We have all heard about the completely unbelievable story about “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. He was allegedly assaulted at 2 a.m. by two guys who attacked him over his homosexuality and his race in Chicago. They apparently dumped a liquid on him and placed a noose around his neck in subzero temperatures. As the targeted assault […]

A new report has named Alabama as the most financially friendly state for senior citizens. Research released this week by Stannah revealed, “The main reason senior citizens would move to a new city, state or country is to save money and improve finances.” In this important metric, the Yellowhammer State is king. For people over the […]

Alabama is getting a new area code. AT&T told news outlets the 659 area code will be used in parts of west-central Alabama in April.

Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) will request bids for the construction of three new men’s prisons to replace existing facilities, with the administration still undecided on whether to seek funding approval from the state legislature or pursue private leasing. According to The Montgomery Advertiser, the governor told reporters of the […]

If anyone knows hard work, it’s Torius Moore. A self-professed “small-town kid” from Attalla, Alabama, Moore is an undergraduate student and pilot triple-majoring in Aerospace Science Engineering, Physics and Mathematics at the historic Tuskegee University. Moore is the first person to receive a scholarship from the Alabama based non-profit, The Red Tail Scholarship Foundation, and […]

A federal judge said Monday that Alabama has been “deliberately indifferent” about monitoring the mental health of state inmates placed in the isolation of segregation cells. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued the ruling days after attorneys for inmates said the suicide rate in state prisons has reached a crisis level.

7. In the era of the questionable hate crime and unprovable anonymous insult, a Huntsville restaurant wants in on the act — Charrito’s Bar & Grill in Huntsville has taken to Facebook to post an alleged customer receipt that had the words “BROWN C****” and “TRUMP WILL F*** YOU.” For some reason, they chose not to mention […]

The Alabama Policy Institute (API) Monday released a two-part position paper on the gas tax, the issue expected to dominate the upcoming state legislative session. The first part of API’s five-page paper outlines “three guiding imperatives” the conservative organization recommends that any proposed infrastructure funding plan incorporates. The next and final part of the paper […]

On Monday evening, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced that the bicameral conference committee of legislative leaders tasked with reaching an agreement on border security and funding a quarter of the federal government has “reached an agreement in principle.” Shelby, who serves as vice-chair of the conference committee, helped spearhead what The Hill described as “a […]

Four men, including three who live along the United States-Mexico border, have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking following a major raid by the Dothan Police Department. The operation came after a month-long investigation, according to WTVY and Dothan Eagle. Rio Grande City, Texas’ Kenneth Nicholas De La Cerda, 24, Alberto Diaz, Jr. and […]

The phrase “Damn, Democrats got it good” is a phrase I have used on my radio show for years. I don’t think I made it up, but I don’t know where I heard it or some variation of the phrase. If there was a better way to summarize the way America’s mainstream media treats Republicans […]

The story of one Gulf Coast Alabamian is being hailed as a “miracle” and “sign from God.” As reported in the past few days by Fox News and WALA, Scot Byrd was faced with a devastating tragedy when his Baldwin County home was destroyed in a Christmas tree fire last month. Byrd, a veteran and […]

U.S. Steel Corp. says it is restarting construction on an idled manufacturing facility in Alabama, and it is giving some of the credit to President Donald Trump’s trade policies. The Pittsburgh-based company says Trump’s “strong trade actions” are partly responsible for the resumption of work on an advanced plant near Birmingham.

Alabama has beaten Oklahoma once again, this time vaulting over the Sooner State to be named the most polite state in America. Last year, FreshBooks ranked Alabama second behind Oklahoma in its annual “politeness index.” In results released Monday, the company announced its 2019 edition, which saw the Yellowhammer State surge to the top spot. […]

A high-tech facility designed to spur innovation and help new businesses has opened in a part of Tuscaloosa that was hit by a killer tornado nearly eight years ago. The Tuscaloosa News reports that The Edge is aimed at supporting entrepreneurial collaboration and innovation.

An Alabama church has removed a pew honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis, saying the memorial has no place at a time when rebel symbols have been adopted by white supremacists. The pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Robert C. Wisnewski, Jr., posted a message on the church website last week saying the wooden pew was […]

Southern Research announced that Robert Amaro, a mechanical engineer with expertise in metallurgy and solid modeling, will spearhead an expansion of the organization’s activities in additive manufacturing, a technology revolutionizing how complex aerospace parts and other industrial components are made. Amaro, Ph.D., joins Birmingham-based Southern Research from the University of Alabama, where he conducted federally funded research […]

President Trump is reportedly considering former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Mr. Cain’s potential selection caused a stir for at least three reasons: accusations of sexual harassment which surfaced during his presidential run, a lack of training as an economist, and his advocating a […]

Last week, President Trump gave the State of the Union address to the nation. I can say that in all my time in Washington, this was the best State of the Union I have had the honor of attending, and it seems most Americans agree. The president’s message was clear: if we stop with the […]

7. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-WA) officially announces her run for the presidency and exchanges barbs with President Donald Trump — Warren’s announcement came days after her hometown paper suggested she shouldn’t run. Trump tweeted a reference to the Trail of Tears, which plays on Warren’s decades of cultural appropriation. Not to be outdone, Warren then […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) updated the American people on the ongoing government funding and border security negotiations, lamenting that Democrats “want to cap the number of dangerous criminals that ICE can detain, putting the safety of the American [people] in jeopardy.” In an interview on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace, the senior senator from Alabama […]

Finland-based Kemira announced this morning that it is investing $70.8 million to expand production at its Mobile facility. The company is a polymer producer serving the pulp and paper, oil and gas, and water treatment industries. The project will create an additional 20 jobs, growing Kemira’s Mobile workforce by 32 percent, to handle new process operations, increased […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) believes that “nobody wants” America to become socialist, despite the stark warning in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address last week. “Here in the United States, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country,” Trump said. “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will […]

Alabama native Cliff Sims said that the continuing leaks of President Donald Trump’s private schedule are “a direct shot” at the president, adding that the “insubordinate” “sociopaths” on the White House staff intentionally undermining Trump’s administration from the inside should resign. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” with Brian Stelter, Sims discussed why Trump’s […]