Frontier Airlines will offer direct flights from coastal Alabama to Chicago and Denver later this year. News outlets reported Frontier will offer the service from a new passenger terminal using the Downtown Mobile Airport.

Details have been announced regarding controversial conservative media commentator and writer Ben Shapiro’s scheduled speech at the University of Alabama this spring. In a press release, UA’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter said that it was proud to host Shapiro on campus February 12. The event is being held in collaboration with Young America’s Foundation’s […]

The best of humanity often shines in the worst of tragedies. As reported by ABC 33/40, a “Good Samaritan” went out of his way to perform an act of kindness that he never imagined would have been captured on camera. However, during slain Birmingham Police Sgt. Wytasha Carter’s funeral procession on Saturday, someone captured the […]

Alabama education officials have released the 2019 list of schools labeled as “failing” because of low test scores. Seventy-six schools were labeled as failing on the list released last week by the Alabama Department of Education.

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Martha Roby (AL-2) spoke on the U.S. House floor to honor individuals in Elmore County who experienced devastating loss when a tornado struck Wetumpka this past Saturday. This came after Roby spent time on the ground Monday with those impacted by the storm and had the opportunity to see firsthand the damage […]

Unfortunately, complicated health insurance rules, stipulations, expensive bills and long waits at doctor offices are often today’s norm when seeking health care solutions for ourselves or our family. However, thanks to Alabama physician Dr. Kre Johnson, these issues will now mostly be a thing of the past. Beginning February 1, 2019, Dr. Johnson’s current practice, […]

The funeral for an Alabama police officer who was slain in the line of duty is being planned in Mobile. Officials say Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder will be remembered during a ceremony set for 11 a.m. Friday.

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) is letting people know what he thinks of recent media coverage regarding the Covington Catholic High School students at the March for Life and the bombshell Buzzfeed News report that has since been renounced by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. In a speech on the floor of the United States House of […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) Tuesday applauded another successful rocket launch for United Launch Alliance (ULA) after the Alabama manufacturer helped launch a new intelligence satellite into space over the weekend. As reported by Yellowhammer News, ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite on Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base. This rocket is […]

In an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Tuesday, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore discussed time since his December 2017 election loss to now-Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) and what the future could hold for him. Moore looked back at the 2017 special election and pointed to inconsistencies, which he said might […]

Wise beyond her years. Brave beyond belief. Resilient beyond reason. McKaylee Borklund, an 11-year-old who lives in the Birmingham area, has had her life thus far shaped by her battle with brain cancer. But, she has not let it define her. Instead, as the Alabama girl shared in an essay for her sixth-grade language arts […]

7. Covington Catholic kids get a White House invite; Their school had to close until further notice — President Donald Trump already said the kids were treated “very unfairly” and now could meet with the kids at the White House as early as tomorrow. The school was closed Tuesday because law enforcement didn’t think it […]

Students, parents, educators and elected officials continued their participation in School Choice Week with a discussion about some of the innovative approaches to education made available through school choice. At a recent event in Mobile, State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) and State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) took part in a panel discussion hosted by the National […]

Leaving both The Wonkey Donkey and Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild in its wake, Cliff Sims’ new book Team of Vipers reached number six on Amazon’s best sellers list by late Tuesday. Team of Vipers chronicles Sims’ time working in the Donald Trump White House, including his daily encounters with the president and those around him. Tantalizing excerpts […]

Tuesday, with School Choice Week underway, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its annual ranking of state public charter school laws, listing Alabama as the fifth best in the United States. The rankings, entitled “Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, Tenth Edition,” evaluated how well each […]

Every Martin Luther King, Jr./Robert E. Lee Day and every Confederate Memorial Day we hear the same thing: “Why are we celebrating the losers of the Civil War?” Every year, I remind people that the United States government declared Confederate soldiers to be veterans of the United States of America’s armed forces. Even with that said, […]

Former Congressman Artur Davis (AL-7) on Tuesday joined Montgomery County Commission Chairman Elton Dean as the only officially announced candidates to be the capital city’s next mayor, as several potential contenders continue to mull entering the fray. While Artur Davis first confirmed his would-be candidacy for mayor in an exclusive interview with Yellowhammer News in […]

Gov. Kay Ivey recently proclaimed this “Alabama School Choice Week” and thousands of families will celebrate reforms created by the Alabama Accountability Act, including scholarships so low-income parents can transfer their children from under-performing schools. Critics of the program, however, will likely respond by repeating some of the many myths about the law. Here are […]

In an important first step for the program created by the Alabama legislature during its 2018 regular session, Governor Kay Ivey Tuesday awarded grants under the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund to seven rural communities across the state to connect them with high-speed internet access. The grants, which total almost $1.1 million, are the first to […]

The state of Alabama has issued its first licenses to out-of-hospital midwives since 1976. AL.com reports the newly-formed Alabama State Board of Midwifery on Friday approved the licensing of five certified professional midwives.

Traffic through Alabama’s largest city will not be normal for months as the state’s busiest road closes for a construction project beginning Monday. Crews building a replacement for Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham close the highway Monday night. Some ramps closed last week.

DEMOPOLIS – Most people know the hardships of Alabama’s Black Belt — poverty, declining populations, lack of access to quality education and health care. However, in northern Marengo County, one city has defied the worst of these trends. Located on the bank of Tombigbee River, near its fork with the Black Warrior River, is the […]

7. The Democrat field continues to grow as more Senators enter the fray — Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) announced her intentions on “Good Morning America.” After the announcement, one of the co-hosts asked an absurd question, wondering, “Is this country, after what [President] Trump has unleashed and what we have seen, ready for the first woman […]

Despite recent attacks by the Alabama Education Association (AEA) on the Alabama Accountability Act, State Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) wants to make it clear that the staple of school choice in the Yellowhammer State is not going anywhere, vowing to “fight to the end to protect” and even increase funding for the […]