A senior prank left thousands of dollars worth of damage at a high school near Birmingham, and officials say more than 20 students suspected in the act are now banned from participating in graduation. WBMA-TV reports that Clay-Chalkville High School was hit with eggs, spray paint and graffiti on Sunday night. Some graphics decorating the […]

Authorities had to shut down ramps on Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama, after a tank truck carrying oil crashed and burned near downtown. Thick, black smoke billowed over the scene after the wrecked occurred Monday. Authorities shut down two ramps, but traffic creeped by on the highway after the flames were out.

Yellowhammer Multimedia this week launched a new radio show: “The Wake-Up Call with Baylor and Hannah” that airs weekdays from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. on WYDE 101.1 FM. The talk show focuses on politics, faith and culture and features Birmingham-based co-hosts Baylor Cook and former Rick and Bubba intern Hannah Hutson. The duo met […]

A small airline is delaying plans for daily flights between Huntsville, Alabama, and Orlando, Florida. Silver Airways tells al.com that flights on the route are being pushed back because of factors outside its control. The Florida-based company announced plans in February for daily, nonstop flights between Huntsville and Orlando beginning May 23. It offered introductory […]

President Donald Trump celebrated the opening of the first U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, saying that Israel is a sovereign nation with the right to determine its own capital, adding that for years, however, the U.S. has failed to recognize the obvious – that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. “Exactly 70 years ago, the United States under […]

Governor Kay Ivey recently responded to a gubernatorial candidate questionnaire from the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. Her responses are below: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES Question: What is your political philosophy and, if elected, how would it shape the way you govern? Ivey: Growing up on the family farm in Wilcox County, I learned […]

Authorities say a Georgia woman was killed in the crash of a small plane in Alabama over the weekend. Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown identified the victim as 27-year-old Stefanie Fasselin of Peachtree City, Georgia. Brown said her father was piloting the plane when it crashed Saturday night in the Jacksonville, Alabama, area. Al.com reports that […]

Officials say a 14-year-old Georgia boy has drowned at Little River Canyon National Preserve in Alabama. Al.com reports Cherokee County Coroner Dr. Jeremy Deaton identified the victim as 14-year-old Josue Andres Lopez, of Rome, Georgia. Dispatch initially received a call about a possible drowning on Saturday. According to a press release, Lopez disappeared under the […]

This week is National Bike to Work Week, but you could be forgiven if you don’t know that in Alabama. It’s not obvious by scanning the state’s commuting routes. Alabama ties Mississippi for the smallest percentage of commuters who use bicycles — just a tenth of 1 percent of the state’s workers in 2016, according […]

Scott Dawson, a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for governor, recently responded to a questionnaire from the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. His responses are below: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES Question: What is your political philosophy and, if elected, how would it shape the way you govern? Dawson: I’m conservative, which means that […]

A Democratic candidate for Alabama governor says the arrest of a campaign worker accused of violating the state’s sex offender registration and notification act was “politically motivated.” Sue Bell Cobb tells AL.com she accepted Paul Littlejohn III’s resignation Friday. Littlejohn was her campaign’s Jefferson County field director.

Although the average age of retirees back in the 1990s was 58 years old, today the average American predicts to retire at age 66, according to the latest poll by Gallup. The average retirement age of Americans currently is 61. In the survey, Gallup asked, “When do you expect to retire?” Back in 1995, Americans […]

On Saturday, Consolidated Publishing’s Anniston Star announced Bob Davis was stepping down from his role as the paper’s publisher and editor to accept a job as High Plains Public Radio executive director, a network which serves parts Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. Davis has been part of Consolidated Publishing, the parent company of the Star […]

The Alabama Power Smart Neighborhood™ is drawing national recognition as one of the most innovative energy projects in the country as part of the recently launched EnergyInnovates initiative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute (GEI). EnergyInnovates is a multiplatform initiative that will showcase American innovators, projects and technologies that have shaped today’s […]

Homemade peach ice cream is made with the peaches right in the Clanton community, which is where Durbin Farms Market is located. For many, it’s a sweet tradition. Durbin Farms Market peach ice cream has rated as a customer favorite for years. Many will attest to its creamy goodness.

Lt. Col. Oliver North, the newly named president of the National Rifle Association, told Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning he’ll serve as a “quick reaction force” for an organization that finds itself under attack as it defends the constitutional right to keep and bear arms:

Saturday at the Mid-Alabama Republican Club at Vestavia Hills Public Library, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) fielded questions about the Department of Justice’s special counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election headed by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. Shelby was asked if he would call for an end of the “witch-hunt on President Trump,” […]

On one of the most beautiful weeks of the year on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, those charged with responding to a hurricane are seeing the worst of devastation. Inside Fort Whiting in Mobile, members of the 226 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) had formed Task Force Tarpon and were taking on the devastating effects of Hurricane Alex […]

People have a reasonable expectation when visiting a physician: a diagnosis. Then, there’s a prognosis and, hopefully, a plan for recovery. Two years passed before University of Alabama student Chloe West learned why she’d been experiencing chronic fatigue and foggy brain: dysautonomia, a condition in which the nervous system doesn’t function properly. West was later […]

A pro-life group is crying foul over YouTube’s decision to shut down an account that features videos showing the horrors of the abortion pill. Susan B. Anthony List and its research arm, the Charlotte Lozier Institute, called on YouTube and other social media companies to stop censoring pro-life content. At issue is YouTube’s decision to […]

State Sen. Bill Hightower, a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for governor, recently responded to the questionnaire prepared by the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. His answers are below. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES Question: What is your political philosophy and, if elected, how would it shape the way you govern? Hightower: My conservatism […]

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for governor, recently responded to the questionnaire prepared by the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. His answers are below. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES Question: What is your political philosophy and, if elected, how would it shape the way you govern? Maddox: — I […]

Former State Rep. James Fields, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for governor, recently responded to the questionnaire prepared by the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. His answers are below. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES Question: What is your political philosophy and, if elected, how would it shape the way you govern? Fields: Ours […]

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for governor, recently responded to the questionnaire prepared by the Alabama Policy Institute and Yellowhammer News. His answers are below. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES Question: What is your political philosophy and, if elected, how would it shape the way you govern? Battle: I consider […]