If you left your iPad on the seat pocket in front of you on a plane in Albuquerque, there is a chance it’s now for sale at a deep discount in Alabama. The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro is where lost luggage and items more often than not end up after attempts fail to reunite them with […]

The $1.6 billion Mazda-Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. plant hasn’t even broken ground yet in Huntsville but is already having an impact. “This is a transformational project for north Alabama because of the sheer magnitude of what Mazda and Toyota are combining to do,” said Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield. “This is a major automotive manufacturing facility, manned by 4,000 workers, […]

GREENVILLE – On Thursday, Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Greenville Rotary Club and offered attendees an update on what was happening in Washington, D.C. Among the topics were keeping the government funded, economic development, the soon-to-expire farm bill and infrastructure. Following the event, Roby talked to Yellowhammer News about […]

Two Alabama police officers have been injured in a car crash while responding to a call. Birmingham police Lt. Peter Williston tells AL.com that two officers were responding to a report of a wanted felon driving around Thursday night and had activated their emergency lights when their vehicle collided with the second vehicle.

Connecticut State Police say a trooper killed in a highway crash rear-ended a slow-moving tractor-trailer in the right lane. Trooper 1st Class Kevin Miller died Thursday on Interstate 84 eastbound in Tolland. The truck driver, Melvin Purvis, of Wadley, Alabama, was not injured. Authorities say Purvis was driving in the right lane slower than the […]

A contract worker has pleaded guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act in connection with a deadly oil platform explosion off Louisiana’s coast. Don Moss, of Groves Texas, pleaded guilty Thursday.

A former high school band director in Alabama is accused of touching a student’s buttocks. News outlets report a March 9 indictment made public Wednesday charged 26-year-old Adam Bearden with having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19 as a school employee, a felony. Bearden resigned from Pinson Valley High School amid […]

Nine years after a judge began supervising a multitude of federal lawsuits that claim homes were damaged by Chinese drywall, he says it’s time to return thousands of remaining cases for trial in the courts where they were filed. The panel that put Judge Eldon Fallon in charge in 2009 said the first 1,700 would […]

Auburn freshman point guard Davion Mitchell is transferring. Tigers coach Bruce Pearl announced Mitchell’s decision on Thursday, calling Mitchell “one of the most coachable players I’ve ever had.”

An Alabama woman has been sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for her role in the robbery of a North Mississippi post office and the shooting of the postmaster during the crime. Federal authorities say 36-year-old Angela Roy of Wilmer was sentenced Thursday to 270 months— consecutive 150-month and 120-month terms — […]

Alabama lawmakers had vowed to steer clear of controversy in an election year session. They found it anyway. In a scandal-battered state, lawmakers said they were looking toward a low-key session that focused on budgets. It remained that way largely until near the end when they adjourned Thursday amid last-minute disputes over ethics legislation, the […]

HOOVER — At the 2018 “Women of Impact” event held at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa on Thursday, Yellowhammer News honored Joann Bashinsky, the vice president of 1996 SYB Inc., and also the vice president of the Bashinsky Foundation Inc., with a Lifetime Service Award. Bashinsky was given the award for “a […]

Auburn University in Alabama has officially installed its new president. News outlets report that Steven Leath was installed as the university’s 19th president Thursday. He was hired in March 2017 and succeeds Jay Gogue, who held the post since July 2007 before retiring last summer.

HOOVER – Thursday at the 2018 “Women of Impact” event held at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa, Yellowhammer News honored Gov. Kay Ivey, Alabama’s second female governor. Upon accepting the award, Ivey took a few moments to remember the state’s first female governor, Gov. Lurleen Wallace, who also served as the […]

Authorities say four children ranging from 2 months to 3 years old tested positive for methamphetamines after being exposed to drugs by three adults at an Alabama home. Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry tells news outlets that 49-year-old Billy Allen Alexander, 21-year-old Madison Paige Knowles and Tracy Rena Knowles were arrested Wednesday. They were charged […]

The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday gaveled out the 2018 legislative session — a session that was “among the most successful in recent years,” according to Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia). Aided by rising tax revenue from an improving economy, lawmakers passed budgets for education and the rest of government without the knock-down, drag-out fights […]

Stricter regulations will be imposed on drunk drivers in Alabama — a bill to close a loophole in state law passed a final vote in the House on the last legislative day. Thursday’s vote was 78-14 for the bill aimed at reducing road deaths. The legislation sponsored by Republican state Sen. Jim McClendon will require […]

Alabama lawmakers had vowed to steer clear of controversy this legislative session. They found it anyway. Lawmakers adjourned the 2018 session Thursday afternoon following last-minute disputes over an ethics law exemption and the demise of an anti-racial profiling bill. The House of Representatives spent much of Thursday in debate over the bill to exempt the […]

If you’re hunting for a great place to celebrate Easter, you will find few better than Birmingham, Alabama, according to an analysis by WalletHub. The details: The finance website ranked Birmingham the 6th best place to celebrate Easter in the U.S. The high ranking is due in large measure to its many number of celebrants […]

A U.S. Navy combat ship named for New Hampshire’s largest city will be commissioned on May 26. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the official sponsor of the future USS Manchester, joined other officials Thursday to announce the details of the commissioning ceremony, which will take place at the New Hampshire State Pier in Portsmouth. The […]

The Rev. Al Sharpton’s half brother faces a capital murder charge in Alabama, and he’s challenging that charge in court. Dothan Police Chief Steve Parrish said the Rev. Kenneth Glasgow drove 26-year-old Jamie Townes around Sunday to look for his stolen car before Townes allegedly shot 23-year-old Breunia Jennings, believing she was the thief. In […]

Authorities say a police officer in Alabama has fatally shot a woman driving a car that was dragging another officer. Montgomery police Capt. Regina Duckett tells news outlets that two officers responding to a stolen vehicle call late Tuesday morning approached the car, at which point it took off, dragging one of the officers underneath. […]

Alabama lawmakers moved to end the legislative session without a final vote on a bill to collect data on race and traffic stops. House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said Thursday the bill would not get a vote on what will be the last day of the session. African-American lawmakers named the bill a priority. It stalled […]

Alabama lawmakers stretched out the legislative session as tensions and disagreements on Wednesday derailed what they hoped would be their final meeting day. Legislators abandoned a plan to conclude the session Wednesday night as a number of measures had not reached final passage by late into the evening. They will return to the Alabama Statehouse […]