Facebook announced plans Thursday to build a $750 million data center in Huntsville that will create 100 high-paying jobs and provide a boost to Alabama’s emerging technology sector. Governor Kay Ivey joined Facebook officials and local leaders at an announcement ceremony for the data center project at the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber. “We are excited to […]

Yellowhammer News editor J. Pepper Bryars recently discussed Planned Parenthood, double standards for conservatives and North Korea on the Ford Faction radio program, which airs from noon-2 p.m. daily on WDYE 101.1 FM in Birmingham and Huntsville. Listen to the interview here: Among the topics discussed:

I love the game of Monopoly. The hope that I will land on expensive properties first, the poker-esque bluffing, and the art of deal-making with unsuspecting friends makes for a great game night. Even though I love Monopoly, I don’t always enjoy it. When I’ve missed out on important properties and am mortgaging the few […]

Crews are searching for a man who went missing in the Tombigbee River near McIntosh. The U.S. Coast Guard said early Friday that a helicopter crew from New Orleans was working with police, volunteers and others in the search.

“I also have a dream.” This rallying cry, handwritten on a simple white placard held up by an Asian-American mom at a protest this week against liberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to radically transform New York City’s public schools, says it all. A new civil rights struggle in education has exploded […]

An American pilot is being buried at Arlington National Cemetery more than 70 years after he crashed on a Pacific island during World War II. Second Lt. Robert Keown (pronounced Cow-uhn) was flying a P-38 aircraft that went down in Papua New Guinea in 1944.

1. Report that has multiple instances of bias, declares there was no bias — just really terrible job performance –Somehow a report that included texts from FBI agents, attorneys, and even a redacted attorney talking about being part of the “resistance”, was found by the IG to have “no bias” . Still, they will train their agents […]

A story circulating online falsely suggests the head of the Alabama Democratic Party has recently been arrested. The stories posted this week on sites called Conservative Army and Right Wing News says that Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley was “recently” in legal trouble after being indicted for several felonies and misdemeanors and had been […]

Facebook announced Thursday that it is investing $750 million to build a new data center in Huntsville. Gov. Kay Ivey announced the project during a news conference in Huntsville. Ivey’s office said the $750 million center will employ 100 people with an average annual salary of nearly $80,000. Ivey said she was pleased that a “forward-thinking, […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/6_13_18_Mike_Rogers.m4a Congressman Mike Rogers was able to make a call in to The Ford Faction to talk about the Kim Jong-Un/Donald Trump summit that took place this week in Singapore.  Rogers went into depth on what this meant for the country and how it showed leadership to do it.

A New Hampshire high school senior class president about to head out for military training couldn’t make his graduation, so he got his own personal ceremony instead. People attending the Prospect Mountain High School senior awards program Wednesday night were asked to stay after the event ended.

The popular true-crime podcast “S-Town” is being developed as a movie. The film production company Participant Media has acquired the feature-film rights to the seven-episode podcast.

They say this is the Golden Age of Poultry. Chicken consumption has hit an all-time high, outpacing beef, pork, and turkey. According to USDA estimates, beef was being consumed at 84.4 pounds per person per year in 1970. Today? That number is projected to be 57.9 pounds per person in 2018. Chicken consumption, on the other hand, is […]

On May 18, Weston Spivey graduated high school from Ridgecrest Christian in Dothan. In the June 5 primary elections, he beat incumbent Geneva County Commissioner Bryan Hatton for his District 1 seat. “A lot of no’s and a lot of ‘there ain’t no way you can win this race with who you’re running against,’” the […]

In Republican primaries, we’re seeing the argument about who loves Trump the most taking center-stage. With Congressman Mark Sanford in South Carolina it mattered, but with Congressman Mo Brooks in North Alabama it did not, and with Congresswoman Martha Roby’s primary in the Wiregrass it is shaping up to be a race between a Republican […]

An Alabama man will serve 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing an opponent who was shot to death over a game of dominoes. The Decatur Daily reports 68-year-old Sterling Gerome Warren received the sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of 32-year-old Thomas Jerome Bibb Jr. in 2013.

The Birmingham area’s failed bid to be the site of Amazon’s second headquarters is being credited with helping it get in line for another big Amazon project: A distribution center that could open next year. The region submitted a proposal for Amazon’s new headquarters, but it wasn’t selected as a finalist when the company narrowed […]

In an interview with Mobile NBC affiliate WPMI 15 on Wednesday, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) addressed the possibility of President Donald Trump being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts regarding North Korea. Byrne told WPMI’s Jessica Townsend that despite what critics were saying about Trump’s summit in Singapore with North Korean dictator Kim […]

“It’s a tour guide into the business world.” That’s how Matthew Hanks, a doctoral candidate in kinesiology, described the new Tiger Cage Summer Accelerator Program for Auburn University student-led startups. “It’s assuming you know very little about starting your own business, then guiding you through it,” said Hanks, one of 12 students from eight business […]

Kilauea on the island of Hawaii began erupting on May 3, and has to date destroyed about 600 homes. The terrifying pictures led me to wonder why anyone would build a home on one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Hawaii’s regulation of property insurance provides part of the explanation, and Kilauea’s eruption offers a […]

Rep. Martha Roby has found herself in muddy water as she seeks to serve the people of Alabama through another term in Congress. Last week, Rep. Roby was forced into a runoff after failing to garner more than 50 percent of the votes from her district. She now faces Bobby Bright, a former Democrat, in […]

There has been so much written about “what women really mean when they say something,” the topic should have its own wing in the Library of Congress. For men it’s much simpler. When your dad says he doesn’t want a gift for Father’s Day, it usually means either a.) he really wants something, or b.) […]

Police say a 35-year-old Alabama man accused of having more than 30 child pornography videos on his computer has been arrested. Huntsville Police Lt. Michael Jackson told Al.com on Wednesday that Michael Justin Berger had videos depicting children as young as 3.

This week, President Trump went to Singapore to meet with the most repressive dictator on the planet, North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un. Kim presides over a slave state of 25 million people, with gulags stacked with hundreds of thousands of political dissidents. He has diligently pursued nuclear weapons and long-range missile tests. He […]