According to one group of gay rights activists, as many as 50 Alabama counties are currently not issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Many counties around the state have suspended the issuance of marriage licenses altogether in the wake of conflicting rulings from the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and a federal […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Chain electronics retailer RadioShack is shutting down 28 of its 59 Alabama stores as part of the company’s chapter 11 bankruptcy announced last week. Locations in Cullman, Bessemer, Montgomery, Birmingham, Hoover, Mobile, Oxford, Huntsville, Gadsden, Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Prattville, Leeds, Calera, Saraland, Phenix City, Center Point, Tuscaloosa, Opelika, Huntsville, and Troy will […]

During a sermon on loving our neighbors this Sunday, my pastor asked our congregation to imagine we had been proven right, once and for all, about something. We had been vindicated in our beliefs, we were the clear victors. The “other side” had lost. The grace with which we treat the “losers,” we were reminded, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama exports climbed in 2014 to a near-record level, powered by shipments of Alabama-made automobiles to almost 100 countries, as well as rising overseas sales of products such as industrial machines, plastics, and iron and steel. Alabama’s exports totaled $19.518 billion last year, a gain of nearly 1.2 percent from 2013’s figure, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley issued a statement Monday morning announcing that he will not take action against any probate judges who issue same sex marriage licenses, in spite of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore urging that he intervene, should any probate judges issue marriage licenses in defiance of his order. […]

MONROEVILLE, Ala. — After news rocked the literary world last week of Pulitzer Prize winner Harper Lee publishing a second novel, many speculated the notoriously reclusive Alabama native hadn’t knowingly given her permission. In a statement released through her lawyer, however, the 88-year old Ms. Lee put those concerns to rest by saying she’s “alive […]

ENTERPRISE, Ala. — A retired Army helicopter pilot in Enterprise, Ala., wrote an email to MSNBC over a decade ago warning the network that Brian Williams’ story that he had been in a helicopter that took enemy fire in Iraq was false. He was ignored. “It just wasn’t close to what actually happened,” Retired CW4 […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On the eve of Alabama’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage coming to an end, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has issued an order to probate judges around the state instructing them not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. According to Moore’s six-page letter, “no probate judge shall issue […]

The first Wednesday of February is an unofficial holiday for college football fans around the U.S., especially in SEC country. It’s National Signing Day, the first day that college football recruits can sign a National Letter of Intent to play for their school of choice. Over the years, highly coveted recruits have come up with […]

Birmingham, Ala. — According to city officials, Birmingham-based insurance company Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation is moving 500 jobs to downtown Birmingham. The new operations will be located in the former Birmingham News building on 22nd Street North and 4th Avenue North. The company is currently located on Colonnade Parkway off of Highway 280. The […]

It is often the case that what we believe in our heads goes untested in our lives. For example, I’ve heard that when running from an alligator you should do a lot of zigging and zagging because alligators aren’t agile enough to turn quickly. I have no reason to disbelieve this, but thankfully, I haven’t […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In an interview with radio talk show host Matt Murphy Wednesday morning, Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims proposed a solution for the ongoing debate over whether Alabama probate judges should be required to sign the marriage licenses of same-sex couples or not. “First of all, marriages are not supposed to be a […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Radio host Rick Burgess of the nationally-syndicated Rick & Bubba Show sent a strong message to Alabama’s Probate judges on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. If you are a probate judge in my state and you claim to follow Christ. Make a stand and refuse to sign same sex marriage licenses — rick burgess […]

PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Don Watson apprehended a shoplifter last month during his shift as overnight manager at a Walmart in Prattville. He thought he was just doing his job, but now he’s been terminated and is never allowed to work for Walmart or Sam’s Club again. Watson heard an alarm from an emergency exit during […]

(Video above: Piedmont High School’s football team receives a gift they’ll never forget) PIEDMONT, Ala. — FieldTurf is an artificial turf company that strives to make the most realistic artificial playing surfaces in sports, but what the company did for the football team at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Alabama shows they’re about more than […]

ENTERPRISE, Ala. — Enterprise High School student Robert Hillan has wanted to be an astronaut since he went to Space Camp as an 8-year-old. He’ll have to wait a while longer for his chance to go into space, but in the mean time he’ll be sending one of his inventions ahead of himself. Hillan was […]

Vacant space has occupied the corner of College and Magnolia across from the Toomer’s Drugs for four years, but Auburn University is now ready to replant trees where the famed oaks once stood. On Valentine’s Day at 8 a.m., flatbed trucks will deliver the 35-foot trees and landscapers will begin planting them. The streets surrounding […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange each released statements Tuesday slamming the 11th Circuit Court’s decision to not delay a lower court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the state. “I am disappointed by the 11th Circuit’s decision today,” Gov. Bentley said. “The issue of same sex marriage is a complicated […]

NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize-winning Alabamian Harper Lee is perhaps the state’s best-known author for her 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” but for the past 50 years Ms. Lee has been remarkably silent about a second book—until now. According to a release from her publisher, Lee’s new novel, titled “Go Set a Watchman,” is […]

ATLANTA, Ga. — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the State of Alabama’s motion to place on hold a federal judge’s ruling striking down Alabama’s same-sex marriage ban. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange had previously asked the 11th Circuit to stay the lower court’s decision, pending a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court […]

Blair Andress, or “Mr. A” as he is called by those who have the pleasure of knowing him, is a tiny-town principal with a larger-than-life personality. He is currently the principal at Eclectic Middle School in Eclectic, Alabama, a town of 1,007 in Elmore County. But in addition to his typical duties as principal, Mr. […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Bruce Willis is one of the most well known action movie stars in the world, and he’s in search of extras for his next thriller, which is set to be filmed right here in Alabama. The flick, Extraction, will begin filming next month in the Mobile area, and they’re looking for paid […]

The Super Bowl is well known as the largest single sporting event of the year, drawing more than 100 million television viewers. Even if you’re not an NFL fan, chances are you tuned in to see the highly-anticipated commercials or maybe just for the half-time show. What you probably didn’t see on Sunday, and might […]

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — A Texas company is rumored to be considering building a massive amusement park in northwest Alabama. However, no one in the state who would typically be involved in the development of a project that size seems to have any idea what is actually going on. A press release went out late […]