WASHINGTON — Alabama congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) is accusing President Barack Obama of “paying a ransom to the leading state sponsor of terrorism” in the wake of a Wall St. Journal report revealing the administration “secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate on Friday evening approved a lottery bill after spending most of the week debating and rejecting previous lottery proposals. The bill, which was approved by a margin of 21-12 — with two senators voting “present,” would send $100 million of lottery revenue each year to Medicaid, which is facing […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate on Friday evening approved a lottery bill after spending most of the week debating and rejecting previous lottery proposals. The bill, which was approved by a margin of 21-12, would send $100 million of lottery revenue each year to Medicaid, which is facing a $70 million shortfall this year, […]

BATON ROUGLE, La. — In what the Red Cross has called “the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Superstorm Sandy,” Louisiana has endured catastrophic flooding from 6,900,000,000,000 gallons of rain in a single week. President Barack Obama has directed FEMA Director Craig Fugate to “utilize all resources available to assist in the […]

You probably didn’t see it in the traditional media — in the local newspaper or TV news. And the truth is, they preferred it that way. “We didn’t want this to be for any kind of show,” one of them said after the fact. And you certainly didn’t hear about it in the national news […]

(Video above: Cliff Sims on Yellowhammer Radio discussing a new study showing men are getting weaker) CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE YELLOWHAMMER RADIO PODCAST ON ITUNES A new scientific study showing that millennial men “have significantly weaker hands and arms than men the same age did 30 years ago” prompted a near meltdown on […]

NEW YORK — Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump has tapped Alabama congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) to advise him on issues important to farmers as part of his newly-formed Agriculture Advisory Committee. “I am honored to be a part of the Trump-Pence team and in particular this Agriculture Advisory Committee,” Aderholt told Yellowhammer. “I appreciate […]

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Alabama’s largest Christian denomination, says he believes the United States is “beyond a political solution” and is in need of a “spiritual awakening…from Almighty God.” Rev. Steve Gaines, former senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Gardendale, Alabama, and the current senior pastor of […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Huntsville International Airport is moving closer to a goal of becoming the first commercial airport that will be a landing spot for Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spaceplane. A project team is working to secure funding to conduct additional studies this year and to submit an application for a commercial landing license […]

By: UBER The wait is over: Uber is coming to Tuscaloosa and Auburn, just in time for the fall semester and football season! Starting on Thursday, riders will be able to request an uberX in both cities. Bringing Uber to these two college towns has been a priority for us, and we’re excited to be […]

RELATED: Bentley’s lottery panic is a sham. Here’s how Alabama can pay its bills without it. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lottery proposals in the Alabama legislature appear to be having a tough time gaining momentum, as lawmakers wrestle with how to patch an $85 million hole in Medicaid funding. The program provides healthcare to approximately 1 […]

Hillary Clinton’s plan to admit 65,000 refugees from Syria next year is radical and places America at great risk. Her goal is disconnected from reality. This surge would be nearly 40 times the number of Syrian refugees entering the country last year, and six times the number President Obama admits this year. The proof is […]

A group of 12 youngsters from Morocco and Algeria got an intensive look at what it’s like to be an astronaut during a visit last week to Space Camp at the U.S Space & Rocket Center. The students – six from Morocco, six from Algeria – spent the week undergoing hands-on drills while learning about […]

In ancient Greek, there were two words for “time.” “The first is most familiar—chronos,” one of the founders of the Theology of Work Project explains. “It means the chronology of days, governed by the carefully calculated earths’ sweep around the sun. “But another word for time is also used in the New Testament—kairos,” he continued. […]

Forty-three years after Lynyrd Skynyrd burst onto the scene with their self-titled debut album — and just under four decades since a tragic plane crash killed three of their original members — the southern rock icons’ most famous songs remain among the most recognizable tunes in American music. “You never know what’s going to hit,” […]

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” – Romans 15:13 Sarah Perry, an eighth grader whose parents died in a tragic plane crash in Tuscaloosa on Sunday, took to social media less than 48 […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced the Yellowhammer State now has 25 confirmed cases of Zika in 16 counties, all of which are travel related. Counties with confirmed cases include Calhoun, Cullman, Etowah, Houston, Jefferson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Montgomery, Morgan, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega and Tuscaloosa. “We have been […]

The libertarian Cato Institute on Tuesday released its annual “Freedom Rankings,” rating all 50 U.S. states on a variety of issues, ranging from fiscal and economic freedom to personal freedom. Alabama came in at No. 23 overall, receiving particularly high marks for the state’s low taxes and regulations, while ranking lower on many social issues. […]

Famed college basketball coach John Wooden once told his players to “be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” “The true test of a man’s character,” he explained. “is what he does when no one is […]

The Hummus People, Athens The Makers: Allie Clark and Colin Woltmann Winter was coming and the tomatoes were almost gone. Allie Clark and Colin Woltmann had grown up in Wisconsin, but they’d recently moved to Anderson, Alabama, to help Allie’s father raise heirloom tomatoes — and the growing season was drawing to a close. “My […]

There are very few people in the world who can truly understand what it’s like to be Michael Phelps — one of the world’s most famous athletes and, at times, a man who has endured the consequences of his private struggles coming under the public microscope. Ray Lewis understands better than most. Lewis is widely […]

Rising out of the Kentucky hills sits a jaw-dropping, full-scale replica of Noah’s Ark — built to the exact specifications found in the Old Testament Book of Genesis. The builders raised over $100 million for its construction, and today it is the centerpiece of an 800-acre theme park that remains a work in progress. Organizers […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In his first words as Alabama Speaker of the House, State Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) declared “the days of the imperial speakership are over.” McCutcheon was elected by a vote of 68 to 28, defeating the Democrats’ nominee, Rep. Joe Knight of Montgomery. “I am not my predecessor. The days of the […]

(Video above: “Paul Ryan” pushes Granny over a cliff) During the 2012 presidential election, a liberal group called “The Agenda Project” released an ad with a Paul Ryan lookalike dumping an elderly woman out of her wheelchair and over a cliff to illustrate what they believed Ryan’s Medicare reforms would do to senior citizens. The […]