1. As the media criticizes Trump for dealing with Kim Jong Un, Trump tells Sean Hannity his strong rhetoric led to the summit — After spending last year telling us about how Trump’s reckless behavior will get us all killed, now Trump is being too nice. — When asked about this on “Hannity” last night, he […]

Last night, South Carolina State Rep. Katie Arrington pulled off what a lot of candidates in Alabama have attempted but haven’t entirely pulled off: She ran a race for and about President Donald Trump against an incumbent Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), who apparently wasn’t sufficiently onboard with the so-called “Make America Great Again” agenda. Then […]

In the 2015 Alabama Legislative Session, the Legislature passed legislation that required all county candidates and political action committees running for public office to file campaign finance reports with the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. The 2015 legislation did not change the requirement for all state candidates to file with the Alabama Secretary of State’s […]

An Alabama cabinet plant has abruptly closed, laying off 445 people. The Opelika-Auburn News reports Masterbrand Cabinets announced the closure of its Auburn plant Tuesday, citing market conditions and a change in consumer tastes.

My family and I love to travel, but we realize how expensive travel can be for some families. Luckily, Birmingham is equidistant from a lot of fabulous locations like the beach and the mountains. We also have a great airport, and it’s not too far of a drive to Atlanta if we need access to […]

America’s love affair with space exploration is back on. And while most launches are still originating from Florida’s Space Coast, many other states–particularly Alabama–are getting an economic shot in the arm from the revival. While America’s space exploration history reached its high-water mark with the first moon landing in 1969, the current space revival is […]

Police in Alabama have arrested the mother of a baby whose body was found inside a freezer in a hotel room. News outlets report 36-year-old Amanda Gail Oakes is charged with manslaughter and corpse abuse in the death of 6-month-old Curtis James Oakes.

Down here on the Gulf Coast, fishing is a way of life for many people. It is a tradition that spans generations and is one way we bond with our family and friends. In fact, some of my fondest memories happened while casting a reel. I remember my father showing me how to bait a […]

My favorite research of the past ten years – mainly because it, at least to some degree, defends my verbal reaction to spilling hot coffee – is the finding that using foul language has health benefits. “The words themselves don’t help us to better tolerate pain – but the emotional and physical reaction that we […]

Depending on who you watched or listened to this morning, the meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is either the greatest diplomatic feat of all time or a massive failure that will empower a madman. The reality is much simpler: We have no idea what is going to happen […]

A former deputy accused of choking a woman and sexually assaulting another has been arrested in Alabama. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office told WBMA-TV on Monday that 27-year-old James William Parsons is charged with domestic violence by strangulation, escape and sodomy.

An Alabama sheriff says five men have been arrested during a series of drug operations in recent weeks. Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale told news outlets Monday that cocaine, heroin, meth, opioids, marijuana, several guns and thousands in cash were seized.

According to a column written by Jackson County Sentinel Brandon Cox, one northeastern Alabama community has some “flat illegal” rules governing its town council meetings. Jackson County’s Paint Rock appears to be in violation of Alabama Open Meetings Act, a law that requires all governmental meetings to be open to the public.

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you back about 20 years ago to a story involving Monica Lewinsky, a 22-year-old intern at the White House, and President Bill Clinton. We know that story, but it recently came up again in an interview by NBC reporter, […]

Approximately 600 children and adults gathered in Conecuh National Forest to celebrate the reintroduction of the eastern indigo snake to its native habitat in south Alabama. The gathering marked the beginning of what organizers hope will become an annual event, the Eastern Indigo Snake and Wildlife Festival. The eastern indigo snake disappeared from the Alabama landscape in the 1950s. Today, […]

In conversations with most college officials, many CEOs, many politicians and race hustlers, it’s not long before the magical words “diversity” and “inclusiveness” drop from their lips. Racial minorities are the intended targets of this sociological largesse, but women are included, as well. This obsession with diversity and inclusion is in the process of leading […]

The publisher of an Alabama newspaper is leaving for Missouri, to take over operations for a group of community newspapers. Rex Maynor has been publisher at the Opelika-Auburn News since 2013.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a decision by the Washington Supreme Court upholding a judgment against a florist who refused to make a floral arrangement for a same-sex wedding. In so doing, the justices passed up an opportunity to fill in the blanks in last week’s high-profile ruling in favor of a […]

The director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama is retiring. Marshall officials say Todd May announced his retirement to employees at the Huntsville facility on Monday. It takes effect July 27.

1. The unlikely meeting of President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un finally happens — After the meet and great and photos, Trump tells Kim Jong Un, “We will solve it”— an agreement to denuclearize is in its infancy. — As the people who screamed about Trump’s bellicose “fire and fury” comments now […]

Authorities say an Alabama man is accused of shooting into an occupied vehicle and striking the driver. Authorities tell news outlets that 25-year-old Corey Wayne Melson, of Moulton, was taken into custody Thursday.

Last weekend more than 200 anti-abortion activists gathered for a “We Say No!” prayer vigil on the sidewalk in front of an undeveloped property adjacent to I-65 in downtown Birmingham that was recently purchased by Planned Parenthood Southeast, according to organizers. The Charismatic Episcopal Church for Life (CEC For Life), along with many other local pro-life […]

A onetime county official accused of taking about $750,000 in public funds in north Alabama is going to prison. News outlets report that Judge Pride Tompkins sentenced former Franklin County administrator Crista Lynn Madden to 20 years in prison during a hearing Monday.

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.) […]