JASPER — The Alabama Rural Broadband Coalition (ARBC) announced Thursday morning that a fiber-based high-speed internet network will be installed in 2020 to serve the town of Jasper and the surrounding community. The internet services on the network will be provided by Mississippi-based technology company C Spire. In a first of its kind of partnership, […]

The nonstop diet of impeachment hearings conducted by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee is expected to go all the way to Thanksgiving. But the question is, what will happen after that? According to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), an actual vote on articles of impeachment will probably come before Christmas. During an appearance on Huntsville […]

The University of Alabama Athletics Department, led by Athletic Director Greg Byrne, is encouraging Crimson Tide fans to proactively donate tickets they do not intend on using this weekend to American veterans who want to attend a beautiful fall game in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Nick Saban’s football team will face off against Western Carolina at 11:00 […]

The Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination met in Atlanta on Wednesday night for a debate. Yellowhammer News reached out to the Alabama Senate candidates to find out what they thought of the debate, which mostly focused on ideas that Alabama’s Senate candidates agreed was a threat to conservatism.

7. Charles Barkley is now apologizing for an attempted joke Axios reporter Alexi McCammond previously tweeted that Charles Barkley said to her, “I don’t hit women but if I did I would hit you.” She added that when she said something in objection to his comment, Barkley said she “couldn’t take a joke.” For obvious […]

In a Washington, D.C. television interview on Wednesday, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) emphasized his support for the whistleblower who initiated the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Gray’s D.C. bureau asked Jones about impeachment twice in the interview, which lasted almost three and a half minutes in total. While Alabama’s junior senator outlined that it […]

Alabama Whitetail Records on Wednesday announced that it has launched a website and phone app allowing hunters to view where each submitted deer ranks across all 67 Yellowhammer State counties. AWR functions as a state record book for measuring and scoring antlers in Alabama. Previously, these rankings only included deer with large antlers and were […]

DrunkAubie is back again to weigh in on the Georgia game, which had some questionable reviewed plays that, you guessed it, did not go in Auburn’s favor. DA discusses Nick Saban being a vampire, Georgia fans’ behavior on social media, Tua’s injury and more!

I remember when it was tolerance and equal protection under the law that LGBTQ+ activists wanted. They said we could each practice our respective values, and should give one another the constitutionally-afforded space to do so. It was a fair ask, in a nation built on the ideas of individual liberty and pluralism. Now a […]

Hoover City Council President Gene Smith on Wednesday announced that he is running against first-term incumbent Mayor Frank Brocato, who is seeking reelection at the helm of Alabama’s sixth-most populated city. Smith made the announcement in a launch video on Facebook. He will hold a campaign launch reception Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. on the first […]

Governor Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that she has awarded $18.7 million in grants to help improve 58 Alabama communities. The funds from the Community Development Block Grant program will enable communities to provide water, improve roads and sewage systems, construct public community buildings and remove blight. “Community Development Block Grants are vital to Alabama communities […]

On Wednesday, Auburn star defensive tackle Derrick Brown was named one of five finalists for the 2019 Bronko Nagurski Trophy. The Nagurski Trophy is given annually to the best defensive player in college football. The Sugar Hill, GA, native is one of Auburn’s team captains. Consistently double-teamed, he has still produced nine tackles for a […]

In an email on Wednesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) unveiled exclusive Christmas wrapping paper for those looking to show their support of President Donald Trump as Democratic impeachment proceedings continue in the U.S. House of Representatives. This unique wrapping paper comes in three different variations, which can be viewed at the landing page […]

There is no shame in being the first to try out a new idea that ends up failing. There is great shame, however, in politicians wasting hard-earned tax dollars on an idea that has been tried and failed repeatedly. Unfortunately, the latter scenario is playing out right now on the Gulf Coast. The Southern Rail […]

For far too long I have allowed civilians to get away with not properly addressing me by my military rank. Until Lt. Col. Alex Vindman’s testimony Tuesday in which he corrected U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), I had forgotten how important it is that I am addressed as Sgt. Dale Jackson. This is obviously an […]

A Colbert County man has been charged with murder after a fight over a football game went too far. David Allen Fulkerson, a University of Alabama Crimson Tide fan, had a group of people at his residence to watch his Tide play the LSU Tigers on November 9. One of his guests was LSU fan […]

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — A judge ordered DNA testing Wednesday for a man suspected in the kidnapping of an Alabama college student missing since last month. Lee County District Judge Russell Bush granted a prosecution request to force Ibraheem Yazeed to submit DNA, which prosecutors said they wanted because male DNA was found in the […]

I imagine that when the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress numbers were released, somewhere in Mississippi a few very tired, long-suffering education bureaucrats poured a hot toddy from the kitchen of an antebellum home, raised their glasses to the west, and told Alabama, “well, you won’t have old Mississippi to kick around anymore.” It […]

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin has scheduled the next episode in the ongoing Alabama Democratic Party leadership saga, according to a report by the Montgomery Advertiser. The hearing will reportedly take place on December 5. Nancy Worley, who has served since 2013 as the head of the state party, filed a lawsuit claiming she […]

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday posted an open letter to star University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who underwent right hip surgery on Monday after being injured in the Crimson Tide’s game against Mississippi State. In the letter, Woodfin wished Tagovailoa a “speedy recovery” while sharing sage advice on his situation. Saying he was […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has given athletic director Greg Byrne a raise and one-year contract extension. The university’s board of trustees compensation committee approved the new deal Tuesday. Byrne will make $1.3 million this year in the deal which dates back to July 1. That will go up to $1.54 million in the final […]

With all the allegations being made against President Trump, it’s important to examine some background and facts. First, let’s talk about what has been going on in Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union. Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. Like many former Soviet countries, oligarchs control almost all the […]

MONTGOMERY — On Tuesday, the Alabama District Attorneys Association joined with victim advocates and the Alabama Traffic Safety Prosecutor to raise public awareness about the dangers of drowsy driving. Between 2013 and 2017, more than 4,000 people were killed in car crashes in which drivers fell asleep or were too sleepy to safely operate a […]

Boeing’s Huntsville-managed Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system on Tuesday was announced as a winner of a prestigious Aviation Week Laureate Award for completing an unprecedented missile flight test earlier this year. In partnership with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Boeing’s GMD program was recognized in the defense weapons platforms category. This is GMD’s third […]