Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson last week became the fourth Alabama mayor to publicly support a U.S. Senate bill that would allow money market funds to elect to operate using a different method of valuation of its shares than is currently required by the Securities and Exchange Commission. On August 14, Stimpson sent a letter to […]

In an interview with Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey that aired Friday on APTV’s “Capitol Journal,” recently reelected Alabama Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Worley suggested that the group seeking to oust her as chairwoman may have been influenced by a “tiny bit of racism.” Worley was backed by the Alabama Democratic Caucus (ADC), the state party’s black caucus led […]

The Moon Possums, Comet Jockeys and Space Chimps are among the five possible names for the minor league baseball team moving to Madison. Team owner Ballcorps, LLC on Friday announced the proposed names. Thunder Sharks and Trash Pandas round out the final five names. Most of the proposed names gave a nod to the region’s […]

In a video posted Sunday by Auburn’s football program, head coach Gus Malzahn announced walk-on quarterback Devin Adams from Mobile has been awarded a scholarship for his senior year. Malzahn, while addressing the team in the video, praised the scout team quarterback for his unselfishness. “He never complained one time. He’ll just do whatever he […]

The national pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List joined pro-life Alabamians and the state’s Republican Party Chair Terry Lathan in Mobile on Wednesday to urge Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the United States Supreme Court and buck “the radical abortion lobby” that helped get […]

Alabama is getting what state wildlife officials say is its 15th community archery park. An archery facility located in the Elmore County city of Wetumpka has its grand opening on Tuesday in the municipal sports complex. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says it will be open year-round for recreational archery, tournaments and […]

Republican Rep. Martha Roby (AL-2) hit back at Chelsea Clinton on Friday, saying, “It is appalling to me that anyone would attempt to assign a monetary value to human life.” This came after Clinton last week praised abortion as being good for the nation’s economy. “The net, new entrance of women [into the workforce over […]

The Troy University Trojans football team shared an emotional video on Sunday, saying “It’s okay if you cry, we won’t judge you!” In the video, head coach Neal Brown huddles the team up before announcing a big surprise. “One of our hardest workers,” Brown says to begin his announcement. “Started every game for us last year, […]

Alabama’s most popular county for tourism is facing a problem with attacks by rabid foxes. Officials say they have confirmed eight attacks by foxes infected with rabies in coastal Baldwin County since May.

The Auburn University Regional Airport is still on schedule to be completed before the end of the year. Airport director William Hutto told the Opelika-Auburn News that the new $4.3 million runway is scheduled for December completion.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the state comptroller has updated an agreement with county sheriffs to end a practice that let some of them pocket state money left over from inmate food programs. Al.com reports the affidavit that county sheriffs must sign effective Sept. 1 contains new language clarifying the use of jail food funds.

In an interview on “Fox and Friends” this past week, Blount County School System Superintendent Rodney Green expressed his strong support of Alabama’s new “In God We Trust” law as beneficial to student and faculty comfort. The state legislature in March approved a bill that took effect June 1 allowing the national motto to be displayed […]

State Sen. Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery) is showing his displeasure over the public return of former Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, with the legislator saying “I’ll go away if you will.” Recently, Yellowhammer News published exclusive interviews in which Bentley revealed that he was open to running for the United States Senate in 2020 and former Montgomery County prosecutor Richard […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will launch a Bachelor of Science degree in bioinformatics this fall. The interdisciplinary program is the first of its kind in the state. Bioinformatics is the science of collecting and analyzing complex biological data, such as genetic codes. The field combines computer science, biology, chemistry, mathematics, genetics and engineering. […]

From space exploration to national defense, Alabama’s aerospace workers are playing key roles in all areas of the global industry, and they’re responsible for innovative, headline-grabbing products. Here are four of those products that illustrate Alabama’s continuing contributions to an industry that is shaping the future.

Walmart on Tuesday officially marked the opening of a $135 million distribution center in Mobile that will create 750 jobs and strengthen the retailer’s supply chain network. During a grand opening ceremony, Governor Kay Ivey highlighted how the new facility will contribute to economic growth in the region while providing career opportunities for residents. “Walmart […]

For Jheovanny Gomez, the path to the American dream began by pursuing his high school sweetheart to Tuscaloosa. In his native country of Colombia, his life choices were pursuing drug cartel members as an undercover army intelligence operative, going to college there or following his love. Love won.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday told a crowd of hundreds of judges and attorneys from seven central states that “erroneous rulings” by biased federal judges have been costly to American taxpayers, and the former United States Senator from Alabama sharply criticized those who have obstructed some of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. “Judges aren’t […]

Two long-standing Alabama Power executives have been named to new roles of increased responsibility within the Southern Company system. John Hudson has been named executive vice president and chief external and public affairs officer at Southern Company Gas. In his new role, Hudson will be responsible for External Affairs, Corporate Communication, Marketing, Community Relations, Economic […]

Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced plans today to open a 400,000-square-foot distribution center in Alabama, adding 20 new jobs to its significant manufacturing presence in Auburn. The new Alabama distribution hub, focusing on Briggs & Stratton engines and other products, will allow the company to reduce delivery times to its customers in the Southeast region. […]

The Alabama State Port Authority is one of the largest economic engines for the state and wants to build on its $22.4 billion economic impact. The 4,000 acres that make up the state docks have multiple complexes that handle everything from auto parts to coal and from poultry to pine. But the port could be […]

Two recent stories got us thinking about what Alabama might look like if it broke apart. The first is a New York Times op-ed arguing that the United States is best understood as 11 distinct countries with regional differences that explain voting patterns. Arguments against the analysis aside, it is an interesting concept. The second […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday announced that former Prattville police officer John Wayne McDaniel Jr. has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit burglary, third-degree theft, second-degree theft of prescription medicine and criminal impersonation of a police officer. McDaniel was sentenced in Autauga County Circuit Court to ten years for each count, with the […]

A pair of 77-year-old identical twin sisters working at a Shelby County McDonald’s restaurant has customers saying, “I’m lovin’ it.” Maryann Byrne and Alice Moore, the twins, are so popular that a customer called WBRC urging them to do a story about the sisters, who work at the location on Valleydale Road and the corner of […]