Yellowhammer Films has released its latest project, a touching look at one Alabama couple’s two-year journey to adopt their daughter from Ethiopia. Ryan and Casey Bly of McCalla, a suburb of Birmingham, adopted their daughter last summer and our team documented their heartwarming story. “Ryan had been placed in a foster home when he was […]

  In my opening column for the new and improved Yellowhammer News, one of my paragraphs made this assertion: Alabama’s government is far too centralized rather than open to local innovations, which makes it both ossified and much more easily corruptible. It also allows a small number of groups – often known as the “Big […]

Birmingham city schools has adopted a federal provision, offered through the USDA, which allows them to offer free meals to all students.

Political observers wonder why some Alabama voters are slow to believe the Moore charges. Remember Steve Windom?

With high tensions between North Korea and U.S., Boeing in Huntsville plays a critical part in meeting amped up defense goals.

An Okaloosa County man used his gun to save his daughter from kidnappers.

The three heroes from Leeds who earned the Medal of Honor.

  Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke at a fundraiser Thursday evening in Birmingham for State Rep. Will Ainsworth’s campaign for lieutenant governor. About 175 people gathered to hear the senator discuss the American dream, education and preparing the next generation for success,” according to a statement from the campaign. “Will Ainsworth is a conservative leader […]

  The following is a collection of the past week’s news and views from Alabama’s congressional delegation: — Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) made use of his role as a member of the House Armed Services conference committee, which has been in negotiations with the Senate to authorize defense spending for fiscal year 2018. Byrne helped […]

Fall is a magical time on the Mobile Tensaw-Delta, writes David Rainer.

  Alabama’s concentration of residents who have served in uniform exceeds most other states, but the Heart of Dixie’s veteran population is shrinking faster than the national average, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.The Census Bureau estimates that Alabama had 331,076 veterans in 2016. That is 8.8 percent of the total […]

Yellowhammer News will begin carrying award-winning outdoor writer David Rainer.

  So…. Who comes next? Without prejudging the fall-out from the sex-related allegations against Senate candidate Roy Moore, it still is obvious that a chance exists he may withdraw from the race. While state law seems clear that it’s too late to replace Moore on the ballot, some highly informed sources say precedent exists to […]

Joel Blankenship joins The Ford Faction to dig a little bit deeper into the Roy Moore sexual assault allegations made against him earlier this week and what the outcome could be.  The guys also review Rocky IV and talk about the “Man Movie of The Week” and how horrible Ford’s knowledge of movies are. Subscribe to […]

  American music legend Charlie Daniels said in an interview with CNSNews.com that he learned lessons playing high school football that have served him his entire life—“not just as a professional musician, but as a person.” In his newly published memoir—“Never Look at the Empty Seats”—Daniels writes about spending his high school years in Gulf, […]

Trae Elston and JJ Nelson join The Ford Faction for their weekly picks for The Yellowhammer Pick ‘Em in college football. So far Trae leads the pack with an 11-3 record. The overall winner gets to donate $1000 to a charity of their choice. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on […]

  If ever there is legitimacy to playing a “blame game,” it exists right now with regard to the mess Alabama Republicans face in a special U.S. Senate election that should not be occurring in the first place. In order of approximate chronology rather than of seriousness, here are all the places the blame lies […]

Many watching to see if Moore dam breaks with more allegations and Alabama voters hold The Washington Post in contempt of the court of public opinion.

An AI religion seems like a silly topic, but here's why it's worth discussing: We were made to worship...and we'll find ways to fill that gap in our lives.

  If we know one thing about Judge Roy Moore it’s this: he’s not going to willingly step aside and allow the political establishment to place someone else’s name on the ballot. https://twitter.com/MooreSenate/status/928771064406167552   If he goes, it’ll be the same way Moore was removed from the bench – by force of law. That’s why […]

    One of the qualities that we hope to have at Yellowhammer News is a sense of thoughtfulness, the ability to gather information, consider the various aspects of an issue, deliberate upon the consequences and then chart a path ahead for Alabama’s conservatives. We will not be anyone’s attack dog. Nor will we be […]

  From Obamacare to Common Core, Alabama is known for being among the first to react in high-profile cases of DC overreach. Under the banner of the state motto, “We dare defend our rights,” Alabamians seem to share an innate sense of self-determination. Yet, despite its long-standing reputation, the state has essentially welcomed much of […]

  Many doctors treat patients under the belief “You are your genes,” meaning that every person is a product of his or her own unique heredity. The statement is true to some degree, said Dr. Anna Hurst, a medical geneticist and pediatrician in the Department of Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). […]

  Alabama’s special election for U.S. Senate next month is about one thing: the Supreme Court. Regardless of either candidate’s campaign promises, the arcane rules of senate seniority mean that the winner will be a powerless backbencher for at least the next couple of years, maybe more, unable to change much and capable of very […]