Alabama authorities say they’ve found the body of a man believed to have been killed in retaliation for the slaying of a former Green Bay Packers player. Sheriff’s officials tell area media 21-year-old Darryl Thomas appears to have been killed in retribution for the shooting death of former Packers defensive lineman Carlos Gray.

Last week we made you aware that five of the nine seats on our State Supreme Court are up for election this year. In addition, our Court of Civil Appeals and Criminal Appeals have several members up for election. The folks who sit on these courts essentially have zero name identification. Even when polling is done soon after […]

A new lab specializing in digital forensics is operating in Huntsville, Alabama. The FBI and local leaders held a ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening of the Tennessee Valley Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. The center is one of 17 such facilities in nationwide specializing in training and the analysis of digital evidence.

Spencer Gallagher has been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for violating its substance-abuse policy, less than a week after winning his first career Xfinity Series race. The 28-year-old Gallagher agreed to participate in NASCAR’s substance-abuse recovery program. Other details were not disclosed Wednesday.

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: IS OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL DIET AS IMPORTANT AS OUR PHYSICAL DIET? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to an op-ed piece in USA Today. It appeared about two weeks ago written by Art Friends, a clinical psychologist. He says — remember, you are what you […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/5_1_18_Chip_Beeker.mp3 Chip Beeker, a member of the Alabama Public Service Commission, joined The Ford Faction to talk about the $337 million savings for Alabama Power customers over the next two years. Beeker went into detail about what led to this decision and what it means for the customers.  He even mentions his granddaughter who is only nine […]

Candidates for public office, once elected, bring their underlying principles and perspectives on policy issues into office with them, thus defining how they govern. It is important for citizens to know and understand the candidates for which they are voting, and Yellowhammer News and the Alabama Policy Institute (API) are partnering to bring that information […]

John “Jab’o” Starks, one of the drummers who gave funk singer James Brown his driving beat, has died in his native Alabama. Starks died Tuesday in Mobile days after entering hospice care for a bone marrow disorder and cancer, longtime manager Kathie Williams said Wednesday. He was 79. Starks played with Bobby “Blue” Bland for […]

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 […]

A woman originally sentenced to die for the 1982 rape and slaying of a 13-year-old Georgia girl in Alabama has waived her parole hearing. Fifty-three-year-old Judith Ann Neelley says in a letter obtained by AL.com that she waived the hearing to avoid further traumatizing Lisa Ann Millican’s family. Court documents say Neelley kidnapped Millican for […]

It’s easy to dismiss Kanye West. It’s easy to dismiss him because he’s nutty. This is a fellow who tweets about antique fish tanks and fur pillows. This is the guy who calls himself Yeezus (after Jesus) and suggested that then-President George W. Bush didn’t care about black people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. […]

A decomposed body found in a car trunk in Alabama has been identified as a man who has been missing for weeks. Birmingham Police say the body is 47-year-old Michael Steven Matthew. AL.com reports his death has been ruled a homicide and an investigation is underway. Matthew was last seen at his apartment in early […]

1. Gov. Kay Ivey’s poll numbers continue to look good, Huntsville’s mayor Tommy Battle is in second place with only 11 points — In a poll of 600 Alabamians, Ivey leads the four person GOP field with 47 percent. She leads in all demographic groups. — Battle is strong on his home turf of North […]

Rev. Al Sharpton attended a town hall in Alabama to show support for a black woman whose contentious arrest at a Waffle House sparked anger when the video went viral online. WALA-TV reports hundreds attended the meeting at Bethel AME church in Mobile, Alabama, to show support for Chikesia Clemons. Police in Saraland, Alabama, say […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/4_30_18_Bradley_Bryne.mp3 Congressman Bradley Byrne stopped by for a segment to talk with The Ford Faction about the North Korea/South Korea situation unfolding. He talks about the fall of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall and this being much greater than that. Later, he talks about the benefits of having a strong […]

Texas and six other states are suing to end once and for all a program that would protect some young immigrants from deportation. The lawsuit announced Tuesday comes a week after a federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration to resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Immigrants under the Obama-era program are […]

There’s been men like Will… that’ve said, “you know what, we can all sit around and complain about it, or we can actually get up and do something.” This is a man who knows about business, knows about the free market and has been successful in it. I see his passion for discipling people and […]

Yellowhammer News Managing Editor Rachel Blackmon Bryars today joined the Dale Jackson Show on News Talk 770 AM / 92.5 FM WVNN to discuss an opinion article she wrote about the Tom Brokaw allegations, plus Bryars and Jackson discuss the #MeToo movement, the media, Mike Pence and why culture mocks virtue but destroys people who […]

The Montgomery County School Board has announced the four finalists for its superintendent position. Current interim-superintendent since January, Ann Roy Moore, is in the running against current and former superintendents of other city systems: Larry DiChiara, Robert Griffin and Angela Mangum. The state took over Montgomery’s schools in February 2017 because of the system’s low […]

Yesterday, I argued that it’s much too soon to be advocating a Nobel Peace Prize be granted to President Trump for his diplomatic progress on North Korea. Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, made much the same argument in his column today but with a few more specific reasons: – “His [Kim’s] father destroyed a […]

These are positive times for many Alabamians. Our unemployment rate is at an all-time low, major manufacturers continue to locate in our state, and the national championship trophy is back in the state where it belongs. Despite the momentum, our state is certainly not free from challenges. One of the most serious issues facing Alabama […]

Leah Cleghorn’s love for coffee began by sipping java with her Paw Paw in Calhoun County when she was growing up. It’s a bond between coffee, family and community that led to Southern Girl Coffee Co. It also solidified Cleghorn’s belief that every cup of coffee has a story. For her, the story began with […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: ALFIE EVANS, SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE, AND LACK OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, a few months back, we did a story on a young toddler in England named Charlie Gard. If you remember, this young man had a terminal illness. His parents were told they could not […]

North Carolina State has added center Wyatt Walker as a graduate transfer from Samford. Coach Kevin Keatts announced Walker’s signing on Tuesday, saying he will graduate later this month and will join the Wolfpack over the summer.