Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Sunday afternoon called for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to be postponed, calling for a “pause button” to be pushed once again, after the Washington Post published an allegation of sexual assault by then-high school student Kavanaugh. Jones has previously demanded that Jones’ confirmation process be put […]

Fresh off of the historic launch of an Alabama-built rocket in August, NASA once again counted on Alabama craftsmanship to send its latest earth-studying satellite into space. NASA successfully launched its Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California on Saturday morning. The satellite will have the capability of measuring […]

On Sunday, Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) did an interview with CNN in which he discussed an allegation of sexual assault by then high-school student Brett Kavanaugh, who is now President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. In the interview, Jones said that the allegation needed to be “tested in the light of day,” meaning […]

Frank Maione breathed a sigh of relief this month when Hyundai Motor Co. started delivering the Alabama-built, redesigned Santa Fe crossover utility vehicle to his Nevada showroom. A streak of annual Hyundai U.S. sales gains that began in the depths of the 2009 recession came to an abrupt end last year. Deliveries slumped to the […]

Alabama Sawyer, Birmingham The Makers: Cliff and Leigh Spencer Hundreds of downed Birmingham trees that were bound for area landfills as trash are now living out lives in homes and office buildings as valued treasures. Alabama Sawyer is the company behind that transformation.

Whether it’s the familiar “potato” sound of a Harley, the “roar” of a Ducati or the “bark” of an Indian, motorcycles have long been identified by their sounds as much as by their brands. But Birmingham’s Curtiss Motorcycles doesn’t think you have to be loud to make a statement. The company recently unveiled its “Hot […]

For the second year in a row, Troy University’s football team made big money off of upsetting a heavily favored opponent. On Saturday, the Trojans travelled to Lincoln and defeated Nebraska 24-19. Troy got paid $1.15M to beat Nebraska. That is all. — Melanie Newman (@MelanieLynneN) September 15, 2018 Last year, the team from southeast […]

Jalen Drummond, who graduated from the University of Alabama this past May and is a native of the state, is facing racial abuse from the “tolerant left” after he interned for President Donald Trump over the summer. In a recent viral post from from the liberal “comedy” website “Funny or Die,” Drummond’s picture was replaced […]

Every second Sunday of each month, Luke Robinson, 15, and his dad, Jason, travel about 80 miles from Winfield to the McWane Science Center in downtown Birmingham to participate in TechBirmingham’s coding class. The Robinsons are motivated to travel for two hours and devote another hour and a half on Sunday afternoons not only because […]

Many Americans grew up riding bicycles as their primary form of independent transportation until they learned how to drive automobiles. In recent years, cycling enthusiasts have taken their sport to higher levels, literally and figuratively. Today, Alabama offers riders abundant trails running through terrain as varied as sandy beaches and mountaintops. “When it comes to […]

A former student at Grissom High School in Huntsville filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday against members of the school’s staff and the city school board. The complainant, Zelda Menefee, is transgender, with the given name “James.” As reported by WHNT, Menefee “began making a social transition from male to female in summer 2014, meaning […]

College football is in full swing with two weeks of games done and dusted, and Alabama’s favorite teams have some exciting matchups in week three. JSU is off this week, but all of the Yellowhammer State’s other teams play on Saturday. The Crimson Tide and Auburn have their first SEC matchups and Troy travels to […]

Thursday, Eric Mackey, Alabama state superintendent of schools, announced that the department would be requesting extra funding for school safety, math and reading programs and transportation once the legislature returns in March of 2019. Mackey said the department would be seeking a $30 million in nurse funding and a pre-K special education funding increase of $16.8 […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) issued a statement praising Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) in response to overwhelming passage of the first government funding package for Fiscal Year 2019, which included important bills for Veterans Affairs, Energy and Water Development, Military Construction and the Legislative Branch. Shelby, the powerful chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is currently […]

Seven days after hosting prominent Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King for a speech on campus, the University of North Alabama (UNA) announced on Thursday that they are considering changing the school band’s nickname – “Pride of Dixie.” The name has been in use for over half a century, but now UNA has felt the need […]

As the threat from Hurricane Florence bore down on America’s east coast on Thursday, President Donald Trump hit Democrats for what he called “Bad politics,” with the president asserting that his political enemies had invented death tolls stemming from hurricanes Maria and Irma – which battered Puerto Rico in 2017. “3000 people did not die […]

Governor Kay Ivey has the Alabama National Guard on standby to assist with response efforts to Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and said Alabama is sending additional state personnel and resources to assist. While the National Guard is ready to roll out when called upon, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) has already been officially activated […]

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday named Alabamian Jody Singer as director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and Alabama lawmakers praised the historic appointment. Singer, who has been the center’s deputy director since February 2016 and serving as acting director since July, is the first woman appointed to the important position. As Marshall’s […]

BUTLER – It wasn’t officially a campaign rally, but it might have had the same impact as one. On Thursday night, Gov. Kay Ivey spoke at the Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet before a crowd of a few hundred gathered at Butler’s First United Methodist Church gymnasium. “I feel right at home here […]

A volunteer who rocks babies in a neonatal intensive care unit has donated more than $1 million to an Alabama hospital. The University of South Alabama said in a news release last week that Louis and Melinda Mapp donated more than $1 million to USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital’s Hollis J. Wiseman Neonatal Intensive […]

A Birmingham Church is ensuring that children who attend Jones Valley Middle School always have clean clothes by donating a washing machine and dryer. South Park Baptist Church gifted the new washer and dryer, along with detergent, to the school on Wednesday. “It makes us feel great. The Lord said ‘look out for one another’ […]

Two jail inmates in Alabama have been captured in Illinois. The Cullman County sheriff’s office told news outlets that Justin Eugene Curington and John Patrick Parsons escaped Wednesday while assigned to pick up trash in Cullman.

Tarana Burke, founder of the worldwide #MeToo campaign intended to raise awareness about sexual harassment, abuse and assault, credits Alabama for inspiring the movement. In an article published Thursday in the Birmingham Times, the details of Burke’s deep connections to the Yellowhammer State were tied together. Not only did she attend Alabama State University before graduating […]

Planet Fundraiser, an app born in Birmingham, is revolutionizing charitable giving. Donating to charities has been made easier due to ever-improving technology, but the innovative app that started right here in Alabama is simplifying things even more. Planet Fundraiser, which started in 2016, allows people to donate from the money they budget every week for everyday […]