This Thanksgiving, countless Alabamians well celebrate the holiday by dunking a turkey into a deep fryer to cook the bird to a nice, golden crisp. However, as the number of Alabamians frying their turkeys has risen, so has the number of Thanksgiving day fryer fires. This year, the Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office advised against […]

Birmingham, Alabama-based financial guru Jeff Roberts, who was recently named one of the top private wealth advisors in the nation by Barron’s®, came on Yellowhammer Radio to lay out the facts so people can decide for themselves. The full conversation with Mr. Roberts can be heard on the Yellowhammer Radio podcast or in the video above, and a […]

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — One Alabama couple just took ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ to a whole new level. At the Parish Seafood and Oyster House in Trussville, an anonymous couple came in, ordered a burger, and left their waitress a $330 tip on a bill of only $26. The waitress, Karli Estock, has worked at Parish […]

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Site Selection, an economic development-focused publication, ranked Alabama in the Top 10 in its annual State Business Climate survey, based largely on feedback from corporate real estate executives and project activity. Alabama placed No. 9 in the magazine’s overall 2016 State Business Climate rankings, and No. 8 in the survey of corporate […]

By Dawn Azok The University of Alabama and Auburn University are collaborating with NASA on future technologies that could aid space exploration. Officials from both universities and representatives of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville signed new Space Act Agreements to kick off the partnerships. Under an agreement signed Thursday, University of Alabama students […]

On Friday, the friends and family members of Cassidy Aspen Cochran, a 22-year-old Alabama resident who passed away over the weekend, will gather to celebrate her too-brief life. But in addition to those who knew her personally, people who have been impacted by the story behind her death will also come to pay their respects, […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala — Alabama business, education and workforce training leaders on Tuesday announced a major step in transforming the state’s workforce development efforts into one unified system. The new system, AlabamaWorks, will seamlessly link employers looking for skilled workers with Alabamians seeking jobs or job training. Leaders say it’s the result of an ambitious, business-driven […]

(Video above: Neverthirst, an Alabama-based ministry, is building wells in some of the world’s most impoverished places.) There are moments in each of our lives that are pivot points — events or experiences that send us careening in unexpected directions, like pinballs bouncing off of a bumper. For Mark Whitehead, one of those moments took […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Alabama’s aerospace boom continued on Tuesday as Boeing announced it plans to bring 400 jobs to Huntsville and invest $70 million in the state over the next several years. While Boeing was not specific on the type of jobs that will be coming to the Rocket City, the growth is coming in […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Imagine a local version of Extreme Makeover: Home edition for the bedrooms of sick kids and in a nutshell, you have the Flower Child Project. Founded by Michelle Chandler, the Flower Child Project seeks to help ailing children in need find a happy place and have a chance to feel like any […]

James Spann: Another mostly rainless week for Alabama from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo.   HISTORIC DRY SPELL ROLLS ALONG: The last measurable rain in Birmingham was on Sept. 18 with 0.32 inches. The last time we had more than 1 inch in a 24-hour period came on July 30, when the total was 1.33 inches. […]

By Southern Research In 2014, Southern Research received funding from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) through a multi-center U19 grant (U19AI109680) administered by the University of Alabama at Birmingham to conduct high throughput screening (HTS) against six disease-causing viruses: dengue, West Nile, SARS, influenza, Venezuela equine encephalitis complex, and chikungunya. With […]

Birmingham, Alabama-based financial guru Jeff Roberts, who was recently named one of the top private wealth advisors in the nation by Barron’s®, came on Yellowhammer Radio Tuesday to lay out the facts so people can decide for themselves. The full conversation with Mr. Roberts can be heard on the Yellowhammer Radio podcast or in the video above, and […]

There is a common thread that continuously works its way into the conversation when you sit down and talk with Nick West about how he got to where he is today. He is just starting out in life graduating high school only a few months ago but you wouldn’t know it. He recognized early that […]

TROY, Ala. — These days, Troy University football players aren’t just winning games – they’re saving lives. This past Sunday, 22 year-old Trojan lineman Bryan Slater became more than just athlete on a football field; he was a first responder. Slater was driving back to Troy from his home in Mobile, when he noticed a […]

An Alabama A&M student is receiving national praise and recognition for his work to provide food for others in need. So far he’s helped 100 of his classmates through a program that he’s organized out of his dorm room. During the day, Justin Franks is a full-time student, a part-time desk assistant at his dorm, […]

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. — The Colonial Gas Line explosion in Shelby County on Monday already has people feeling a little more pain at the pump. According to a report from Bloomberg, New York premium to crude oil prices jumped up 60 percent, and December-delivery gasoline prices rose as much as 15 percent. Experts say that […]

You can’t make this stuff up: a new report has found that the city of Birmingham only faces a fair chance of protecting itself from a zombie apocalypse. A “study” released by CareerBuilder ranked major U.S. cities by their ability to escape a zombie attack. Out of the 53 analyzed, the Magic City ranked 25th. […]

Congressman Ryan Zinke’s American Commander is the true story of the man who commanded many of the SEALs you know like Chris Kyle, Rob O’Neill, Marcus Luttrell, Brandon Webb and other decorated heroes. This exclusive Sneak Peek includes the Foreword by former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill, who fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden, […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — FireSeeds was recently recognized as one of the “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” by Entrepreneur magazine’s Entrepreneur 360TM List, the most comprehensive analysis of private companies in America. Based on this study forged by Entrepreneur, FireSeeds is recognized as a well-rounded company that has mastered a balance of impact, innovation, growth and […]

CENTREVILLE, Alabama — German automotive supplier MollerTech announced today that it will invest $46.3 million to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Bibb County, creating 222 jobs in Alabama’s growing auto sector. “Attracting investment and new jobs to Alabama’s rural counties is a key priority in our overall economic development strategy, and MollerTech’s manufacturing facility […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — After nixing plans to expand into eight other major U.S. cities, Google Fiber confirmed that the tech giant still intents to offer the service in Huntsville as initially planned. According to a report from Al.com, Huntsville Utilities spokesman Joe Gehrdes said the project is “Still good to go.” Google Fiber is the […]

FAIRFIELD, Ala. — First Step Staffing opened up Fairfield’s first-ever employment agency on Saturday, and the company is ready to get to work fighting unemployment in the city. The company is based out of Atlanta, Ga., and aims to employ those who struggle most to break their own cycles of poverty, giving preference to those […]

GULF SHORES, Ala. — The City of Gulf Shores and Auburn University announced a partnership yesterday that will bring a new satellite campus to the south Alabama beach town. Auburn’s $12 million expansion will include a new college facility featuring the College of Veterinary Medicine, studies on marine fisheries, and studies on organic horticulture. Gulf […]