Birmingham Iron safety Max Redfield was appalled when he saw the initial Vegas odds. Heading into the inaugural season of The Alliance of American Football, the Iron were given the longest odds to win the championship. Redfield, the team and the coaches all stored it away as bulletin-board material.

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John Hall could cook anywhere in the world. He’s talented enough. He’s driven enough. But seven years ago, he chose to come home to Birmingham and reclaim this food city as his own. Like many chefs in Birmingham, Hall did a stint with Frank Stitt. His formal training included culinary school at the Johnson & Wales University Charleston, […]

Last week, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) made it official when he announced he was running for U.S. Senate in 2020 and was the first in what could shape up to be a crowded field of challengers looking to unseat Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook). Others are sure to follow in Byrne’s wake but don’t expect […]

Here in Alabama’s Second District, we are fortunate to share our portion of the state with two of our nation’s finest military installations: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery and Fort Rucker down in the Wiregrass. I’m honored to serve our district that is home to these installations, thousands of active duty and reserve personnel, […]

Darrell Waltrip loves Talladega, and for good reason. He made his first NASCAR start at the Talladega Superspeedway back in 1972. “I love coming here. It’s a great place to come and bring your family and see an incredible race.” Waltrip returned Thursday to talk about renovations to the 50-year-old track, including the new tunnel under construction in turn three.

If any doubt existed that Alabama has the best artificial reef program in the world, Chris Blankenship made an emphatic declaration last week that Alabama’s artificial reefs are unparalleled anywhere on the planet. Blankenship, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), made that unabashed statement at The Lodge at Gulf State […]

MONTGOMERY — Shortly after a Friday afternoon press conference in which prominent city and county leaders from across the state spoke in support of Governor Kay Ivey’s Rebuild Alabama plan, the governor’s office released the text of the bill to the public. The just-finalized bill, which was made available to state legislators earlier in the […]

In an appearance Thursday on Huntsville radio’s WVNN, Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville), the member who is leading the effort on infrastructure legislation in the State Senate, explained some of the details of the proposal the legislature could be considering right out of the gate next week as lawmakers convene in Montgomery. Reportedly, Gov. Kay Ivey […]

Cargo ships are getting larger – and that is a good thing. More goods shipped in one trip means everyone saves money – from shippers all the way to the consumer. The Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile handles more than 58 million tons in total volume annually, ranking it 11th largest in the nation. […]

Members of the Mobile community are coming together to help a six-year-old fighting a chronic illness. WALA reported that Christian, the young boy, was surprised Thursday when he learned he will be going to Disney World thanks to the generosity of some fellow Alabamians. Students at St. Paul’s reportedly organized a partnership between their own […]

Some familiar names in Alabama’s culinary world are semifinalists for the 2019 James Beard Awards, announced Wednesday morning by the James Beard Foundation. Birmingham’s The Atomic Lounge for the second year in a row is a semifinalist for Outstanding Bar Program, one of 20 across the country to make the cut. The Outstanding Bar Program award is for “a restaurant or […]

With the 2019 Alabama legislative session set to begin on March 5th you can be sure governmental affairs staffers and consultants across the state are rushing to prepare for a busy season. Fortunately for these politicos, Dragonfly, an innovative and affordable legislative tracking platform, is prepared up to make life in the state house a […]

7. Charles Barkley is the latest famous person to show up at a fraud trial in Birmingham; Barkley  says he lost $6.15 million and he doesn’t expect to recover it — Donald Watkins, Sr. and Donald Watkins, Jr. are charged with multiple counts of fraud for a scheme that has been going on for about […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is drawing criticism back home after yet again voting against a key presidential nominee. Andrew Wheeler, nominated by President Donald Trump in November, was confirmed by the Senate in a 52 – 47 vote Thursday as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Jones joined every other Democrat and independent […]

In a message delivered to a group of state leaders touring the Port of Mobile, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) detailed the importance of expanding Alabama’s only deep-water port. “The deepening and the widening of the Port of Mobile is a once-in-a-lifetime economic development opportunity,” Shelby said. “This project has the ability to transform Mobile and […]

Representative Martha Roby (AL-2) led a pro-life discussion this week at the Family Research Council’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., speaking about congressional efforts to combat Democrats’ “radical abortion agenda.” Roby vowed to continue her fight for the unborn. She said, “I promise you that I will continue to use my platform in Congress to serve […]

Xtreme Concepts Racing and its iK9 car recently enjoyed its highest-ever finish in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series. Driver Jeffrey Earnhardt took the iK9 car to a sixth-place finish at the Rinnai 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. This top-10 came after his 15th place finish at Daytona, a race in which he led the first […]

MAPLESVILLE — Governor Kay Ivey is not sweating a resolution passed Saturday by the Alabama Republican Party’s state executive committee that opposes raising the state gas tax. During the Wednesday press conference announcing her Rebuild Alabama plan, Ivey was initially asked if the resolution’s passage would make things more difficult for Republican state representatives considering […]

Here we are again. Alabama’s favorite and most hated politician Roy Moore is publicly flirting with the idea that he may run for office again. Moore is the stereotypical career politician. He has jumped from office to office attempting to climb the rungs to obtain power. Roy Moore has run for probate judge, Supreme Court justice, […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) joined U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a press conference Thursday to announce the details of “historic” school choice legislation that is a key priority of President Donald Trump. The bill, entitled the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act, will be sponsored by Byrne and […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) is helping lead the charge on “crucial America First legislation” to curb illegal immigration. Wednesday, Brooks introduced House companion legislation to Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) bill, the “Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act.” Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) has signed on as an original House cosponsor to Brooks’ bill. The legislation would permanently […]

The growing field to be Montgomery’s next mayor added its first fresh-to-politics face Thursday when local attorney JC Love, III announced his candidacy. Love’s campaign hit the ground running, launching a website, distributing a press release and showing off an introductory campaign video befitting the candidate’s status as a political breath of fresh air. While […]

The Supreme Court is ordering a new state court hearing to determine whether an Alabama death row inmate is so affected by dementia that he cannot be executed. The justices ruled 5-3 on Wednesday in favor of inmate Vernon Madison, who killed a police officer in 1985.