Radio talk show hosts Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and […]

On the Yellowhammer Sports Podcast, Michael Brauner and CJ Duncan break down what is going on in the world of SEC athletics, national stories, what you should have your eye on, and much more. In this edition, Michael and CJ talk about Nick Saban’s retirement and the crazy nine days it’s been since the hiring […]

7. Charles Barkley is mad and confused, also known as being in the normal Charles Barkley state, about presidential candidate Nikki Haley declaring America has never been a racist country. Responding on his terrible CNN show, the former Auburn basketball player and multimillionaire said, “If you forget about slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, antisemitism, Asian hate […]

Every week right here you can read Across the SEC, where we’ll get into a different topic on the SEC, break down the biggest matchups of the previous week, preview the coming week’s slate, and talk about where things stand in the best conference in the land! In this week’s edition, there’s a power vacuum to […]

The lease on the The Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) facility in Montgomery is due to end in 2025 and the board is looking for a new bigger facility. The ABC Board had accepted proposals for a new warehouse, but has recently decided to not more forward with any of them, for now. I have a […]

 The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles is not the problem here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m

7. Inflation is shocking many Americans these days, none more than President Joe Biden who found himself shocked about a $6 smoothie but the White House decided to lie about the exchange anyway. Biden was surprised by the cost and even though inflation is a huge issue for this President, White House press secretary Karine […]

These are pearls of wisdom from Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m.

7. Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth is doing something most politicians don’t do: endorsing in a primary early on in the race. Ainsworth threw his support behind former Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Secretary Jeana Ross in her bid for State House District 27 saying, “I have known Jeana Ross all of my life, and […]

7. You may have heard of the Alabama football “LANK” motto, which apparently means “Let All Naysayers Know” and ESPN’s Pat McAffee says that motto is the closest we have come to living the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. As clumsy as that was, he expounded, “we are more close than we have ever […]

Nick Saban is not a Democrat hero. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m.

7. The Alabama Supreme Court denied convicted murder and soon-to-be nitrogen hypoxia execution guinea pig, Kenneth Eugene Smith’s latest appeal. Smith’s lawyers argued that the murderer going through an execution a second time would constitute cruel and unusual punishment but the AL Supreme Court said, “Nah.” 6. Former President Donald Trump and his MAGA Army […]

 Radio talk show hosts Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on […]

2024 is here. As the election season heats up, the Alabama Legislature returns for business, and political issues both new and old unfold across the state — here are the headlines we’ll seeing some version of in the next 12 months:  U.S. Presidential Election Yes, this is a national story, not a state story, and […]

The NEA/AEA will attempt to scuttle school choice forever. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 p.m.

7. The obsession our government has with building charging stations has always seemed odd.  U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) wants them built with American companies, if we are going to do it. To stop $7.5 billion from going to China, he voted for a resolution that bars that money from going overseas, “The Biden Administration […]

Earlier this week, hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists blocked the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges in New York City as they called an end for Israel’s war against Hamas. What happened in New York is just a part of the disturbing trend we’ve seen across the country. Too many leftist protesters are deciding to block traffic […]



7. Presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has dropped out of the race for president of the United States on the same day former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took part in a CNN debate. His 12% in a recent New Hampshire poll could potentially swing that state […]

7. Information about Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s medical issues and a long period in the hospital, without knowledge of the White House or Congress, is starting to come out. Apparently, the cause was a urinary tract infection brought about by a prostate cancer surgery, but the issue is not the illness it is the […]



7. In shocking news, the man who jumped into the Bass Pro Shop aquarium in Leeds was on drugs. Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin lays it out pretty clearly about 42-year-old George Aaron Owens, “It is obvious from the behavior of (Owens) and his admissions that he had been taking drugs that we must continue […]

President Joe Biden’s entire administration is built on deception and incompetence. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 am weekdays on WVNN, on Talk 99.5 from 10-11 am, and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from noon to 1 pm.