Authorities say a child was shot while he was asleep inside his home in Birmingham. Birmingham police say the shots were fired around 3 a.m. Monday on the city’s southwest side. Al.com reports that multiple rounds struck the 12-year-old boy, who was home with his grandmother. Police said he appeared to be conscious when he […]

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 […]

Officials say counselors will be on hand at a Birmingham high school following a car crash that killed three students after prom. A statement from Birmingham’s city school system says the crisis team will be at Parker High School on Monday to help both students and staff members following the crash.

“Together,” President Macron instructed President Trump, “we can resist the rise of aggressive nationalisms that deny our history and divide the world.” Before Congress he denounced “extreme nationalism,” invoked the U.N., NATO, WTO, and Paris climate accord, and implored Trump’s America to come home to the New World Order. “The United States is the one […]

Authorities say a 3-year-old child has died after a fire in a camping trailer in northern Alabama. The Cullman Times reports that the fire happened Sunday morning in the Simcoe community in Cullman County. Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick said he was notified of the blaze around 8:40 a.m. Sunday through a 911 call. The […]

1. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner exposed the biases of the press, also exposed them as thin-skinned — The worst joke of the evening, which exposed the press as elitist, defensive, detached, cruel, blind and made-up of biased Democrats, was a joke about Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders that would ruin the career of any conservative: “Like, […]

TALLADEGA — On Sunday, Penske Motorsports’ Joey Logano won the 96th Cup series race at the Talladega Superspeedway and capped off a weekend of festivities held at Alabama’s biggest venue. Talladega Superspeedway opened for its first race in 1969. It was the brainchild of former NASCAR head Bill France and was built in Alabama at […]

On Saturday evening, the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was held in Washington, D.C. Things went just as we had imagined them to as the keynote speaker, Michelle Wolf, made a mockery of herself, President Trump, and President Trump’s administration. For the second year in a row, President Trump skipped the event; however, a few […]

A federal grand jury indicted two north Alabama men in separate counterfeiting cases Friday, a U.S. Department of Justice press release announced. The indictment charges Connor Douglas Glass, 25, with making and possessing counterfeit $100 and $20 bills in Cullman and Jackson counties between January and October 2017. The indictment also charges Glass with passing […]

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 […]

The city of Gulf Shores has completed another step in a facelift of its main public beach in time for summer. Leaders cut the ribbon last week on a $15 million renovation that includes a new boardwalk, green areas with a playground, shady spots and improved landscaping. The area was mainly a parking lot in […]

TALLADEGA — The wins have been few and far between as of late for Joey Logano, one of NASCAR’s premier drivers, but he ended that 36-race winless streak at the Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. After the “big one” crash late in the race on lap 166, the field settled down and coalesced into a single-file pack […]

It has recently been reported that several city and state governments are considering laws and ordinances to blacklist federal contractors because they wish to work on bolstering the infrastructure at the southern border, including construction of a wall. For example, the California State Senate considered legislation that would force the state to drop its investments […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories including: — What is going on with Alabama Democrats? Do they have new ideas? Why are they so feisty? — Which candidate for Governor can claim the mantle of “job creator”? Gov. Kay Ivey or Mayor Tommy […]

TALLADEGA — This isn’t Auburn head football coach Gus Malzahn’s first time as one of the honorees of Talladega Superspeedway’s marquee spring event, but it was the first time he said “the most famous words in motorsports.” Malzahn had grand marshal duties for Sunday’s Geico 500 got to give the command for NASCAR drivers competing […]

TALLADEGA — He may not be an expert on stock car racing, but does drive a fast gator-skin Lamborghini in his spare time. On Sunday before the drop of the official start of Talladega Superspeedway’s Geico 500, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, affectionately known as “The Bronze Bomber,” will lead the field to the green […]

In their incessant, mostly baseless attacks against President Donald Trump, his leftist haters reveal much more about themselves than him — and it’s not an attractive revelation. In what seemed like a parody of a coastal elitist disparaging inferior flyover Americans, CNN’s Jim Acosta said that too many Americans can’t see through Trump’s act because […]

Broken sexuality has been before our eyes continuously in the form of hashtags and headlines. It’s been a steady stream of repeated revelations of sex abuse scandals. For many, their deeds of darkness have finally been brought into the light (Eph. 5:11), and there has been appropriate public outcry over many of these revelations. How […]

The 2018 red snapper seasons for private recreational anglers and the charter fleet are finally set. Well, maybe. The recreational for-hire (federally permitted charter boats) sector season is definitely set. It will start on June 1 and run through July 21. The private recreational season (private-vessel anglers and anglers on state-licensed guide boats) is currently […]

TALLADEGA – What ended up being a failed risky bet for at least one driver opened the door for another driver to have the biggest moment of his career in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Spencer Gallagher, the driver of GMS Racing’s number 23 Allegiant Chevrolet, led the first lap of his career at the […]

Even after 21 years of service as the Deputy District Attorney of DeKalb County, the most horrendous case I have ever seen is the murder of teenage child Lisa Ann Millican by Judith Ann Neelley. Shockingly, Neelley will be considered for parole next month. I am calling on all of my fellow citizens to write letters […]

Two-thirds (65%) of white Democrats do not believe in a God or higher spiritual power that is “all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving,” Pew Research Center reported Wednesday. Pew released results of a  new survey of more than 4,700 U.S. adults regarding their views on the existence and nature of “God, higher power or spiritual force” showing […]

April 10 marked 2018’s “Equal Pay Day,” decrying the almost 20 percent difference between median yearly incomes for men and women working full time (35 hours or more per week) for the most recent reporting year (2016). As has become traditional, “celebrants” reiterated assertions that the data establishes unjustifiable discrimination against women “doing the same […]

The Primaries are quietly easing up on Alabama. Aside from perhaps a few local races, there doesn’t seem to be any hotly contested battles to grab the state’s attention. There are unlikely to be any Congressional changes and apparently no shake-ups in the few open state legislative seats. With an incumbent governor running for reelection, […]