Senator Richard Shelby today continued to tout Alabama’s role in American spaceflight. Shelby took to Twitter to highlight the fact that United Launch Alliance (ULA) rockets made in Decatur, Alabama were going to help power American astronauts back into space. Exciting day for American spaceflight! @NASA announced 9 brave astronauts selected to fly @BoeingSpace/@SpaceX commercial […]

A provision in the popular Republican tax bill has non-profits, particularly churches, concerned that they might have to begin filing income tax returns for the first time. The provision imposes an unrelated business tax when an organization pays for the use of qualified transportation fringe benefits, parking facilities used in connection with qualified parking, and […]

The nation’s first memorial to victims of lynching has drawn more than 100,000 visitors in its first three months — far exceeding some earlier estimates. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery shares stories about some of the 4,400 black people slain in lynchings and other racial killings between 1877 and 1950.

Democrat candidate for governor Walt Maddox on Thursday published an outline of his goals for addressing public safety. The plan discusses problems suffered by Alabama’s State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), particularly its shortage of state troopers and the resulting reliance upon city and county law enforcement to fulfill various enforcement duties. Fewer than 300 troopers […]

A former substitute teacher in Alabama has been indicted on charges of having sex with a student. News outlets reported that 24-year-old Kayla Safford was booked in the Lauderdale County jail Wednesday.

A real estate research firm has picked a neighborhood in southwest Florida as the “best neighborhood” in the United States based on schools, crime and other factors. ATTOM Data Solutions said Thursday that the Pine Ridge neighborhood in Naples, Florida, was the nation’s best based on six criteria.

The body of a 17-year-old boy has been found after he disappeared while swimming off the coast of Alabama with his father. News outlets reported Thursday evening that authorities are still searching for the teen’s 47-year-old father.

A 1966 letter from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is up for auction for the second time in two weeks. The one-page typed letter— never before seen by the general public — contains King’s thoughts on the Vietnam War a year before he publicly spoke out against it.

Defending national champion Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason coaches’ poll, with Clemson No. 2 and Ohio State No. 3. The Crimson Tide received 61 one first-place votes from a panel of major-college coaches in the poll released Thursday. The Associated Press media poll will be released Aug. 20. Alabama won its […]

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded the city of Good Hope in Cullman County a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant to go toward extending sewer service to AGCOR Steel’s new 128,000-square-foot facility. The city will use grant funds to provide 3,600 feet of sewer force mains, 1,000 feet of gravity sewer mains and a new lift […]

An Alabama police chief is on leave after authorities reported finding marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his patrol car and home. AL.com reports court records made public Wednesday show the search of Lipscomb Police Chief Brian “Scott” Martin’s house and patrol car turned up marijuana and two bongs.

The Alabama Ethics Commission says a former mayor violated an ethics law. AL.com reported the ethics panel said Wednesday evidence shows former Birmingham Mayor William Bell committed a minor violation that should be handled administratively. 

A Selma woman who police say shot and killed her estranged husband in her own driveway has been charged with murder-domestic violence. Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier tells AL.com that 38-year-old Jacqueline Dixon is charged in the Tuesday morning shooting death of 44-year-old Carl Omar Dixon.

The Alabama Ethics Commission says a retiring member of the House of Representatives can work as House Speaker Mac McCutcheon’s chief of staff without violating the “revolving door” provision of state ethics law. Commissioners issued the advisory opinion Wednesday for Republican Rep. Mark Tuggle of Alexander City.

Staff members from both the Alabama Republican Party and the Alabama Democratic Party reported to the office of Secretary of State on Wednesday to certify and file the names of their candidates nominated in either the June 5 primary or the July 17 runoff. State law directs state party executive committees to certify with the […]

Once so popular that he ran unopposed for re-election to the Senate in both the Republican primary and in the general election, Attorney General Jeff Sessions now finds himself under fire from all sides. Democrats across the country never much cared for him, and now Republicans hold him in low standing, as well. A Morning […]

While voter turnout was low in last month’s Primary Runoff election, Bullock County had extremely low numbers with only 208 ballots being cast in the Republican Primary, says a report by Union Springs Herald. One precinct, Guerryton, failed to have a single voter cast a ballot, which is seemingly unheard of, especially for a Republican […]

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised Sen. Richard Shelby on Wednesday for his extraordinary leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “As he took the reins of the Appropriations Committee, he made it clear that, working with Senator Leahy, regular order would be the name of the game,” Leader McConnell said on the Senate floor. Under Shelby’s […]

Five teenagers have been selected National Student Poets, a program that will have them serve as ambassadors at everything from literary readings to community service. Daniel Blokh of Birmingham, Alabama, was named one of the five. The other students cited Wednesday were Darius Atefat-Peckham of Interlochen, Michigan, Ariana Smith of Las Vegas, Nevada, Alexandra Contreras-Montesano […]

The U.S. Senate has confirmed a Georgia Supreme Court justice to serve on a federal appeals court. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Justice Britt Grant to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A group of Alabama protesters showed up at the Alabama State House Wednesday in Montgomery to voice their disdain for the National Rifle Association (NRA). In the video sent to Yellowhammer News, protesters can be heard chanting, “The NRA has got to go.”

An Alabama man is accused of soliciting a 14-year-old girl for sexual favors online. Capt. Trent Beasley with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office tells news outlets that 21-year-old Noah Zachary Bracaloni was arrested Monday on a charge of electronic solicitation of a child.

An Alabama woman who tried to get sheriff’s deputies to unlock her car has landed up locked up. Citing court records, the Montgomery Advertiser reports 30-year-old Kimberly DeShun Gardner pleaded guilty to filing a false report Tuesday.

Prosecutors say an inmate who drove a truck at a guard in Alabama has been sentenced to seven more years in prison. U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. tells news outlets in a Tuesday statement 42-year-old Elvis Mark Hartrick received the sentence for assaulting a correctional officer with a deadly weapon.