Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: POPE ACCUSED OF MISLEADING STATEMENTS ABOUT HELL TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, a number of media outlets covered this story. We’re taking it from CNS News, Pope Francis saying there is no hell. Recently, Pope Francis had an interview with his long-time atheist friend, Eugenio Scalfari. In this […]

Ford is recalling about 350,000 trucks and SUVs in the U.S., Canada and Mexico because they might be in a different gear than the one shown on the shift indicator. The recall covers the 2018 F-150 pickup and Expedition large SUV with 10-speed automatic transmissions. Also covered are 2018 F-650 and F-750 trucks with six-speed […]

It’s been just over a week since the 2018 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature came to an end. After marinating on this year’s 26 legislative days, here are my takeaways in the final legislative review for 2018. There were a few pieces of legislation for which our legislators deserve a round of applause. 1. […]

A man has been sentenced to life nearly a decade after his stepfather was gunned down outside of his Huntsville home. Clarence Fearn maintained his innocence when he was sentenced Thursday, looking George Woodard’s family in the eyes as he said, “I did not shoot Mr. Woodard.” AL.com reports prosecutors have said Fearn felt disrespected […]

Searchers have located the body of a 4-year-old boy who was missing for more than a week in the Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Georgia. Area media report that the child’s remains were found Friday morning on the ninth day of a search. Authorities planned a news conference to discuss the case.

A long-suffering minority party pulls off a major upset in a special election for the U.S. Senate, fueling hopes among partisans of major gains in the upcoming midterm elections. Alabama and Doug Jones? Try, Massachusetts and Scott Brown. Like Democrat Jones in 2017, Republican Brown in 2010 stunned the political establishment by beating a candidate […]

Taziki’s Mediterranean Café has named Dan Simpson as its new CEO. Simpson previously served as the restaurant’s Chief Innovation Officer from May 2016 through February 2018. During this time, Simpson was instrumental in the growth of the restaurant brand visiting Taziki’s locations in all 16 states where the chain has a presence, gathering both customer […]

Frederick D. Reese, an early leader in the civil rights movement who invited Martin Luther King Jr. to work in Selma, died Thursday at age 88. James Perkins, pastor of Selma’s Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church where Reese served as pastor of for 50 years, confirmed Reese’s death.

1. Fixes to Alabama’s ethics laws would require a special session; a Democrat candidate for Governor wants to see one — As part of the conclusion of the state’s Bentley/Mason grand jury, there were multiple suggestions made for improvements to Alabama’s ethics laws which would require a special session. — Speaking to Guerrilla Politics, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt […]

A Tennessee teacher who set off a nationwide manhunt last year after he fled with a 15-year-old student broke down in court after pleading guilty to crossing state lines to have sex with a minor. Former forensics teacher Tad Cummins, 51, also pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of justice before U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger […]

Police say a man has been charged in the killing of another man who was shot several times in Alabama. AL.com reports the man who Birmingham police found March 23 with multiple gunshot wounds behind an apartment building was a father of four daughters and a local rapper. Police spokesman Lt. Pete Williston says 29-year-old […]

Evonik Corp. officials last week announced that significant new investments in the company’s Birmingham labs will add extensive manufacturing and R&D capabilities while also creating more than 50 high-paying jobs. Following $50 million in investments over the past four years, the Birmingham site is now home to Evonik’s global Competence Center for Medical Devices, which […]

Last week saw the end of the 2018 legislative session in Alabama, with the final days providing this year’s fill of political drama and heated debate. Perhaps the most controversial bill was the Legislature’s passage of a bill that distinguishes the role of economic developer in the state from that of lobbyist. This might be […]

The owners of the dogs that mauled a woman whose death prompted legislation have been charged. AL.com reports that 43-year-old Brian Keith Graden and 45-year-old Melody Ann Grader were booked Tuesday on charges of criminally negligent homicide and failure to immunize a pet for rabies. The Gradens owned the five dogs that fatally attacked 24-year-old […]

Facebook has had us all by the neck for a long time, and we’ve probably known it but just not wanted to admit it or consider the implications. It’s had us by the neck, not because it’s an authoritarian company that wants to take advantage of people (although that may be true – I’m not […]

My faith has always come first for me. From my earliest days on our family farm in lower Alabama, to my teenage years when I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior, and every single day since. That’s why as Governor, protecting religious freedom, and our values, remains my top priority. And make […]

Police say the death of a man found decomposing inside his Alabama home has been deemed a homicide. Birmingham police Lt. Pete Williston tells AL.com that the body was discovered on the floor of the home Friday by family who hadn’t heard from the man in several days.

Alabama’s ethics laws are imperfect and always in flux. In just a few years, Alabama has seen the speaker, governor, and multiple other elected officials found guilty of ethics charges. But even with all of those victories, apparently, the law is still pretty weak. If you don’t think we need a special session on ethics, […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will not attend upcoming debates in the race for governor. A spokeswoman for Ivey’s campaign said she will not attend two separate GOP primary debates this month being hosted by WVTM 13 debate and al.com. Campaign spokeswoman Debbee Hancock wrote in an email that Ivey has official engagements those days. Her […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PRO-LIFE POSITIVES BUT OMNIBUS BILL A BIG NEGATIVE TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, our friends over at World Magazine recently ran an article with some highlights and lowlights of the pro-life issue. Indiana now numbers among the majority of states that require annual inspections of abortion centers. They […]

A new report shows large employers spent $2.6 billion to treat opioid addiction and overdoses in 2016, an eightfold increase since 2004. More than half went to treat employees’ children. The analysis released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation finds such spending cost companies and workers about $26 per enrollee in 2016.

March Madness just concluded with Villanova winning the title. Given the ongoing college basketball bribery investigation, the bigger question may be whether the Wildcats will eventually vacate the title. The bribery case first broke last September with ten arrests, including four assistant coaches, based on an FBI investigation dating from 2015. The scandal has already […]

A pregnant woman was shot in the arm at an apartment complex in Alabama. Birmingham police Sgt. Cedric Hunt tells AL.com that three to five men were shooting at each other outside the apartments on Tuesday night, and three to five apartments were shot into.

Attorneys for an Alabama man serving a life sentence for a 1978 murder have asked a judge to dismiss the capital murder charge in a slaying earlier that year. The Tuscaloosa News reports 62-year-old James Michael Hayes’ attorneys say prosecutors didn’t provide them with all the photos and interview records used to bring charges in […]