A man faces charges in a west Alabama Fourth of July boating crash that killed two people and injured five others. Al.com reports 29-year-old Richard Latham Jr. was arrested Friday in Tuscaloosa and transported to the Hale County Jail in Greensboro. Latham’s hometown was not released. A woman who answered the phone at the jail […]

Two Alabama mission teams have returned back to the state after being stranded in Haiti for days amid a government spike in fuel prices. News outlets report that the Faith Community Church team in Trussville and group members from First Baptist Church in Russellville arrived back in Alabama this week. The groups of nearly 50 […]

Humility is the overarching impression you get when you meet Joel Rotenstreich. Every year, the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center honors a person whose actions have helped not only the center, but life for the Jewish people of Birmingham as well as people from other faiths. This year, Rotenstreich is the honoree. It would take columns […]

Additive technologies commonly referred to as 3-D printing are revolutionizing the manufacturing industry, giving engineers and designers new methods to create custom parts in aerospace and other industries. Auburn University is moving toward its goal of being a leader in this game-changing technology. It’s making strategic investments to broaden its capabilities in additive manufacturing and […]

Thursday, over 60 officers from Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Anniston Police Department and Oxford Police Department endured inter-agency training at the Xtreme Concepts Inc. (XCI) Training Facility in Anniston, AL., to combat an active shooter situation. Per a news release, the group went through three “challenging” scenarios dealing with an active shooter at XCI’s facility, formerly […]

The first satellite brewery of Alabama’s largest beer maker is now open in Sloss Docks next door to Birmingham’s historic Sloss Furnaces. Back Forty Beer Company-Birmingham shares a name and elements with the mother brewery in Gadsden but it also has its own unique elements. “We’re going to be focused on bringing core beers from […]

Deep Roots (Montevallo and Birmingham) The Maker: Cameron Strouss Cameron Strouss just wanted to feel healthy again. Surgery and post-operative treatment to her ankles when she was a teenager left her in pain and with more physical problems than she had before. Undiagnosed food allergies caused more problems and Strouss struggled to find answers through […]

Alabama NewsCenter is highlighting apps developed in the state. This is the first story in a series. Tommy and Ginger Mayfield needed a babysitter, but the Birmingham couple’s schedule was irregular and hectic with 3- and 1-year-old daughters. “Life was crazy those years. When we looked through babysitters, we were using the same technology parents […]

Governor Kay Ivey is leading a team of Alabama economic development specialists to the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow for meetings aimed at accelerating growth in the state’s aerospace and aviation industry. Governor Ivey will join a small working team from the Alabama Department of Commerce in scheduled appointments with high-ranking executives and key decision-makers from […]

Birmingham is abuzz from two major economic development announcements Thursday that will shape the city’s tech economy for generations to come. Shipt’s decision to expand its Birmingham headquarters by investing $10 million and adding 881 jobs was certainly the big news of the day. Those jobs will pay $48,300 on average and create a payroll […]

McWane Science Center in downtown Birmingham plans a two-day birthday bash this weekend, July 14-15, to celebrate its 20th birthday. McWane opened its doors to the public on July 11, 1998, and more than 10,000 people showed up to the grand opening. The center had been years in the planning. In 1985, Birmingham Mayor Richard […]

On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence formally endorsed Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) in her runoff contest against former Rep. Bobby Bright for the Republican Party’s nomination. “President Trump and I support Martha Roby – a strong supporter of tax cuts & President Trump’s pro-growth, America First agenda! Get out Tuesday and support Team Roby,” Pence […]

The federal government’s Aug. 15 oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico will offer slightly more acreage than officials originally announced. A news release Thursday said the government’s final notice of sale is offering 78 million acres (31.6 million hectares).

Members of the House Judicial and Oversight Committee spent over nine hours on Thursday questioning FBI agent Peter Strzok about his role in the high-profile investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails and President Trump’s alleged collusion with the Russian government. The committee grilled Strzok with questions about his political biases, referring to a number of anti-Trump […]

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) has decided both upcoming football and basketball championship games will be held in Birmingham. The league announced Thursday the football championship will return to Legion Field on Dec. 1.

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore claims he has been duped by comedic actor Sacha Baron Cohen for Cohen’s upcoming Showtime series, “Who Is America?”, and is threatening legal action. Moore released a statement Thursday detailing his encounter with Cohen, who is best known for his role in “Borat”. Moore blasted the actor, saying he will go […]

A 2017 book that revealed lies by a key figure in the Emmett Till case has prompted the U.S government to renew its investigation into the brutal 1955 slaying, a federal official said Thursday. The reopening of the case had stayed quiet until the contents of a federal report came to light earlier in the […]

The University of Tennessee has four new Peyton Manning Scholars. Manning and interim UT Knoxville Chancellor Wayne Davis welcomed the new members on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump is tweeting his endorsement of a Florida congressman during his trip to Europe, writing that Rep. Matt Gaetz “is one of the finest and most talented people in Congress.” Trump is backing the Republican lawmaker on Twitter at the start of his second day in Britain.

Troy King’s attempts to keep opponent Attorney General Steve Marshall from spending money that he got from a federal political action committee ran aground on Thursday when Montgomery Circuit Court Judge James Anderson denied King’s request for a temporary restraining order. King argued that contributions given to Marshall by the Republican Attorneys General Association violate […]

A recent study conducted by Bankrate.com concluded that the Yellowhammer State is the 24th best state for retirees. The study looked at categories of cost of living, taxes, healthcare quality, weather, crime, cultural vitality, and well-being, and weighted their value based upon a survey Bankrate conducted last year. Alabama scored 6th and 7th in the […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall’s campaign will “seek expenses and attorneys’ fees for any and all efforts necessary to have the matter dismissed” unless Troy King’s legal team dismisses a lawsuit it filed against Marshall by a 2:00 pm hearing scheduled for today. That’s according to a letter obtained by Yellowhammer News in which Marshall’s attorney, […]

Latino voters and civil-rights groups have asked to join a lawsuit to defend the practice of including people in the country illegally in U.S. Census counts. The counts are used to configure congressional seats.

More National Park Service rangers will range on the Natchez Trace Parkway in unmarked vehicles. The Park Service says it’s buying more unmarked vehicles for traffic enforcement on the scenic and historic route through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.