Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and commercial real estate agent James Lomax take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Is the lottery really dead? — Is the abortion bill killing Alabama’s business recruitment opportunities? — Should Alabama Public Television air a gay wedding on a children’s cartoon?

May 26, 1925 In September 1923, Jimmie Ethel Montgomery entered the University of Alabama‘s medical school in Tuscaloosa as its first full-time female student. Two years later, on May 26, 1925, Montgomery received a bachelor’s degree in medicine from the two-year basic sciences program at the university, becoming the first female graduate of the University […]

With tragedy already rocking the Alabama sports world this weekend, the state took another hit with the loss of former University of Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bart Starr’s passing on Sunday. Starr, an NFL Hall of Fame inductee who played for the Green Bay Packers, died at age 85 in Birmingham. Since suffering a stroke […]

The most significant political controversy that has consumed Southwest Alabama in recent days is not the abortion ban or the Alabama legislature’s failure to work toward a lottery like much of the state, but the threat of a toll on the proposed new I-10 Mobile Bayway Bridge connecting Mobile and Baldwin Counties. According to reports, […]

UAB Hospital has been listed on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2019 list of 100 Great Hospitals in America. UAB has earned this distinction every year since 2013 and is the only hospital in Alabama to make the annual list published by Becker’s Healthcare, a leading source of cutting-edge business and legal information for health care industry leaders. According to Becker’s, […]

Winning the national security space race is crucial for America’s ability to defend itself. Recently, several members of Alabama’s congressional delegation fought to equip the nation for success when they petitioned the Air Force to select a U.S. launch provider based on a competitive, timely process in the best interest of national security. The Air […]

HUNTSVILLE — The excitement over the opening of a new facility at Dynetics — and what it means for the company — was evident to visitors who received a sneak peek of the building on the company’s Huntsville campus this past week. The new Dr. Stephen M. Gilbert Advanced Manufacturing Facility is the sixth building […]

UPDATE: According to the Opelika-Auburn News, Rod Bramblett has died as a result of injuries from an automobile accident in Auburn on Saturday. Initially, according to multiple reports Saturday, Bramblett was critically injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday night in Auburn. Also according to reports, his wife Paula was pronounced dead after being transported to […]

Luciana Madeira da Silva, Ph.D., a researcher at USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute, has received a 2019 Minority and Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award. The travel award was presented to 15 researchers at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Atlanta. The AACR is the world’s oldest and largest professional […]

The Alabama legislature lowered the minimum age for a truck driver’s (CDL) license to 18 for within-state transport (the minimum age remains 21 in interstate trucking) to help alleviate a driver shortage the American Trucking Associations (ATA) says has existed since 2005. Trucking has long been a major employer in Alabama and Pike County. What […]

As the field for the 2020 GOP U.S. senatorial nomination is sorting itself out with three formally declared candidates thus far, one potential prominent candidate still has yet to make his intentions publicly known. Secretary of State John Merrill is one of the possible hopefuls that could join a field that includes U.S. Rep. Bradley […]

The cast was about 2 inches too long, and the topwater fly plopped down gently on a chunk of flat rock underneath the blooming mountain laurels on the Tallapoosa River north of Lake Martin. One slight twitch of the fly rod tip and the Ol’ Mr. Wiggly fly slid into the current. The fly didn’t […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville is backing HB 59, the bill passed by the Alabama Senate on Thursday that would make killing an on-duty first responder a capital offense. The bill as amended and passed by the Senate names the proposed law in honor of slain Auburn Police Department Officer William Buechner, who […]

Neighbors of murdered Auburn Police Department Officer William Buechner are backing the blue in a very visible way, honoring the fallen hero’s life of selfless service. As reported by WSFA, the Opelika subdivision that Buechner and his family lived in is showing their solidarity en masse. In a moving tribute, many of the neighborhood’s homes […]

Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) is taking a major stand against airports in liberal strongholds that try to subvert federal law. Palmer’s office on Thursday announced that the Birmingham-area congressman has introduced the PLANE Act, the Prohibiting Local Airports from Neglecting Enforcement Act (H.R. 2955). In April, an airport in Seattle, Washington, banned flights known collectively […]

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a regular feature on Yellowhammer News. It is a compilation of the bits and pieces of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Enjoy.

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate on Thursday took steps to ensure that the definition of “meat” when applied to food labeling should only apply to products sourced from livestock on farms and ranches and harvested through processing; the bill clarifies that laboratory-grown products may not be labeled as meat, protecting Yellowhammer State consumers from potentially […]

Law enforcement officers in DeKalb County this week arrested nine men, all reportedly illegal aliens, in connection with what they suspect is a human trafficking operation. WAFF reported a DeKalb County patrol sergeant and K-9 deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle from Texas late Tuesday night. Upon further investigation, authorities reportedly determined that […]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Alabama and Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Alabama’s newly signed into law HB 314, which is exactly what the Republicans in the state legislature wanted all along. Alabama’s new law, which was always expected to be blocked by a federal […]

Alabama state officials are reminding recreational anglers that state and federal waters open for red snapper fishing on June 1. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division says fishing will be open Friday through Sunday from June 1 to July 28, and Thursday, July 4.

The Alabama House of Representatives has passed legislation allowing residents to purchase wine and have it shipped directly to their house. The bill by Republican Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) would allow licensed wine manufacturers to obtain a permit to deliver limited quantities of wine directly to Alabamians.

DrunkAubie talks about what’s going on in the world of Auburn since episode 10: QB Malik Willis entering the transfer portal, a WR grad transfer, Auburn’s football Twitter account gets suspended before and more! DrunkAubie then discusses some of Auburn’s biggest individual foes.

A police officer killed by a gunman in Alabama is being honored with a funeral at the 9,100-seat Auburn Arena. The ceremony for Auburn police officer William Buechner is being held Friday afternoon.

Would voters have approved a lottery with proceeds steered to the state’s general fund over its education trust fund? We may never know given such a proposal to do just that passed the Alabama Senate this year but was not considered by the Alabama House of Representatives. And when a lottery proposal with 25% of […]