A school district in Alabama is investigating after a video surfaced that reportedly shows a Jefferson Davis High School teacher making fun of a student. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the video captures a student alone in a classroom with a teacher while a woman narrates and taunts the student. The woman taunts the student for […]

Civil asset forfeiture is a useful tool, but it needs reform. That sentiment is unanimous among Republican candidates for governor of Alabama. Civil asset forfeiture is the legal process by which law enforcement seizes the property of those it assumes to be involved in criminal activities. The seizures are allowed by law to occur even […]

A federal judge called “horrendously inadequate” the care of inmates in Alabama’s prison system, which has received national attention. Lawmakers have debated how to handle the overcrowded and understaffed prisons, including possibly privatizing the system. In advance of the June 5 primary election, Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News recently asked candidates for governor and […]

Wednesday on the “Rick & Bubba” radio show, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill explained how he had to defend Alabama’s voter identification law to groups like the NAACP over the past year, and how he has been successful at it. Earlier this year, a federal judge dismissed the suit brought by Greater Birmingham Ministries, […]

A judge won’t lower the bail set for a former University of North Alabama football player charged with murder. The Times Daily reports that Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self denied the request Wednesday of Khadedryck Devonte Todd. Todd is charged with beating 21-year-old Anthony Coleman of Florence on April 2 in a convenience store […]

A northeast Alabama school district is closing a rural school instead of paying for repairs. Thursday is the last day for Paint Rock Valley High School in Jackson County, after board members voted 3-2 to close the K-12 school last week. The move was unexpected after Jackson County leaders kept open the 74-student school last […]

Officials in one of Alabama’s largest cities stand by their refusals to release recordings from police body cameras. WHNT-TV reports the city has once again refused a request to release a recording. The latest request came after a bystander’s video appeared to show a Huntsville police officer punching a suspect while trying to make an arrest. […]

Baldwin County long has been Alabama’s fastest-growing county, so perhaps it should be no surprise that one of its towns is the state’s fast-growing municipality. According to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, Loxley added 335 new residents from July 2016 to July 2017. The 16.7 percent growth rate over that 12-month […]

Police are searching for a driver they say tried to run over a woman and her daughter in a fast food parking lot. Birmingham police tell news outlets an unnamed 40-year-old woman was hospitalized Wednesday with serious injuries after she and her 21-year-old daughter were struck at a McDonald’s. Witnesses say one of the victims […]

On Wednesday, NASCAR announced the five inductees who will make up its 2019 Hall of Fame class. Among those is Hueytown native Davey Allison, the son of Bobby Allison, who is also a NASCAR Hall of Famer. Allison compiled 19 race wins and 14 pole positions in stock car racing premiere series before his death in a tragic […]

Edouard Julien hit a grand slam Wednesday as No. 7 seed Auburn defeated No. 2 seed Mississippi 9-3 in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Auburn (39-19) remains in the winners’ bracket in the double-elimination portion of the tournament and faces No. 11 seed Texas A&M (38-19) on Thursday. Ole Miss (42-15) meets No. 3 seed Georgia […]

A federal survey reveals roughly 20 percent of Americans know or have known someone struggling with addiction to opioid painkillers. The annual report on the economic well being of U.S. households by the Federal Reserve System included questions regarding exposure to opioids, a first in the history of the survey. It found at least one in […]

A statement from police says 54-year-old Meta Lovely of Duncanville surrendered Wednesday. She is being held on $30,000 bond on a charge of having sex with a student less than 19 years old. Lovely worked as a substitute teacher at Bryant High School. Police say they were told about a possible improper relationship between a […]

Alabama’s workforce won big earlier this year when Toyota-Mazda promised to create 4,000 jobs in the Huntsville area, though the number of tax dollars that state and local coffers will not see, due to abatements granted by authorities at both levels, is in the millions. Some candidates for governor see such tax breaks as a […]

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross this week presented the Alabama Department of Commerce with the President’s “E” Award for Export Service, the highest recognition an organization can receive for contributing to the expansion of U.S. exports. At a ceremony in the nation’s capital, Secretary Ross said the Alabama Department of Commerce has demonstrated a […]

Heavy rains from the Gulf of Mexico are causing flooding in the Southeastern United States ahead of what could become the season’s first tropical storm. The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday a disturbance has a 60 percent chance of becoming a subtropical or tropical system by Memorial Day. The rain is forecast to continue even […]

Alabama’s parole board is refusing to free a woman convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl who was abducted from a north Georgia shopping mall. The board refused parole for 53-year-old Judith Ann Neelley on Wednesday following emotional testimony from relatives of the victim, Lisa Ann Millican.

The former director of an Alabama animal shelter will avoid jail time after being convicted of animal cruelty. Lawrence County Circuit Judge Mark Craig sentenced 84-year-old Bobbie Taylor to two years of probation and fined her $11,100 during a hearing Tuesday. The Decatur Daily reports he also ordered her to undergo mental health treatment and […]

A University of Georgia tennis player has been arrested in Alabama on drug charges. Georgia coach Manny Diaz told the Athens Banner-Herald in a statement Monday that 20-year-old sophomore Nathan Ponwith was arrested Saturday in Baldwin County. Diaz says Ponwith has been dismissed from the team. The county sheriff’s office website says Ponwith was charged with […]

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the syndicated “Rick & Bubba” radio program, co-host Bill “Bubba” Bussey called out Yellowhammer News for highlighting his co-host Rick Burgess’ comments about the 2018 gubernatorial race and neglecting to mention Bussey was in “lockstep” with Burgess’ views. Bussey and Burgess are both supporters of Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Dawson and Republican […]

Edouard Julien singled home the winning run in the 11th inning Tuesday as No. 7 seed Auburn beat Kentucky 4-3 to eliminate the 10th-seeded Wildcats from the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Auburn (38-19) advances to the double-elimination portion of the tournament and faces No. 2 seed Mississippi (42-14) on Wednesday. Julien’s one-out single to center field […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has not been content during his brief tenure in office simply to enforce state law. He has devoted part of his energies to amplifying Alabama’s voice on a variety of constitutional issues. This week’s lawsuit challenging the way the United States divvies up seats in the House of Representatives is […]

Police say a rabid fox bit a golfer and a groundskeeper at an Alabama golf club. AL.com cites a release from Fairhope police that says the male golfer reported being bitten as he stepped out of his golf cart at Rock Creek Golf Club on Sunday afternoon. A groundskeeper was then bitten while trying to […]

Jurors acquitted an Alabama physician accused of prescribing drugs that killed a former guitarist for rock band 3 Doors Down. The not guilty verdict was returned Monday in the case of Dr. Richard Snellgrove, court documents show. Snellgrove had been indicted on 13 counts of unlawful distribution of drugs and health care fraud tied to […]