On Saturday, the sky above Pensacola will be filled with loud jets streaking by. Thousands of people are expected to attend the culmination of the 2019 demonstration season for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. After countless shows across the United States, this one is special. Not only does it mark the end of the season, […]

Have you started your drive to Tuscaloosa? You better get after it, as it’s going to be a wild weekend in T-Town! As all eyes will be on the likes of Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow and President Donald Trump, I’m here to tell you that if the Crimson Tide win the game against LSU, you […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Friday was presented with a plan to improve science/technology/engineering/math (STEM) education across the Yellowhammer State and create a workforce pipeline critical to filling the more than 850,000 STEM-related occupations that will be needed in the state by just 2026. Alabama is a national leader in STEM fields such as aerospace, biotechnology, […]

A total of 11 Republican U.S. senators on Friday signed onto an open letter urging conservatives to back former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bid to return to his old Alabama Senate seat. The group of senators endorsing Sessions, per Politico, is comprised of Sens. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Mike […]

At least for now, President Donald Trump is not publicly attacking former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bid to return to his old Alabama Senate seat. Trump has consistently bashed Sessions’ performance as attorney general, both while he was still on the job and after his forced resignation. Speaking with reporters outside the White House […]

Although the since-postponed I-10 Mobile Bayway Bridge project seems like a distant memory, local officials still control the project’s destiny, according to Gov. Kay Ivey. Earlier this year, Ivey declared the project “dead” after the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization voted to remove it from their Transportation Improvement Plan. The project had come under fire […]

It seems that everyone is getting into the spirit of things as Saturday’s big game featuring No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama looms large. On Thursday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) — an alumnus of the University of Alabama, made a bet with U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) that the Tide will beat the […]

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, who was Alabama’s 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, on Thursday said he is looking forward to ensuring President Donald Trump “has a great visit” when he attends the University of Alabama Crimson Tide’s game against LSU in Bryant-Denny Stadium this Saturday. Maddox put partisan politics aside, per comments to Alabama Media Group. […]

Authorities have arrested the man wanted in the disappearance of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris’ stepdaughter. Jail records show Ibraheem Yazeed was arrested in Florida and booked into the Escambia County Jail early Friday.

Orchestra Partners has joined forces with nationally renowned landscape architect Tom Leader to design a Parkside master plan to enhance walkability and connect the Parkside District to surrounding neighborhoods. This project includes historic preservation and mixed-use redevelopment plans for Powell Avenue Steam Plant and several historic warehouse buildings west of Railroad Park surrounding Good People Brewing. Orchestra Partners announced the plan Thursday alongside the City of Birmingham, Alabama Power, Freshwater Land […]

7. Huntsville passes Montgomery, sets targets on Birmingham Montgomery has been knocked down to the third-largest city as Huntsville takes place as the second-largest city in the state. The population in Huntsville is estimated to be 199,808, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. While Birmingham is still listed as the largest city […]

A recent case in the Texas courts became a catalyst for loud debate regarding the intersection of parental rights and appropriate treatment for gender dysphoria in children. A 7-year-old child of divorced parents, born male, is believed by his mother to be transgender and that his desire to be female should be affirmed. The father […]

For the first time in a long time, perhaps decades, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions finds himself on the other end of attacks from Alabama’s Republican politicians. Sessions, who has not faced a serious threat from a political rival since his 1996 race with then-State Sen. Roger Bedford, the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate, […]

In a Thursday media gaggle on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) was asked about former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions making a run to reclaim his old Senate seat, which is currently held by Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). Asked by a reporter whether Shelby would endorse Sessions, Shelby responded, “Absolutely. Jeff Sessions is […]

For the last couple of months, speculation has been rampant about the possibility of native Alabamian and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions entering the Republican primary of the 2020 election for the Senate seat he once held. On Thursday, less than 24 hours before the qualifying deadline, Sessions made it official with an announcement […]

HOMEWOOD — Donald Trump, Jr. on Thursday evening attended a packed meet-and-greet event to celebrate the release of his new book, “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us.” The Books-A-Million location at Birmingham metro area’s Brookwood Village became filled to capacity 30 minutes before the event even started, as hundreds […]

Drunk Aubie talks Auburn squeaking by Ole Miss, fans leaving early and more from the week. DA reads some mean tweets from people who take things way too seriously, discusses Alabama/LSU with the president in town and more like: Is Anders Carlson broken? Don’t fight Marquel Harrell. Are punters real people?

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s U.S. Senate campaign on Thursday afternoon released a video ad on social media reminding Alabama voters of what President Donald Trump has said about former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is set to announce a bid for his old Senate seat. The ad opens with Trump […]

Count Barry Moore in for the campaign to represent Alabama’s Second Congressional District. Also, count Moore in as the next in line to make his support for President Donald Trump the centerpiece of his effort. Moore qualified on Wednesday to run in the Republican primary for Congress in the southeast Alabama district, according to a […]

Yellowhammer News on Thursday obtained the first digital ad by GRIT PAC, an independent expenditure committee supporting former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville for U.S. Senate. The ad is just in time for former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions’ entrance into Alabama’s 2020 GOP Senate primary. Entitled, “Dixie,” the 15-second video ad features a […]

Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) has been going through the testimony transcripts released this week from the U.S. House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and on Thursday Byrne gave his main takeaways exclusively to Yellowhammer News. “We’ve learned two things this week: career bureaucrats don’t like President Trump and Democrats don’t have a […]

Let me take a wild guess: You have been giddy with excitement as the Alabama-LSU football game draws closer. You have listened to the pundits, yet you remain confused about which team will walk off the field a winner. Your brain is filled with frightening thoughts: What if Tua is not 100%? What if Bama […]

For decades, the Mobile Press-Register, the Birmingham News and the Huntsville Times, the newspapers currently under the AL(dot)com umbrella, were three of the state’s most important newspapers of record. While it is not clear if that is any longer the case, the editorial direction of those newspapers, which serve more as a print-version of the […]

David Pursell’s family business has undergone significant transformation over the years. It began as a fertilizer company started by his great-grandfather in the early 20th-century and now stands as the premier golf and vacation destination in the state of Alabama. One thing has remained constant for the Pursell family, and that is the land they […]