With the help of some long-time friends and influential community leaders, Dr. Swaid N. Swaid broke ground this week on a new state-of-the-art medical center in Vestavia Hills. Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6), State Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia), Vestavia Hills Mayor Ashley Curry and Dr. Bret Walters, minister at Homewood Church of Christ were all in […]

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, […]

Thursday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) voted “Yes” on H.R. 88, the combined Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 and Taxpayer First Act of 2018, which passed the House 220-183. Highlights of the bill include delaying many of Obamacare’s more controversial taxes that drive up health care costs further, as well as protecting churches […]

7. Alabama’s slow population growth could cost Alabama a congressional seat and a lot of federal funding — Alabama’s population only grew by 12,751 people, compared to Texas’ growth of 379,128. West Virginia, Illinois, Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and Wyoming all lost population over the same period. — The state’s slow rate […]

Thursday night, long-time WALA FOX 10 news anchor Bob Grip signed off for the last time as he is retiring after a 35-year career on television in Mobile. Over the years, Grip had become a well-known entity and a household name in southwest Alabama. He is perhaps known to folks in Alabama outside of the Mobile-Pensacola, […]

The ‘most wonderful time of the year’ just got a little more magical. Thanks to Alabama attorney Alexander Shunnarah, smiles were wide and carts were full at the Piggly Wiggly in Birmingham’s West End community this Monday. The often dreaded first day of the week turned into a joyous one when the well-known lawyer stopped […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has officially asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s law banning dismemberment abortions, setting up what many observers believe could be a historic rollback of Roe v. Wade. On Thursday, Marshall filed a cert petition with the Supreme Court requesting that the […]

Thursday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) touted his vote against S. 756, the First Step Act of 2018, which is criminal justice reform legislation that has now overwhelmingly passed Congress. The entirety of Alabama’s Republican congressional delegation voted against the final version of the bill. A press release from Brooks’ office stated that the legislation as […]

Make no mistake about it, Judge Roy Moore was a terrible candidate for U.S. Senate. Any of the other candidates, including highly-compromised Luther Strange would have trounced now-U.S. Doug Jones. The attacks on Moore led by the Washington Post, co-opted by AL.com and amplified by every other media outlet in America obviously put the nail in […]

In a statement to Yellowhammer News, Alabama Republican Party chair Terry Lathan responded to the revelation that Democratic operatives executed a covert, “deceptive” digital campaign copying “Russian tactics” in support of Doug Jones’ candidacy in 2017. “It is alarming and deeply disturbing that Democrats took part in this sham,” Lathan said. She also spoke to the […]

The out-of-state Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is attacking the Opp Police Department for a recent social media post that pointed to Satan’s influence on rising violent crime in south Alabama. The since-deleted Facebook post from the police department in Covington County said a recent increase in murders in the area are “BECAUSE WE HAVE […]

Thursday during a conference call with reporters, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) reacted to a report from the New York Times published late Wednesday detailing a so-called “secret experiment” conducted by “Democratic tech experts” and carried out on social media to interfere with the 2017 U.S. Senate special election in Alabama. Jones expressed that he was […]

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, […]

Despite all of the criticism of and criminal investigations into Russian interference in America’s 2016 presidential election, a report by the New York Times has revealed that Democratic operatives executed a covert, “deceptive” digital campaign copying “Russian tactics” in support of Doug Jones’ candidacy in 2017. “As Russia’s online election machinations came to light last […]

Officials say the flu is widespread across Alabama except for its southeastern Wiregrass Region. News outlets cite state Public Health Department maps in Wednesday reports as showing that flu activity levels are slightly higher than usual during this time.

A young boy’s generosity inspired the creation of a children’s book that’s sales will help those with autism spectrum disorder. Five-year-old Frankie one day woke with the mission to help others. He told his grandmother that he wanted to donate his piggy bank money to Glenwood, a Birmingham non-profit benefiting those with autism spectrum disorder, […]

North Alabama Medical Center is busier than ever since it moved to a new $230 million building. Chief Operating Officer Mike Howard tells the Times Daily of Florence that the hospital has set records for numbers of surgeries and emergency room visits since the December 6 move.

7. The rich get richer as Alabama has the number one signing class after the first day of the early signing period — As if being in the College Football Playoff wasn’t enough, Alabama was able to win the first day of the early signing period with 22 signees. — The top four spots are all […]

The White House announced on Wednesday that Dr. Annette N. Shelby, the wife of United States Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), will be appointed by President Donald Trump to the prestigious Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In a statement to Yellowhammer News, Senator Shelby expressed his pride […]

Carnival Cruise Line says an autistic 22-year-old missing since Sunday had climbed over a ship’s deck rail, going overboard during a cruise from Alabama to the western Caribbean. The Miami-based company provided a statement from Luke Renner’s family, sent by a public relations firm.

The Alabama Ethics Commission dismissed a highly publicized complaint against Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday stemming from his campaign accepting contributions from the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) in Washington, D.C. The complaint was originally filed by one of Marshall’s primary election opponents, Troy King, during the campaign season. Marshall’s general election opponent, Democratic […]

President Donald Trump had made it clear, many times, he would do a government shutdown over the border. A timeline of Trump’s government shutdown threats as follows:   5/18/18: “We’re going to get the wall, even if we have to think about closing up the country for a little while.” 7/30/18: “If we don’t get […]

Christmas is the season of giving, helping others and finding magic moments among seemingly ordinary (and occasionally dreary) days. What better way to welcome this season than to share what Alabamians are doing to help others? Yellowhammer News and Serquest are partnering to bring you, “A Story Worth Sharing,” a monthly award given to an […]

As Christmas quickly approaches, a prayer captured on camera at an Alabama restaurant has gone viral, gaining national attention for its powerful message about faith and overcoming life’s obstacles. In a video posted by Maria Jefferson Monday that already has over 75,000 views, the owner of the Full Moon Bar-B-Que franchise in Fultondale, Tony Teichmiller, can […]