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TUSCALOOSA – There was a unified mood at the University of Alabama’s Bryant Conference Center for Friday’s ALGOP Summer Dinner, which was very different from the organization’s last major gathering in Montgomery earlier this year. The discussion among the attendees at the Alabama Republican Party’s second major event of 2018 did not dwell on the […]

The University of North Alabama (UNA) confirmed to Yellowhammer News that prominent Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King's speech on campus next month is being funded by rent money that students pay to live on-campus.

Gunfire in the vicinity of Alabama State University’s stadium brought a high school football game to an early close. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the shots rang out Thursday night as G.W. Carver led Jeff Davis 19-3 early in the fourth quarter, near the walkway on Carver’s fans’ stadium side.

Yellowhammer News confirmed on Friday that Governor Kay Ivey's deputy chief of staff, Jon Barganier, is leaving the administration effective August 31 to become Executive Director of the Alabama Petroleum Council.

Authorities say a two-year-old Alabama girl died in south Huntsville after being left in a hot car. AL.com reports the child died Thursday after being left in a car for what police say was a “lengthy time during the day.”

Turning Point USA's Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk will headline Friday night's 2018 Alabama Republican Party Summer Dinner.

Lowndes County has a new superintendent of the school system. WSFA-TV reports the Lowndes County Board of Education announced Thursday that Jason Burroughs has signed a three-year contract with the school system. Burroughs was previously serving as the interim superintendent and former assistant superintendent. He also has served in various other positions during his 23 […]

NBC 15 Wednesday broke the story of a "coward disgracing our country" after an American flag was cut down and stolen from the American Legion Post 164 in Citronelle.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday joined a massive bipartisan group of 52 state and territory attorneys general in calling on Congress to "expeditiously" close a deadly fentanyl loophole in federal law.

Concerned Women for America's eight-state bus tour made a much-anticipated stop in Alabama on Thursday, with citizens from around the state assembling in Hoover to voice their unequivocal support of President Donald Trump's nominee to the United States Supreme Court - Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey supports an appeal to the United States Supreme Court after a federal court on Wednesday struck down the state's law that bans the most frequently used second-trimester abortion procedure.

A candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives will be on ballots in November, after a lawsuit challenging his candidacy was struck down on Wednesday. Etowah County Circuit Judge William H. Rhea dismissed a lawsuit filed against Craig Lipscomb – the Republican nominee for Alabama House District 30 – as well as the Alabama GOP, […]

A charismatic Alabama pastor’s analysis of what is currently plaguing American society, and especially President Trump, has gone viral. Citing from 2 Kings 9:22, Pastor John Kilpatrick of Daphne’s Church of His Presence prophesied that “witchcraft is trying to take this country over.” “Here’s what the Holy Spirit said to me last night and here’s […]

Data from the Alabama Department of Labor reveals that truck drivers and registered nurses are two of the most coveted employees. The data, stemming from the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division, shows that advertisements calling for truck drivers and registered nurses dominate all other job postings. Along with truck drivers and registered […]

Federal school safety commission to meet in Alabama

A federal commission on improving school safety will hold a listening session next week in Montgomery. The Federal Commission on School Safety will meet Tuesday at the Alabama Capitol. It is the fourth and final listening session organized by the group formed by President Donald Trump after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High […]

'Rick & Bubba Show' to be simulcast on CRTV

Alabama's famed radio duo Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey are bringing their unique brand of conservative commentary and comedy to CRTV - the Conservative Review's media company.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Birmingham-born Lt. General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. to take over U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and be promoted to a four-star general.

President Trump publicly voiced his regret for his decision to make Jeff Sessions the attorney general, in an interview that aired Thursday with “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt. “The reason he got nothing is the Dems are very strong in the Justice Department,” Trump said of Imran Awan, a former aide to Rep. Debbie […]

After the University of North Alabama (UNA) announced on Wednesday that they are hosting prominent Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King to speak on their campus in Florence next month, the College Republican Federation of Alabama (CRFA) declared that "while we do not support Mr. King's methods or rhetoric, we do support his right to come speak on campuses in Alabama."

Alabama Republicans voiced their optimism after the EPA proposed a replacement to the Obama Administration’s so-called “Clean Power Plan,” and the state's attorney general and public service commissioners will review its impact on consumers.

Authorities in Mobile are trying to find the owner of an old briefcase that was filled with what appears to be ancient fossils, teeth and crystals. Photos released by police Wednesday show what appears to be fossilized fish, animal teeth, geodes, a large shell and a small human mask carved from clay or something similar. […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that he was "disappointed" and "carefully considering" an appeal to the United States Supreme Court after a federal court on Wednesday struck down Alabama's law that bans the most frequently used second-trimester abortion procedure.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Walt Maddox campaigned alongside former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman in Selma on Tuesday.

Rep. Mo Brooks (AL-5) strongly criticized liberal border policies after an illegal immigrant from Mexico confessed on Tuesday to kidnapping and killing Mollie Tibbetts, a student at the University of Iowa, while she was jogging in her small hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa.