Americans who brazenly seek to illegally cross America’s southern border.” In a press release, Brooks said, “I fully support President Trump’s use of any […]

BIRMINGHAM – The rain couldn’t keep them away Thursday night as Yellowhammer News recognized its Power & Influence 50 at an event at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa. This year’s sold-out Power & Influence 50 event featured some of the most powerful and influential players in politics and business from all […]

A Facebook post made Tuesday by an Alabama woman has gone viral, with approximately one million interactions as of Thursday at noon. Natasha Crittenden Wilson of Florence said she was in the waiting room at her doctor’s office when a woman walked in with her sleeping baby.

Per a report by Alabama Media Group, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is taking credit for the $1.6 billion Toyota-Mazda plant that is under-construction in Huntsville. “Clearly, if you get down to the bottom of it, that plant would not have come to Alabama with Roy Moore sitting as United States senator,” Jones claimed at a […]

Alabama health officials announced Wednesday that a study did not find evidence of an eye cancer cluster at Auburn University, despite a rash of reported cases of the rare and deadly cancer that drew national attention earlier this year. The Alabama Department of Public Health said the study “based on the best available information” did […]

An Alabama mayor has fired 10 employees who staged a “sick out” over working conditions. WALA-TV reports that Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson fired the workers Wednesday.

According to a report by the Pensacola News Journal, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) campaigned in the city on Wednesday for incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), who is in a tough reelection battle with the state’s Republican governor, Rick Scott. At a small rally at the Escambia Education Association headquarters in north Pensacola, Jones said that Alabamians […]

In an inspirational video posted this week by University Charter School (UCS) in Livingston, students can be seen thanking Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) for supporting their dreams. The caption accompanying the video reads, “UCS would like to say ‘THANK YOU’ to Senator Shelby for his support of our DREAMS! We are very grateful and honored […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall is urging Alabamians to participate in the DEA’s “Prescription Drug Take-Back Day” on Saturday, October 27, at various locations throughout the state. This year’s event, which is the 16th annual DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back, has approximately 50 collection sites scheduled to be available in Alabama on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. […]

As Planned Parenthood’s approximately $1 million television ad buy began running on statewide television Wednesday, the Alabama Republican Party released two videos urging people to vote “yes” on Amendment Two on the November 6 general election ballot. The first video, which was tweeted out by two of the co-chairs of the Alliance for a Pro-life […]

According to a report by WSFA, the Montgomery County Board of Education on Wednesday passed a resolution calling for the repeal of the Alabama Accountability Act by the state legislature. This act allows students in a failing school to transfer to a non-failing school using state tax dollars. In a 5-1 vote that was supported by […]

Yellowhammer News on Wednesday learned that Dr. Brenda Pike, the executive director of the Alabama Education Association (AEA), is leaving the organization. Pike has landed a new job in the same role for the Virginia Education Association after a national search. She will begin working at the VEA on October 29. Per Ashley McLain, a public […]

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced “significant” reductions to the rates paid by residential customers of Spire Alabama, formerly known as Alagasco. The reductions will amount to approximate savings of $24 million for Alabamians. At a special meeting of the PSC on Wednesday, the three commissioners unanimously voted to approve the important savings for […]

The Auburn Student Veterans Association and Alabama’s Campus Veterans Association are uniting as one to raise awareness for the 22 veterans lost each day to suicide by marching from Auburn to Tuscaloosa for the Iron Bowl. The 150-mile Iron Bowl Ruck March, which will begin at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn on November 21 and […]

After news broke Wednesday morning that explosive devices addressed to the Obama and Clinton families, as well as CNN in New York, were intercepted by law enforcement officials, Joyce Vance, wife of the Democratic nominee for Chief Justice of the Alabama state Supreme Court, Bob Vance, tweeted that President Donald Trump’s “rhetoric has contributed” to this type […]

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overpowered wizards and time travelers to be voted America’s best-loved novel by readers nationwide. The 1960 book by Harper Lee emerged as No. 1 in PBS’ “The Great American Read” survey, whose results were announced Tuesday on the show’s finale. More than 4 million […]