**SPOILER ALERT! Article contains many spoilers about the film** I went to see A Quiet Place, John Krasinski’s new thriller, with absolutely no anticipation of finding theological or spiritual themes. I just wanted a fun evening at the movies. How wonderful when a film surprises you! I don’t know if I can find the golden […]

An east Alabama school system is shutting down for the day as a precaution because of a threat. WSFA-TV reports that officials closed schools in Macon County on Monday because of a threat posted on social media. Sheriff Andre Brunson says the decision was made to close the county’s school in consultant with the superintendent, […]

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 […]

Army officials are now acknowledging they’ve investigated reports of child-on-child sexual assaults at Fort Rucker. The disclosure comes amid an Associated Press investigation that found many sexual assault reports among children at U.S. military bases where service member families live have languished in a dead zone of justice, in which victims and offenders go without help. […]

If Donald Trump does not wish to collaborate in the destruction of his presidency, he will refuse to be questioned by the FBI, or by a grand jury, or by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his malevolent minions. Should Mueller subpoena him, as he has threatened to do, Trump should ignore the subpoena, and frame […]

The body of an Alabama woman missing for nearly a month has been found in a forest. News outlets cite a Winston County Sheriff’s Office release that says a private search party found the body of 55-year-old Jennifer Marshell White inside her vehicle in the Bankhead National Forest area Sunday. She was last seen on […]

1. Special Counsel Robert Mueller questioned by a judge about the legitimacy of parts of the investigation — Judge T.S. Ellis III questioned whether or not Mueller’s team had a reason to be going after former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort other than to get Trump. — The judge said, “You don’t really care about […]

Teachers in the Huntsville City School District will start seeing more money starting next year thanks to a vote by the board of education. Thursday’s move will dedicate over $10 million in increases over the next three years for teachers, which is on top of the 2.5 percent state mandated pay increase. District officials say […]

It’s been six months since Rachel and I began editing Yellowhammer News, bringing with us a traditionally conservative focus on politics, culture and faith, a new and experienced team of writers, and an innovative new website design. And the response has been incredible – Yellowhammer News articles are now being read more than half a million times […]

The city of Auburn is looking to take part in a $40 million project to upgrade recreation facilities and new parks. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that the 13 projects could see new parks and athletic fields along with enhancements to the Auburn Public Library. The projects will be included for approval on the May 15 […]

The Coast Guard says a barge carrying scrap metal caught fire on a river near southwest Alabama. A news release says the barge caught fire on the Mobile River around 10 a.m. Sunday. No crewmembers were reported to be aboard the barge when it caught fire. There have been no reports of pollution or injuries. […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories including: — What do the recent polls done on Alabama’s statewide races tell us? — Is Sue Bell Cobb wise to advocating for the raising of taxes while running for the Democrat Gubernatorial nomination?

The Alabama Public Service Commission’s decision last week to allow Alabama Power to modify its rate system and to reduce rates for consumers a total of $337 million over the next two years is a triumph for ratepayers. Rate stability is something that Alabama Power customers have not always enjoyed. In the past four decades, […]

In regards to the disturbance caused by Kanye West’s comments on slavery, West provided clarification that I believe is much less inflammatory than the original statement. That statement seemed to mean that he believes slavery was voluntary—an ignorant, insulting comment without the clarification that followed. I found that the media at times did not include […]

War continues to ravage eastern Ukraine, where conflict erupted in April 2014, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the violent actions of pro-Russian separatists. Along with forcing millions of people from their homes, the ongoing conflict has also resulted in the harsh persecution of Protestant pastors and churches throughout the territories that are occupied by […]

A major evangelical website recently reviewed a new book on the rise of technology in which the review lamented the challenges Christians face when navigating the digital world led by Google, Amazon, and Facebook. It was a helpful review of what seems to be a valuable book. But there was plenty of cyberspace irony. The […]

By Joe Hendrix, Kamtek training area leader As the Kamtek Training Area Leader, I see firsthand how beneficial the Apprenticeship Alabama program is both to our company and to the employees who use the skills they learn throughout their careers. Our manufacturing company utilizes the Apprenticeship Alabama program via the AlabamaWorks initiative. We have two […]

Michelle Wolf is not the first so-called comic to maliciously insult conservatives and Republicans at a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, but she was intentionally mean-spirited, and even after the blowback, she’s unrepentant. Members of the liberal mainstream media have expressed disapproval over some of Wolf’s comments, saying she went too far. But I’m not […]

NBC News aired a segment about Canadian academic Jordan Peterson that labeled him an “alt-right intellectual.” Verdict: False Peterson not only rejects identity politics, including the white nationalist underpinnings of the alt-right – he actively tries to steer his followers away from the political fringes. Richard Spencer and other alt-right leaders have criticized Peterson for […]

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and four other Democrats received “illegally over-sized campaign donations” from Rosie O’Donnell, according to a report in the NY Post. The newspaper analyzed campaign finance reports and found that O’Donnell has “regularly” exceeded the contribution limits of $2,700 per election set by the Federal Election Commission. “Alabama Sen. Doug Jones disclosed […]

The case of Alfie Evans, a terminally ill British infant who died several days after being taken off ventilation, has raised troubling concerns about the state’s authority to intervene in parental rights. But it also has caused some to wonder what they would have done if they were Alfie’s parents. We often aren’t prepared for […]

Friday in an interview with Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) talked about the upcoming midterm elections and what that could mean for his party, especially coming off of his 2017 U.S. Senate special election upset victory. With a full slate of Democrats vying for statewide and congressional offices, Jones argued the […]

Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration this week for making changes to Title X family planning grant applications to favor abstinence education. Three Planned Parenthood affiliates – in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Utah – filed their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia claiming […]

With elections upon us, we are being inundated with messages from politicians seeking validation from voters at the ballot box. Election season always reminds me of the discussion among the disciples at the last supper as they jockeyed among themselves to determine who was the greatest among them. Jesus saw this discussion as an opportunity […]