Three species – red snapper, Eastern wild turkeys and white-tailed deer – dominated the discussion at the Alabama Conservation Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting last weekend in Tuscaloosa. With the red snapper recreational season opening on June 1, Chris Blankenship, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), thanked Marine Resources and other […]

Authorities seized enough fentanyl to cause 26 million fatal overdoses in the largest drug bust in Nebraska state history. Officers with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted a routine traffic stop April 26 of a semi-truck driving on the shoulder of Interstate 80 near Kearney, Neb., and quickly became suspicious of the driver and passenger. The truck looked empty, […]

Alabama is sending a National Guard helicopter and guardsmen to help patrol the Mexican border at the request of President Donald Trump’s administration. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday that the helicopter and five guard members will support the Texas National Guard in partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Robert Mueller is running a witch hunt, not an investigation, and it needs to be shut down now. As folks across East Alabama have seen on the news, after a year and $25 million of taxpayer money, the only real collusion uncovered was between the Clinton campaign and a small corrupt group in the FBI. […]

Those vying to be Alabama’s top lawyer generally agree that criminals shouldn’t be allowed to keep the gains of their crimes, but the debate about law enforcement’s ability to seize the assets of suspected criminals pits Attorney General Steve Marshall against his Republican and Democrat competitors. In their responses to an Alabama Policy Institute and […]

It is late May and we are talking about the NFL. This normally does not happen but for some reason the NFL wanted to get back into the culture war over entitled NFL brats kneeling about police brutality or something. The NFL’s announcement should be music to the national GOP ears, and more importantly, to […]

Many of Alabama’s 2018 high school graduates will start college this fall. Unfortunately, many recent college graduates report putting off buying cars or homes, saving for retirement, or marriage due to student loan debt. Will Alabama’s new grads face this fate? Student loans now total almost $1.5 trillion, with 2016 graduates averaging $28,000 in debt. […]

Roger Clark, a drummer who contributed to the legendary Muscle Shoals sound, has died. The Times Daily reports that guitarist Travis Wammack says Clark died of a heart attack Thursday at home, at the age of 67. Clark worked at FAME Recording Studios and Wishbone Recording Studio in the 1970s and ’80s, playing on albums […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: SPORTS GAMBLING — NOW STATE DECISION TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, about two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court decided to allow states to make their own decisions when it comes to sports gambling. The case Murphy v. National Collegian Athletic Association dealt with if the government […]

Often times we forget how scary the world we live in really is. We often do not think about those that walk the streets and shop alongside us at supermarkets. We forget that there are actually people who live amongst us that cause harm day in and day out to one of America’s most precious […]

Washington, D.C. — one of the most visited cities in the world — oozes a sense of superiority and power. How could it not? Our nation’s Capitol building is truly enormous, the Secret Service and Capitol police carry rifles regularly, and the president of the most powerful country in the world lives within its borders. […]

Authorities say an Alabama man has been indicted on more than 6,500 child pornography charges. News outlets report that 50-year-old Jeffery Dale Hunt of Cherokee is being held with bail set at $10 million following his arrest Thursday. Police say an indictment returned this week includes 4,378 counts of possession of child pornography and 2,169 […]

Forecasters say a tropical weather system moving toward the Gulf of Mexico is strengthening. The National Hurricane Center said Friday that a low pressure system in the northwestern Caribbean Sea has become better defined overnight and could be a tropical depression or storm by Saturday. They put chances of formation at 90 percent over the […]

Educrat (ED-yoo-krat) noun, usually pejorative. A government school official or administrator whose primary function is to spend tax dollars telling other parents what to do with their children. Beltway education bureaucrats abhor families who choose to keep their kids out of public schools — unless it’s to grandstand over gun control. Behold Arne Duncan, longtime […]

Alabama prison officials say a state inmate is on the loose after escaping in central Alabama. A statement from the Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Anthony Scott Marler fled a work-release center in Childersburg early Friday. Marler was last seen wearing a white prison uniform.

1. President Donald Trump pulls out of North Korea summit, American media cheers, North Korea wants back in — Trump announced the news in a letter where he both threatened nuclear war and invited North Korea back to the table after North Korea destroyed a nuke site, sat down with South Korea, and released three Americans. […]

John Doxakis carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Texas A&M beat Auburn 4-2 on Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. The Aggies (39-19) move into the semifinals while Auburn (39-20) faces Mississippi on Friday in an elimination game. Doxakis (7-5) didn’t allow a hit until Jay Estes’ infield single to lead off […]

The defense spending bill passed Thursday by the House of Representatives includes a provision aggressively pushed by an Alabama congressman — a space force. But don’t expect Captain Kirk to be leading the Enterprise in missions beyond the solar system anytime soon. Those kinds of operations are still the stuff of science fiction. The idea […]

While some Democrats are using the White House’s announcement that the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was canceled as an opportunity to take shots at President Donald Trump, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is taking the high road. On Thursday, Alabama’s junior U.S. Senator reacted to Trump’s statement saying it […]

Republican lieutenant governor candidate Will Ainsworth is airing a new campaign commercial that focuses on fighting government corruption and portrays career politicians as masked burglars. “This ad acknowledges that those who steal from others to enrich themselves are criminals whether they wear a ski mask in a bank or a suit and tie in the […]

Taking a baby to the beach is no small feat. But a little planning before your beach trip will go a long way in ensuring you have the most relaxing trip possible. Notice I said trip, not vacation, as taking a baby to the beach will probably never feel like a vacation. But that doesn’t […]

A school district in Alabama is investigating after a video surfaced that reportedly shows a Jefferson Davis High School teacher making fun of a student. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the video captures a student alone in a classroom with a teacher while a woman narrates and taunts the student. The woman taunts the student for […]

Each day, law enforcement officers leave the safety of their homes not knowing if they will pass back through their own front doors at the end of the work day. They leave their families behind to ensure the safety of our loved ones at schools, in neighborhoods, and on the roadways. There is never enough […]

Civil asset forfeiture is a useful tool, but it needs reform. That sentiment is unanimous among Republican candidates for governor of Alabama. Civil asset forfeiture is the legal process by which law enforcement seizes the property of those it assumes to be involved in criminal activities. The seizures are allowed by law to occur even […]