Defending national champion Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason coaches’ poll, with Clemson No. 2 and Ohio State No. 3. The Crimson Tide received 61 one first-place votes from a panel of major-college coaches in the poll released Thursday. The Associated Press media poll will be released Aug. 20. Alabama won its […]

The president of the United States attacking his own Attorney General should be a pretty shocking thing. Unfortunately, in the Trump Administration, it has become a regular occurrence. President Trump’s attacks on Jeff Sessions all center around two issues: his recusal on all things Russia and his failure to put Trump’s political foes in jail, […]

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded the city of Good Hope in Cullman County a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant to go toward extending sewer service to AGCOR Steel’s new 128,000-square-foot facility. The city will use grant funds to provide 3,600 feet of sewer force mains, 1,000 feet of gravity sewer mains and a new lift […]

An Alabama nonprofit is revolutionizing the way charitable organizations operate, and how volunteers can help them. Serquest is the brainchild of Henry Hammond Cobb IV of Montgomery, who envisioned a web-based solution that would bring nonprofits into the 21st century. “The idea for Serquest is, how do we create a product for all nonprofits to […]

An Alabama police chief is on leave after authorities reported finding marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his patrol car and home. AL.com reports court records made public Wednesday show the search of Lipscomb Police Chief Brian “Scott” Martin’s house and patrol car turned up marijuana and two bongs.

The Alabama Ethics Commission says a former mayor violated an ethics law. AL.com reported the ethics panel said Wednesday evidence shows former Birmingham Mayor William Bell committed a minor violation that should be handled administratively. 

7. Those Russian Facebook trolls banned yesterday led to the three anti-Trump protests. — 32 different Russian-controlled Facebook pages were removed from Facebook, leaving their hundreds of thousand fans to find information elsewhere. — The “Resisters” group hosted three different events. All were anti-Trump, which leads one to believe the Russians just want chaos. 6. Democrat […]

A Selma woman who police say shot and killed her estranged husband in her own driveway has been charged with murder-domestic violence. Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier tells AL.com that 38-year-old Jacqueline Dixon is charged in the Tuesday morning shooting death of 44-year-old Carl Omar Dixon.

The Alabama Ethics Commission says a retiring member of the House of Representatives can work as House Speaker Mac McCutcheon’s chief of staff without violating the “revolving door” provision of state ethics law. Commissioners issued the advisory opinion Wednesday for Republican Rep. Mark Tuggle of Alexander City.

Staff members from both the Alabama Republican Party and the Alabama Democratic Party reported to the office of Secretary of State on Wednesday to certify and file the names of their candidates nominated in either the June 5 primary or the July 17 runoff. State law directs state party executive committees to certify with the […]

Once so popular that he ran unopposed for re-election to the Senate in both the Republican primary and in the general election, Attorney General Jeff Sessions now finds himself under fire from all sides. Democrats across the country never much cared for him, and now Republicans hold him in low standing, as well. A Morning […]

While voter turnout was low in last month’s Primary Runoff election, Bullock County had extremely low numbers with only 208 ballots being cast in the Republican Primary, says a report by Union Springs Herald. One precinct, Guerryton, failed to have a single voter cast a ballot, which is seemingly unheard of, especially for a Republican […]

The media’s obsession with the term “gaslighting” in relation to President Donald Trump’s less than truthful statements and projections is rather amusing. But, what is often missed is that the folks in the media are actively “gaslighting” the American public about the fear the media feels. The main perpetrator of this nonsense is none other […]

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised Sen. Richard Shelby on Wednesday for his extraordinary leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “As he took the reins of the Appropriations Committee, he made it clear that, working with Senator Leahy, regular order would be the name of the game,” Leader McConnell said on the Senate floor. Under Shelby’s […]

Five teenagers have been selected National Student Poets, a program that will have them serve as ambassadors at everything from literary readings to community service. Daniel Blokh of Birmingham, Alabama, was named one of the five. The other students cited Wednesday were Darius Atefat-Peckham of Interlochen, Michigan, Ariana Smith of Las Vegas, Nevada, Alexandra Contreras-Montesano […]

The U.S. Senate has confirmed a Georgia Supreme Court justice to serve on a federal appeals court. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Justice Britt Grant to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A group of Alabama protesters showed up at the Alabama State House Wednesday in Montgomery to voice their disdain for the National Rifle Association (NRA). In the video sent to Yellowhammer News, protesters can be heard chanting, “The NRA has got to go.”

An Alabama man is accused of soliciting a 14-year-old girl for sexual favors online. Capt. Trent Beasley with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office tells news outlets that 21-year-old Noah Zachary Bracaloni was arrested Monday on a charge of electronic solicitation of a child.

It took 46 years for varsity football to become a reality at Mobile’s University of South Alabama. For many of those years, from the institution’s founding in 1963 up until the kickoff of its first varsity football game in 2009, the school’s leadership treated not having football like it was a badge of honor. In […]

7. Results of the tax cuts are being felt on every level. More cuts are being suggested, including some using executive power — 90 percent of Americans are receiving more take-home pay today than before the tax cuts, More employers are announcing benefit increases for employers. — Trump and lawmakers continue to talk about making the […]

An Alabama woman who tried to get sheriff’s deputies to unlock her car has landed up locked up. Citing court records, the Montgomery Advertiser reports 30-year-old Kimberly DeShun Gardner pleaded guilty to filing a false report Tuesday.

Prosecutors say an inmate who drove a truck at a guard in Alabama has been sentenced to seven more years in prison. U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. tells news outlets in a Tuesday statement 42-year-old Elvis Mark Hartrick received the sentence for assaulting a correctional officer with a deadly weapon.

Over and over again, we hear that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. With nothing more than wishful thinking, and a baseless theory of collusion, Democrats continue to cry foul and ardently support Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the matter. The political circus, often called a witch hunt (among other things) by the president, […]

Alabama’s public schools have been ranked 44th best in the country by the personal finance website WalletHub, which is slightly lower than two other recent rankings by U.S. News and World Report and Education Week. Researchers at WalletHub examined various criteria across two categories – quality and safety – to make their determinations. Those criteria […]