The University of Alabama is set to finish several renovations before classes start this month. The Tuscaloosa News reports renovations to a dining hall, residence hall and engineering building will be finished by Aug. 22.

Tuesday, Julian Maha of Birmingham posted a moving video outlining the story of an Alabama girl with autism who had never experienced a birthday.

The Alabama Department of Revenue last month published an analysis of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act’s (TCJA) effects on the state’s tax law, and its conclusions could cause some companies to pay more in taxes. Though the federal corporate income tax rate has been reduced, the tax bill offsets that revenue loss with other […]

Alligator season is almost here. For those fortunate enough to draw a tag for 2018, it will soon be time to head out and get to hunting.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking issue with a multi-state lawsuit that challenges the legality of 3D-printed gun plans being sold online.

The U.S. Senate is under pressure from loyalists of President Trump to pass legislation that will return power to the states from bureaucrats in Europe and Washington, D.C.

A Tennessee man’s plan to propose to his girlfriend on a Florida beach almost failed when he lost the ring in the Gulf of Mexico. For 45 minutes last Friday, Taylor Farrar of Sevierville, Tennessee, and his friends frantically searched for the plastic bag that held the ring, a bank card and a driver’s license.

Authorities say a man is charged with capital murder in the death of a woman missing in Alabama since 2006. Police in Auburn, Alabama, say 38-year-old Derrill Richard Ennis was arrested Monday in the disappearance of 24-year-old Lori Ann Slesinski.

An Alabama company that produces ergonomic furniture for workplaces says its $2 million expansion will create at least eight new jobs. AL.com reports The Corona Group announced its plans to expand Tuesday.

Yellowhammer News caught up with Gov. Bentley for an exclusive interview about his new project "Bentley for Alabama" and his post-public life.

An act of heroism saved one person’s life after a wedding photo session in Orange Beach was interrupted. Per a WBRC report, Zac Edwards, a former lifeguard and coast guardsman, sprung into action mid-photo session to save a man from drowning in the ocean. “A lady had come up to us and said that guy is […]

The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) has launched an ambitious, seven-figure ad campaign in several markets across the country, including Alabama, to urge the confirmation of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Beginning on Tuesday, markets throughout the state will air an ad beckoning voters to demand that Sen. Doug Jones […]

This day, August 7, annually commemorates the moment in 1782 when then-General George Washington created the Purple Heart Medal.

The office of Secretary of State published on Monday four plain language summaries of each statewide constitutional amendment to be presented before voters in November. The summaries were developed by the state’s Fair Ballot Commission, an agency composed of top state officials and private citizen-appointees, which is authorized by state law “to provide to the […]

Tuscaloosa's André Harris was finishing up a job when he spotted smoke billowing out of a car half a football field down the hill from him...

Despite a federal judge's recent decision that DACA must be restored, Sessions vowed to press forward with efforts to rescind the program.

A judge has issued a gag order in the case of an Alabama police officer facing murder charges in the shooting of an armed and suicidal man. Madison County Circuit Judge Donna Pate on Monday ordered attorneys and law enforcement to refrain from making statements about the case to reporters.

Fifteen states are siding with Nevada as it fights drug companies battling the use of their products in an inmate’s execution. Republican attorneys general from 15 states filed documents Monday with the Nevada Supreme Court arguing that drug company Alvogen’s claims are a part of a “guerrilla war against the death penalty.”

The federal tax cuts passed last year created 2,941 jobs in Alabama this year and will create 16,633 over a decade, but that employment boost will lag behind most of the rest of the country, according to a new study. A map prepared this month by the Washington-based Tax Foundation, breaks down the impact of […]

Monday afternoon, radio host Rick Burgess of the Birmingham-based and nationally syndicated Rick & Bubba Show, announced that he suffered a gallbladder attack during that morning's show.

A new analysis by the personal finance publication WalletHub ranks Alabama’s health care system as the nation’s sixth worst. To make their determinations, researchers examined three categories: cost, access and outcomes, looking at things like average monthly insurance premium, share of high out-of-pocket medical spending, hospital beds per capita, average emergency-room wait time, infant mortality […]

Alabama's Warrior Met Coal (NYSE: HCC) has partnered with Bevill State Community College to offer a new miner training class for prospective employees.

Governor Kay Ivey has awarded a $300,000 grant to provide the infrastructure necessary for Tiffin Motor Homes’ new RV Center in Winfield, creating 65 jobs.

A $75 million project is underway to transform Continental Motors’ operations in south Alabama. AL.com reports that Continental officials last year announced that its “Blue Marlin Project” would involve building a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Brookley.