Kimberly-Clark Corp.  announced this week that it has approved a capacity expansion at its manufacturing facility in Mobile to support K-C Professional’s continued bath tissue category growth in North America. With an estimated investment of more than $100 million, this two-year project aims to deliver improved capacity, greater manufacturing efficiency, and enhanced product quality. “The […]

Wednesday morning, President Trump jolted the nation with a tweet that contained both threat and taunt: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’ You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and […]

The chief executive of Backpage.com pleaded guilty to state and federal charges including conspiracy and money laundering, and agreed to testify in ongoing prosecutions against others at the website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide “online brothel,” authorities said. “For far too long, Backpage.com existed as the dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex, a […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOYS ‘R US ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF STORES — WHY? TOM LAMPRECHT: Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, an institution for kids, Toys ‘R Us, that sprouted off another business called Babies ‘R Us, was 800 stores wide across America and it was recently reported by a […]

A gun rights advocate won’t be allowed to speak on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus where a teenager with an assault rifle killed 17 people. Broward Schools spokeswoman Cathleen Brennan announced late Thursday that “non-school sponsored, student-initiated guest speaker assemblies/meetings are not permitted to take place on campus.” Charlie Kirk had tweeted that […]

More than once every day. That’s how often President Trump publicly calls something “fake”— be it a story, poll, or news organization. Just this week, Facebook CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress about, among other things, the proliferation of falsities on his social media platform, including in Alabama’s special election for U.S. Senate […]

Pennsylvania authorities say a man wanted for gunning down a Florida trombone player as she left orchestra practice has been killed after he pulled a gun on officers trying to make a traffic stop. State police say troopers tried to stop Steven Brooks late Thursday for erratic driving in South Strabane, about 30 miles (48 […]

The Montgomery Public Art Commission wants to put local artists’ talent on display on Montgomery City Buses. The Commission is looking for artists or artist teams to design two bus wraps — one to commemorate Montgomery’s 200th anniversary and the other to celebrate what the next 200 years might hold. The wraps will remain on […]

While congresscritters expressed outrage at Facebook’s intrusive data grabs during Capitol Hill hearings with Mark Zuckerberg this week, not a peep was heard about the Silicon Valley-Beltway theft ring purloining the personal information and browsing habits of millions of American schoolchildren. It doesn’t take undercover investigative journalists to unmask the massive privacy invasion enabled by […]

An Alabama woman accused of stealing more than $4,000 in merchandise last year has been arrested. The Dothan Eagle reports 47-year-old Tracy Carlino, of Ashford, was arrested Tuesday on a first-degree theft charge. She was released after posting $5,000 bond.

1. 3 GOP candidates debate while the Governor threw out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game in the same city — Governor Kay Ivey’s refusal to debate is a key talking point for Republican opponents but probably doesn’t move the needle all that much with actual voters. This won’t stop us from talking […]

An Albertville lawyer and former part-time municipal judge was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for child pornography. A statement from the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday said a federal judge sentenced 54-year-old Steven Vincent Smith a day earlier to 17½ years in jail and 10 years of supervised release after he serves his […]

As you may have recently seen on the news, President Trump has called for the National Guard to assist Customs and Border Patrol Agents with securing our southern border. The Trump Administration has made securing our porous southwest border with Mexico a top priority, and we cannot wait another minute to stop the influx of […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s Republican primary challengers took aim Thursday night at her decision to skip a televised debate. Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, state Sen. Bill Hightower and evangelist Scott Dawson criticized Ivey’s decision to not attend the Thursday debate hosted by WVTM-13 in Birmingham. Ivey was also in Birmingham Thursday night but was throwing […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/4_12_18_SOTW.mp3 Ronnie Rice is the Alexander Shunnarah “Shark of the Week” and shares with us the trip to The White House to celebrate the Alabama Crimson Tide’s Championship. He details the tour of West Wing and how it was seeing Trump in person. Find out how the day really went! Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio […]

Alabama high school officials are implementing instant replay for football games next season. The Alabama High School Athletic Association said Thursday it will partner with Pittsburgh-based DVSport and be the first to allow replay statewide for the entire season. Minnesota used replay reviews in semifinal and championship games last season and New Jersey plans to […]

Regardless if you cheer, denounce or simply ignore the thoughts of self-described “race realist” Jared Taylor, the University of Alabama should be commended for its difficult decision to allow a student group to host a lecture by the provocative writer next week. Far too many of the Capstone’s sister institutions of higher learning have yielded […]

Jason Robert Brown is Broadway royalty. The winner of three Tony Awards, the composer and orchestrator’s shows have included “Parade,” “Honeymoon in Vegas,” “Songs for a New World,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” “Urban Cowboy” and “The Last Five Years.” (The last one was adapted into a feature film starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan in 2014). […]

On Wednesday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) responded to the Congressional Budget Office’s recent budget outlook with, what could become, regret for his role in passing tax cuts. “If it ends up costing what has been laid out here, it could well be one of the worst votes I’ve made,” Corker told The Hill. Corker was […]

The U.S. has a long history and a vested interest in the Baltic States. On the heels of the leaders of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia celebrating 100 years of independence with President Trump at the Whitehouse, law makers and pundits continue wringing their hands and bemoaning Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. Meanwhile in […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized Wednesday during his second day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees for the censoring of Catholic content. Zuckerberg admitted in response to questioning from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington that Facebook “made a mistake” when it censored an advertisement for a theology degree at Franciscan University […]

Look up at the sky tonight. Every star you see — plus hundreds of thousands, even millions more — will come under the intense stare of NASA’s newest planet hunter. Set to lift off early next week, the Tess spacecraft will prowl for planets around the closest, brightest stars. These newfound worlds eventually will become […]

Players from the 2017 NCAA National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide football team joined President Donald Trump in prayer on Tuesday. After the team’s visit to the White House celebrating their championship title, punter J.K. Scott asked President Trump if he would join the players in a prayer for the president and his staff.

An Alabama youth evangelist was arrested this week on child sex charges and has issued a statement saying the allegations are false. Media outlets report that police in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover arrested Paul Edward Acton Bowen, 37, of Southside, near Gadsden, on multiple charges involving a boy between the ages of 12 and […]