Yellowhammer’s 3rd annual Power of Service reception was held last night at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa, and it was a tremendous success, as several hundred people packed the Grand Ballroom. Yellowhammer’s new owner and publisher, Allison Ross, presented Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite with the Power of Service Award from […]

A suspected perpetrator wanted in connection with a fatal house fire has been arrested after a manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies in Chilton County, Alabama. According to a report by ABC 33/40, Chilton County Sheriff John Shearon says Dustin Wade Martin was found sleeping in a barn off County Road 2 last night. Sheriff […]

As reported by the Tuscaloosa News, an Alabama city is looking to boost its economic viability by converting city hall into retail space. Northport, Alabama, a small town on the outskirts of Tuscaloosa, is preparing to take a vote Monday to decide whether it should turn its city hall into a retail shopping space. Citing […]

Judge Christy Edwards is running for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals as a Republican, seeking the seat that will be vacated by retiring Judge Craig Pittman. Currently, Edwards serves as a Judge on the Alabama Tax Court, a position she came to after serving in the Alabama Revenue Department and as an Assistant Attorney […]

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The United States Army Ranger School is a 61-day combat leadership course that good soldiers fail by the truckloads. Clayton Hinchman—who’d already earned his is Airborne and Air Assault wings—was not one of those soldiers that failed the grueling course. In fact, he was the Honor Graduate in his Ranger class and after earning the […]

The U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment this week that would block federal funding for day care centers with a history of injury or death due to safety violations. The amendment was proposed by Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell, in the wake of the death of 5-year-old Kamden Johnson – the Alabama boy who died […]

As reported by WKRG News, earlier today the Alabama Department of Education school board named Dr. Ed Richardson as interim superintendent. Dr. Richardson will leave his post as chairman of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission to assume the post. As we reported yesterday, former superintendent Michael Sentance resigned following a months-long battle with certain […]

As reported by ABC 33/40, police have arrested former Locust Fork High School assistant principal Tim Clevenger, 50, after they discovered child pornography on his personal computer. This is not Clevenger’s first time being arrested for crimes against children, however. Two years ago he was arrested for secretly videoing a 14-year-old girl while she was […]

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to arrive in Alabama next week to campaign for Judge Roy Moore in the Republican runoff for the U.S. Senate. Palin will be part of a bus tour put on by the Great America Alliance, an organization of grassroots activists solidly in support of the agenda President Trump […]

Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington withdrew from the Alabama Governor’s race on Wednesday. According to WBRC, Carrington released the following statement: After prayerful consideration, I’ve decided it’s time for me to end my campaign for Governor. My six-month journey has been fascinating – one I will never forget or regret.  I’ve learned so much about our state, […]

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Wednesday that an Indiana-based manufacturing company, Autocar, will invest $120 million to build a plant in Alabama to manufacture heavy duty cab-over-engine trucks. According to Made in Alabama, the manufacturing operation will be located in an existing one million square-foot complex in Center Point and Birmingham. It is expected to employ 746 […]

Birmingham, AL (September 14, 2017) — Birmingham-based Yellowhammer Multimedia announced new leadership today along with plans to invest more resources into its popular broadcast and online platforms. Allison Ross, 38, a successful consulting, real estate, and public relations entrepreneur, has assumed the role of Owner & Publisher of the company. Ross earned a degree in […]

The long-awaited show down in a one-on-one debate between Luther Strange and Roy Moore in the run-off for the U.S. Senate seat was finally on the calendar for Thursday, September 21, giving voters a chance to go beyond the politics of accusation and evaluate the policy positions of each candidate.  And then it wasn’t. Moore […]

As reported by WKRG News, Foley mother, Maria Cortes, 26, has been taken into custody after police allege she tortured her 6-year-old son by holding a hot spoon to his lips. According to reports, Cortes was attempting to discipline her child Friday, Sept. 8th, when she placed a spoon on the eye of her stove. […]

As reported by WHNT News, Alabama State Superintendent, Michael Sentance, has submitted his letter of resignation to the Governor Kay Ivey’s office. In a statement released to the press, Gov. Ivey’s office said, “Today, I received the resignation of State Superintendent of Education Michael Sentance. I do not take this situation lightly, and as President […]

Thrillist has compiled a list of the best living actors who grew up in each state in the country. While most of today’s actors eventually make their way to California to chase their dreams, they can’t escape their homegrown roots. Thrillist attempted to assign actors to their respective states based on where they spent the majority of their […]

According to Made in Alabama, Georgia-Pacific announced Wednesday that it plans to build a $100 million lumber production facility in Talladega. The new state of the art facility will employ over 100 full-time employees with an annual payroll of over $5 million. It will be located at the company’s old plywood mill that closed in 2008. […]

A Tuscaloosa woman was struck in the head with a hammer outside of a grocery store on Monday. According to the Tuscaloosa Police Department, the 53-year old woman was loading groceries into her car when a man approached her and grabbed her purse. When she refused to let go of her belongings, the suspect hit […]

As reported by ABC 33/40 News, Birmingham-Southern College has announced that it plans on slashing tuition price by half at the start of the 2018 fall school year. Currently, a typical student can expect to pay around $35,000 annually at BSC, beginning next year that price will drop to $17,650. As you can imagine, when […]

Auburn enters the third week of college football with its homecoming game Saturday afternoon. The Tigers will face the Mercer Bears and hope to have an opportunity to work out the kinks that were exposed against Clemson last week. Auburn suffered its first lost of the season to the No. 3 Clemson Tigers, with one […]

On Saturday, Ginny Shaver, a lifelong conservative Republican and community activist, announced her candidacy for the Alabama House of Representatives District 39. District 39 includes all of Cherokee County, the city of Piedmont in Calhoun County, and portions of Dekalb and Cleburne Counties. Shaver made the announcement in her hometown of Leesburg Day in front […]

(Montgomery) – Eunises Llorca-Menses (30) of Naples, Florida was found guilty by a federal jury for her role in a multi-state scheme to steal debit and credit card information from gas pumps using skimming devices. A. Clark Morris, acting U.S. Attorney General for the Middle District of Alabama and Steve Marshall, Attorney General for the […]

The Yellowhammer Power & Influence 50 is an annual list of the 50 most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics and business — the men and women who shape the state. The 2017 list was broken into three segments: government officials and politicians, business leaders, and lobbyists and consultants. In addition to the top […]