During a Tuesday morning press conference in Birmingham, Senator Luther Strange announced that he has decided to take his name off of a letter he signed in April expressing his support for keeping the filibuster rule. Strange announced that upon returning to Washington, he will submit a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority […]

Wednesday at 1, Ford Faction and Chris Reid will interview Alice Martin, candidate for attorney general. Martin will be in studio to discuss her vision for solving Alabama’s opioid epidemic. Wednesday at 2, Ford Faction and Chris are interviewing Sirius-XM host Louise Schiavone, MS on the challenge of communicating in a hyper-partisan environment. Schiavone is a senior lecturer at […]

With one week of college football under our belts, all eyes are on this weekend’s matchup between the No. 13 Auburn Tigers and No. 3 Clemson Tigers. Saturday’s game should prove to be an exciting one, but which Tigers will prevail? RELATED: PREVIEW: Auburn vs. Clemson Auburn took on Georgia Southern last weekend in its season […]

As Category 5 Hurricane Irma approaches Florida, Alabama farmers and agriculture officials hope to help our neighbors in any way possible. According to WSFA, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries will be opening four temporary sheltering facilities to house evacuated Florida livestock. “Hurricane Irma, upgraded to a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 185 […]

Last week, a federal judge rejected motions to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the state of Alabama and Secretary of State John Merrill by the NAACP and the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The suit alleges that the current system used to elect state judges disenfranchises black voters. Instead of holding statewide elections […]

As reported by WKRG News, last Friday marked the return of one of Alabama’s favorite sons, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. As part of his pledge to be the “law and order administration” Sessions visited Orange Beach to address the serious crime threats facing Alabama and the country. In his speech to a crowded room […]

A new movie, Heart of Man, will be shown in 600 select theaters nationwide on September 14th, including the AMC Lee Branch 15 in Birmingham. The movie was inspired by the true story of an Alabama couple, Traylor and Melody Lovvorn. As Traylor shared in a press release about the movie: “Melody and I were […]

The campaign for State Rep. Barry Moore, who’s running for Congress in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District against incumbent Congresswoman Martha Roby,  has published the results of a poll it commissioned. In a test ballot, 34% of the respondents said they’d vote for Roby, 21% chose Moore, 5% chose a third candidate, Tommy Amason, while 40% […]

As reported by Yahoo Sports, the son of Alabama co-offensive coordinator, Mike Locksley, was shot and killed in Baltimore over the weekend. The circumstances surrounding the shooting are still unclear, but Baltimore police reported that the 25-year-old, Meiko Locksley, was found on a sidewalk bleeding from a gunshot wound. He was then transported to a […]

25 Tennessee Walking Horses were killed in a catastrohpic fire that swept through a Limestone County barn early this morning, according to WHNT and a Tweet by the  Limestone County Sheriff’s Office. Thankfully, an estimated ten mares and their foals were outside the barn in the pasture at the time of the fire and were […]

As reported by WSFA News, Medford Cashion, 101, is taking shelter with his granddaughter in Daphne, Alabama after his Houston home was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. Cashion’s family is happy to have him safe after his home was flooded with 5 feet of water. His granddaughter, Coby Mackin, told WSFA, “He’s going to live with […]

As a result of Hurricane Harvey, gas prices in Alabama have risen over 30 cents a gallon in Alabama. According to birmginghamgasprices.com,  the average price per gallon in Birmingham has risen from 2.141 a week ago to 2.477 today. The site reports that the Shell station at the corner of Church Street and Dexter Ave […]

This morning, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end to an Obama-era program that shielded close to a million illegal immigrants from deportation and entitled them to Social Security benefits. The program is called DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which Obama formed by executive fiat, completely bypassed the United […]

Saturday marked a day that many have been anticipating for years now – the return of UAB football. A record attendance of 45,212 packed into Legion Field to see the Blazers return to the South’s most beloved sport. The boys on coach Bill Clark’s team put on a show for the anxious fans, defeating Alabama […]

Photo of Chick-fil-a by www.ccPixs.com. Photo of Moe’s Original BBQ from Facebook. A Chick-fil-A in Mobile has gotten caught in a hilarious feud with its neighboring Moe’s Original Bar B Que. According to Fox News, it all started when Chick-fil-A used its outside marquee to announce a new Smokehouse BBQ Sandwich. Moe’s felt betrayed, and took […]

While while the nexus of the devastation caused from Harvey occurred in Texas, some in Alabama were affected late last night when a tornado tore through northwest Alabama. As reported by WKRG News, several homes were destroyed in the city of Reform after the National Weather Service issued multiple tornado warnings. No fatalities have been […]

Alabama has faced Clemson in the last two title games. The NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers have faced the Golden State Warriors in the last two title games. Alabama won the first and lost the other. The Cavs won the first and lost the other. In light these similarities, ESPN raised an interesting question: Are Alabama and […]

The Washington Free Beacon has reported in two separate articles this week that the radical leftist Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which is based in Montgomery, may not be so dedicated to serving the impoverished after all. The report says the SPLC has transferred millions of dollars to offshore entities in recent years—the kind of […]

The Business Council of Alabama issued a press release today announcing its endorsement of Luther Strange in the special primary election runoff for the U.S. Senate.   “The Business Council of Alabama is proud to endorse U.S. Sen. Luther Strange in his bid to continue to serve the people of Alabama in the United States […]

Yesterday, in what appeared to be a legitimate post from the City of Atlanta’s Facebook page, the comment read: “Be advised: People from Alabama will be here for the college football game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. If there are any altercations, we encourage you to take the higher road, as they are a much lower class […]

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According to Fox News, Caddell Construction Company of Montgomery is one of four construction companies that have been awarded contracts to build concrete prototypes of President Trump’s border wall. Other companies to receive a bid are Fisher Sand & Gravel of Tempe, AZ.; Texas Sterling Construction Company of Houston, TX; and WG Yates and Sons Construction […]

Lane Kiffin told the Washington Post that if he’d been offensive coordinator during the National Championship game last year, the Tide would have won the game. In an interview with the Post, Kiffin said, “It’s no disrespect to Steve. No matter who it was, you’ve been there all year long. You’ve been there for the […]

Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate for the Alabama senate race to fill Jeff Sessions’ vacated seat, seems to be flying relatively low under the radar. While it will be tough for any Democrat to mount a significant campaign in a deeply red state, according to an article by POLITICO, Jones is “cash poor, outgunned,” and isn’t […]