A man in Alabama has been accused of fatally shooting his brother-in-law. Fifty-seven-year-old Danny Elmus Perrin is charged with murder for the death of 66-year-old Johnny Michael Foster. AL.com reports Foster was found dead in his Walker County home Tuesday night. Sheriff Jim Underwood says Perrin called his son that night and said he killed […]

Last week, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) teachers’ union lost a pivotal case at the Alabama Supreme Court. Specifically, the court dismissed the AEA’s challenge of interim State Education Superintendent Dr. Ed Richardson’s authority to close and sell the Montgomery Public School (MPS) system’s underutilized property. To recap, elements of the MPS system have been […]

We are less than four weeks away from our June 5th primary. Those of us who follow Alabama politics have pointed to this year as being a very entertaining and interesting gubernatorial year. However, last year’s resignation by former Governor, Robert Bentley and the ascension of Kay Ivey from Lt. Governor to the Governor’s office has put […]

An Alabama district attorney says 13 people have been arrested in connection to an undercover investigation that led to the seizure of 128 gambling machines. Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly tells AL.com that each person pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing illegal gambling machines. Connolly says an undercover investigation by the county drug task force […]

If you are running for governor in Alabama, you are apparently in better health than anyone else your age. Sen. Bill Hightower is apparently in “excellent physical health“, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle’s doctor says he is in “very good” health, Evangelist Scott Dawson can thank God for what his doctor calls “excellent physical health“, and […]

An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman found dead in a car two months ago. News outlets report Mobile police arrested 51-year-old Kenneth Lee Campbell on a murder charge Wednesday. He’s accused in the death of 27-year-old Lelia Smith, who was found dead March 3.

GE Aviation opened factory complex in Alabama Wednesday that will be the only U.S. location to produce unique materials used to manufacture ceramic components poised to revolutionize jet propulsion. The center in Huntsville is comprised of two adjacent factories standing on 100 acres, where silicon carbide (SiC) materials will be mass produced. The plants are […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW WHITE HOUSE FAITH AND OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to an article out of World Magazine, headline “Donald Trump Announces New White House Faith Initiative.” The president marked the National Day of Prayer last Thursday with a Rose Garden ceremony […]

An industrial accident at a lime plant in Alabama has seriously injured one worker. Alabaster Fire Executive Officer Rowdy Tidwell tells AL.com that a worker was badly burned in an explosion at Lhoist North America on Wednesday evening. He’s been airlifted to a hospital.

May 5th was the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, the economist who devised socialism. Last November was the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the first attempt to implement Marx’s ideas. During the 20th Century, millions of revolutionaries fought for communism, and today polls show that perhaps half of Millennials identify as socialists. What is […]

A coral snake bite has left an Alabama man paralyzed in an intensive care unit. News outlets report Jeffrey Phillips was bitten last week when he mistook the snake his children discovered in their yard for a king snake. He was rushed to Anderson Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, where antivenin was flown in to save […]

Steve Marshall is a champion for Second Amendment rights. In his first year in office, he has led the fight both in Alabama and beyond to ensure that the individual right to bear arms is protected. One of his first official acts as Attorney General was to lead twenty-five states in standing up for the […]

Responding to her primary challengers and questions about her physical condition, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released a letter from her doctor on Wednesday saying the 73-year-old is in “excellent health.” In the brief letter, Dr. Brian Elrod wrote that he sees “no medical issues that would prevent (Ivey) from fulfilling her obligations as governor.” Elrod […]

Team Obama lives in a world of fiction. As President Trump announced to the world that he would finally put a stake through the heart of the Iran deal — the signal foreign policy “achievement” of the Obama administration — Obama’s former staffers lamented, rending their sackcloth and smearing their ashes. “I will never forget […]

In a letter sent to Federal Election Commission acting general counsel Lisa J. Stevenson on the FEC to allow candidates to use campaign funds on childcare. She argued such a move would “break down barriers” that prevent women from running for office and work toward making Congress a body “that reflects the diversity of the […]

1. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returns from North Korea with 3 hostages — One day after President Donald Trump ended the Iran Deal, and his detractors said this would screw up any North Korean negotiations, Pompeo brought Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song, and Kim Sang Duk home. — The release of the three Americans is seen as […]

Alabama should remove a statue from its Capitol grounds honoring a 19th century doctor who operated on slaves without anesthesia as he sought new ways to treat childbirth complications, a group led by a state lawmaker said Wednesday. The statue, erected in 1939, lauds Dr. J. Marion Sims as the “father of modern gynecology.” However, […]

Lawmakers and political observers say the Business Council of Alabama still has plenty of pull in the state despite some loses in the State House and speculation about the future of the group’s chief executive officer. “I think it’s been effective,” said William Stewart, a political science professor at the University of Alabama who argues […]

Failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is endorsing his former campaign manager in an Alabama congressional race. Moore on Wednesday announced support for longtime ally Rich Hobson in the GOP primary for the 2nd District congressional seat now held by Republican Rep. Martha Roby. In a statement released by Hobson’s campaign, Moore said Hobson’s, “reputation […]

Okay, Mr. or Ms. Procrastinator, this is for you. Probably barely noticed it in your busy schedule, but in a few days it will be Mother’s Day and you’ll be in panic mode because as usual you haven’t bought her a gift yet. You can admit it. So instead of being that person shopping at […]

Alabama lieutenant governor candidate Will Ainsworth hit TV again this week, this time with an ad depicting corrupt politicians as burglars. The ad by Ainsworth, a state representative from Guntersville, is part of a previously announced $1.2 million TV campaign that dwarfs his competitors. The spot features Ainsworth in the foreground as masked burglars leave […]

Who says Republicans can’t let loose? Alabama officials, candidates, media personalities and party people (Republican Party, that is) rocked the runway Wednesday, modeling ties by Dillard’s and outfits by local boutiques at the Republican Women of Huntsville’s “Make Fashion Great Again” event at the Huntsville Botanical Garden. WATCH the Facebook Live video … it gets […]

Three police officers in Alabama have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a man who said he was suicidal. News outlets report a Huntsville police incident review board announced Tuesday that the Huntsville officers followed proper procedures in the April 3 encounter. Police spokesman Lt. Michael Johnson says 49-year-old Jeffery Louis Parker reported he […]

An Alabama man is accused of raping an underage girl. Dothan Police Lt. Lynn Watkins tells The Dothan Eagle that 40-year-old Emiliano Rodriguez was arrested Monday night, after police received a complaint from the victim’s mother. Watkins says information is limited because the victim is a juvenile. The case is still under investigation.