Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether President Donald Trump and the Russians colluded to rig the 2016 presidential election so far has borne little fruit. The Democrats and their media allies would love to find some Russian collusion and interference. I can help them discover some, but I doubt that they will show much interest. Here […]

A southeast Alabama school system says it can’t punish students who are seen chanting a racial epithet and cursing the NAACP in a video on social media. Phenix City Schools superintendent Randy Wilkes told a news conference Monday the video showing five young men is “terribly offensive.” But he says it doesn’t have any apparent […]

1. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein agrees with Trump the IG should look in to surveillance abuses — The White House released a statement that reads like a vindication of Trump’s premise and an acquiescence to his request: “Based on the meeting with the President, the Department of Justice has asked the Inspector General to expand its […]

Alabama authorities are investigating a Facebook video posted by a prison inmate, showing two prisoners forcing a third at knifepoint to bend over for a spanking. AL.com reports the video posted Monday shows a 26-year-old St. Clair County Correctional Facility inmate holding a paddle and hitting an older inmate, while another inmate holds a large knife. […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/5_21_18_Austin_Perine.mp3 President Austin Perine and his dad, T.J., joined the Ford Faction crew to discuss his visit with the Atlanta Braves, why he helps feed the homeless, and what he has planned for the future. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.

As a staff sergeant in the Air Force, Houston native Melissa Villanueva was stationed throughout the world, from Kuwait to Indonesia, serving in communications and later as a medic. These days, Villanueva has shifted her medical focus to helping animals and her location of choice is Auburn University, which recently received national recognition as a […]

Authorities say a man’s body has been recovered from the truck that drove off a bridge and plunged into a river in Alabama. Gadsden Police Sgt. John Hallman told AL.com the adult white male’s body was found inside the burgundy truck pulled from the Coosa River on Monday, a day after it rammed through a […]

A coalition of more than 100 conservatives sent a letter to House Freedom Caucus (HFC) co-founder Jim Jordan Monday urging him to throw his name in to replace outgoing Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. “There must be a real race for Speaker of the House. Now. No backroom deals. A real race, starting this […]

State Sen. Bill Hightower is stressing his background as a businessman as he runs for governor on a sweeping platform of government overhauls that includes term limits for legislators and replacing the state income tax code with a flat tax. The Mobile Republican says he believes long-serving politicians have become the “enemy of improvement” in […]

In recent months, there have been ongoing and coordinated efforts to paint the Business Council of Alabama as an ineffective and financially troubled organization. These attacks are maliciously false. Those attacking our organization for their own political purposes are resorting to extreme lengths to undermine our organization. They continue to sling one baseless attack after another and hope something […]

Scott Dawson, a Republican candidate for the governor of Alabama, criticized Gov. Kay Ivey and a state agency last week, for funding that went to an Alabama based LGBTQ non-profit organization. Since then, it seems as if the gubernatorial race in Alabama has been turned upside down. In his statement Tuesday, Dawson said, “Let me […]

The most predictable thing in America is that we will have another school shooting soon. We don’t know where it will be, but it is coming. Every delay in addressing these issues is another day closer to more dead kids, and an eventual mass casualty event in Alabama. We can talk about hardening targets via […]

A New Jersey high school principal apologized Friday for a “Party Like It’s 1776” theme at prom. Dr. Dennis Perry, principal of Cherry Hill High School, posted on his Twitter feed an apology for the theme printed on prom tickets, calling the decision “insensitive and irresponsible,” reported Fox News. “I especially apologize to our African […]

A 5-year-old Alabama boy died after getting caught up in rough surf on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The News Herald reports Christian Doyle of Dothan, Alabama, was one of three swimmers pulled from the water off Panama City Beach on Saturday evening. Officials say single red surf warning signs were flying at the time, notifying beachgoers […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, last week, we talked about the opening of the new embassy in Jerusalem by the United States. Guatemala, later in the week, also moved their embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. Harry, in the aftermath of what happened on that day, there were, as […]

President Donald Trump’s Hire American plan includes helping former inmates find gainful employment, he said Friday at the White House Prison Reform Summit. “When we talk about our national program to hire American, this must include helping millions of former inmates get back into the workforce as gainfully employed citizens,” the president said. “At the […]

Most 4-year-olds live with only a few things on their minds: Mom, Dad, siblings, play, eat and drink. Not Austin Perine. He feeds the homeless. Ask him why, and be prepared for a simple but wise answer. “If you were homeless, would you want to be fed? Well, that’s why I’m feeding the homeless, because […]

Authorities say a 61-year-old old inmate has escaped from Alabama’s prison for elderly and sick prisoners. A statement from the Department of Corrections say Davis Curtis Wood was wearing only white boxer shorts when he fled the Hamilton Aged and Infirmed Center on Monday morning.

Storms that moved across the Deep South left damage scattered across three states. The Storm Prediction Center says high winds toppled trees and power lines in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia on Sunday. No serious injuries are being reported, but a storm ripped the roof off a business in the north Alabama town of Hazel Green […]

After Pyongyang railed this week that the U.S.-South Korean Max Thunder military drills were a rehearsal for an invasion of the North, and imperiled the Singapore summit, the Pentagon dialed them back. The B-52 exercises alongside F-22 stealth fighters were canceled. But Pyongyang had other objections. Sunday, NSC adviser John Bolton spoke of a “Libyan […]

A search is resuming Monday for a truck that drove off a bridge and plunged into a river in Alabama. Gadsden Fire Chief Steve Carroll tells news outlets that witnesses reported the truck plowed through a guardrail on the Meighan Bridge on Sunday afternoon and went into the Coosa River.

1. Another school shooting leads same old arguments  — Ten were killed and 13 were wounded when a student opened fire on his classmates with a shotgun and a handgun. — In spite of the numerous laws this kid broke, lawmakers continue to push for solutions that have NOTHING to do with this event. 2. Calls […]

Miguel Angel Jimenez finally got to light up a victory cigar after winning a senior major championship. Jimenez won the Regions Tradition on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions major title, closing with a 2-under 70 for a three-stroke victory. He celebrated with a big embrace from fellow Spaniard and two-time Masters winner Jose […]

A recent broadcast of National Public Radio’s “On the Media” took an in-depth look at Africatown, a community three miles north of downtown Mobile that was built by a group of West African slaves brought illegally to the United States on The Clotilda in 1860. The episode of “On the Media” hosted by Brooke Gladstone […]