RollTide.com announced today that Brad Bohannon was announced as head baseball coach at The University of Alabama today by Greg Byrne, Director of Athletics. Byrne spoke to the media about Coach Bohannon saying, “As we were identifying potential candidates, Brad Bohannon’s name continued to surface. We sat down on Monday in our home in Tuscaloosa. […]

Attorney Jay Mitchell has announced his candidacy for the Place 4 seat on the Alabama Supreme Court currently held by Associate Justice Jim Main. At his announcement today Mr. Mitchell stated, “I have a strong commitment to the rule of law.  The people of Alabama deserve to have Justices on the Supreme Court who know […]

Due to a rule change, Alabama has reduced the number of people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, by 42,457 over the past eighteen months. Back in January of 2016, 49,940 able-bodied Alabamians without registered dependents were on SNAP, but that number is now down to 7,483, according to statistics […]

Amazon will invest nearly $30 million to open a new distribution center in Mobile, just off of Interstate 10, which will open later this year. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson applauded the announcement saying, “Amazon is one of the most successful and innovative companies in the world, and we could not be more excited to welcome […]

GARDENDALE, Ala. — While President Donald J. Trump is taking steps to save jobs at the federal level by leaving the Paris Climate Accords, one Alabama City is limiting job opportunities for teens by requiring a business license to cut lawns. According to news reports from ABC 33/40, teens in Gardendale, Alabama have been threatened […]

Late last week, the Rick & Bubba Show’s Rick Burgess tweeted that he would make a big announcement today about the 2018 Alabama governor’s race. While many of his fans expressed hope that this meant he’s running for governor, Rick spoke with Yellowhammer this weekend and explained that his announcement “will be better than that.” […]

Yesterday, Yellowhammer reported on three inmates escaped from a county jail in Mississippi and were presumed to be on the run in North Alabama—specifically in Cherokee, which is in Colbert County in North Alabama, about 85 miles southeast of Huntsville. Yesterday afternoon, One of those three, Mark Lindsey, 53, of Booneville, MS, was apprehended, but […]

WHNT News 19 reported today that a U.S. mail carrier had been arrested in Madison County, Alabama for lacing meatballs with nails, apparently designed to harm or kill dogs on her postal route. 47-year-old Susanna Burhans has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty by Madison County Sheriff’s deputies after being arrested for feeding the nail-laced […]

By Chris Reid At no time since the Civil War began has our country seen this level of partisan tension.  In a survey done in 1960, less than 10 percent of Americans said they would have a problem marrying someone from the other political party. In 2010, that number shot up to nearly 50 percent. […]

Marion, Alabama will soon be joining 20 other cities across the state in becoming a “Designated Main Street Community” concentrating on revitalizing their historic commercial districts.Main Street Alabama uses a model proven in other states to revitalize communities with the Main Street Four-Point Approach®. From cultural or architectural heritage to local enterprises and community pride, […]

Walmart is highly active in Alabama, not just building stores, but investing in the state to create jobs, stimulate economic development, and even cultivate renewable energy. The Alabama News Center reported yesterday that Walmart is 2.5-million-square-foot distribution hub in Mobile that will cost $135 million, add 550 new employees, and supply 800 locations along the […]

Protective Life announced yesterday that its board of directors elected John D. Johns as the company’s Executive Chairman and Richard J. Bielen as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2017. “I am delighted by Rich Bielen’s election as the seventh CEO of Protective. Rich is immensely talented and has all the […]

As pointed out in a new article by Saturday’s Down South, Nick Saban is the now the most tenured football coach in the SEC. Every other SEC school has fired its coach or otherwise had a coaching change in that period. It’s astounding to think about the success of some of those coaches, who for […]

Last week, Yellowhammer ran a story on Pat Dye’s hope that Auburn will move the SEC East, also noting that Head Coach Gus Malzahn expressed support for the idea if scheduling could be arranged. At the time of last week’s story, however, it wasn’t clear if Auburn officially supported this position, but that changed at […]

Governor Kay Ivey—along with the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education—announced in a press release yesterday that Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program will add 122 new classrooms in the fall of 2017. The new classrooms will increase the size of Alabama’s voluntary pre-kindergarten program to 938 classrooms, which will enroll approximately 16,884 four-year-olds (28 percent […]

Though illegal for nearly 50 years under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the possession and sale of marijuana seems to be losing its negative stigma. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states, and the recreational use of marijuana is legal in Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and the nation’s capital. Despite many […]

According to a report by WAFF TV, three dangerous inmates have escaped from jail in Prentiss County, Mississippi authorities believe they’re in North Alabama, either in Colbert or Lauderdale County. The escaped inmates are David Glasco, John Brown and Mark Lindsey are believed to be driving a stolen, white Chevy Silverado pickup truck. The WAFF […]

Bleacher Report announced its Top 25 Defenses for 2017 today and, as expected, that the University of Alabama tops that list. This comes as a surprise to virtually no one, considering the Tide’s dominant 2016 performance and its cast of returning stars. As Kerry Miller points out in the article, however, only two other SEC […]

After moving to Gulf Shores, I went through several barbers before I found Wayne’s Barber Shop. It’s a bit off the beaten path. Of course, that’s not what Wayne intended. In fact, 50 years ago, he built it right on the “main drag.” Out the window in his shop’s back, you can see the little […]

On Tuesday, Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks joined President Donald Trump in calling for an end to the Senate filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes to pass legislation. The same day, the President took to Twitter to advocate for a simple majority vote in the Senate. “The U.S. Senate should switch to 51 votes, immediately, and […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall praised Alabama’s new sex offense legislation recently signed by Governor Ivey. The new bill that will strengthen the state’s sex offense laws passed the Alabama legislature with strong, bipartisan support. It was jointly proposed by the Attorney General’s Office and the Office of Prosecution Services, the state agency that provides […]

In an important act of justice, The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the capital murder conviction of Gary Lee Poisel last week, just before the Memorial Day weekend. The 45- year-old from Amarillo, Texas will now be imprisoned in Alabama for the rest of his life for the heinous crimes he committed in 1999. As […]

Rich Choppa went to college, got a job with his senator in Washington D.C. From there he got fed up with politics and walked down the street to the ARMY recruiting station. That led to him becoming an ARMY Ranger, even recruiting his twin brother. After 21 years in the military Rich went to work […]

In the wake of two important executive orders from President Trump this year regarding refugees, Governor Ivey has pulled the plug on a lawsuit filed by her predecessor, Robert Bentley. The suit challenged the federal government’s attempt to resettle refugees against without providing key information to the state. The President filed one executive order in […]