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The Alabama Crimson Tide no longer has national championship aspirations this season as they just narrowly missed out on the last spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff. Instead of fighting for a title, the Tide will have one last game of the season in a rematch of last year’s Rose Bowl against the Michigan […]

An Athens woman was arrested by the Limestone County Sheriff's Office after allegedly stealing close to $1 million from people across the globe. Amy Dianne Elmore Downs, 57, allegedly conned people into believing they were contributing to domestic violence victims and homeless people.

President-elect Donald Trump was named Time's "Person of the Year," the magazine announced Thursday.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is calling on the U.S. Senate to promptly confirm President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel. In a letter dispatched this week to Minority Leader John Thune and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Alabama's top law enforcement officer joined attorney generals from twenty-three other states urging the body to make Patel the agency's top official.

Live from Montgomery Regional Airport, Barry McKnight and John Longshore unpacked Bill Belichick’s surprise move to coach at North Carolina, where he aims to implement an NFL-style program ahead of new NCAA pay rules. They also highlighted Auburn’s 2025 SEC schedule, featuring three Big 12 road games in four weeks and no home conference games […]

The 2025 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame class has been released and it’s as star-studded as ever. Headlining the list is legendary former Alabama Crimson Tide Heisman winning running back Mark Ingram. Ingram, whose legendary 2009 season saw him capture not only the first Heisman trophy in the history of the Tide program but also […]

Horace Greely said "Go west, young man" and a Birmingham company is taking his advice. Vulcan Materials announced Wednesday that it is planning to make a major acquisition in the hopes of bolstering its output and customer service nationally.

State Sen. Arthur Orr said the appetite for a statewide lottery remains high among lawmakers and constituents heading into year three of the current quadrennium – but a lottery is about as far as it goes. Orr (R-Decatur) said Thursday such a bill would start in the Senate after an ambitious push by the Alabama […]

Throughout my first term in Congress, I have heard from hundreds of constituents about mail delivery services and the rapid decline of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Residents, businesses, and postal workers deserve better than the leadership they are getting from USPS headquarters. Many North Alabama residents tell me they experience delays in mail delivery […]

Illegal Immigrants in Alabama are grappling with heightened anxiety as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to implement what he has called the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, sparking fear and uncertainty among DACA recipients, called Dreamers but really just illegals with extra steps

Regions Financial Corps has appointed an experienced corporate executive with Murphy Oil to its board of directors along with the board of its subsidiary, Regions Bank.

A meeting of the Alabama Public Service Commission held this week in Montgomery will result in a 1.88% reduction in overall retail rates in 2025, thanks to action taken by Alabama Power and the commission, the company reports. The reduction comes at a time as Alabamians grapple with inflation-driven household expenses. According to the company, […]

New numbers have been revealed as to how well funded each school’s collective is, and the numbers are absolutely staggering. To no one’s surprise, the collective of the Texas Longhorns is leading the way. The Texas One Fund, according to NCAA estimates has $22.2 million, leading not just the SEC but the entire country. Interestingly, […]

Alabama Crimson Tide five-star quarterback signee was named last week as the Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Texas after another huge season for the Duncanville Panthers. To make the huge honor even more special, Russell was surprised with the award by legendary Alabama cornerback and current Dallas Cowboys superstar Trevon Diggs: […]

In today’s episode of Longshore and McKnight, Barry McKnight and John Longshore were joined by Mike Griffith of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Yellowhammer News’ CJ Duncan. They tackled the college football playoff shakeup, conference dominance, and Nick Saban’s retirement. Griffith critiqued the playoff selection process, questioning Penn State’s easy path compared to top-seeded Oregon and […]

Stadthagen thinks it's time for the legislature to step up and make sure that drag shows for children doesn't become normalized in the state.

The first SEC Championship under the ESPN and ABC umbrella saw huge viewership numbers, according to latest reports. The Georgia Bulldogs claimed victory in an overtime classic by a score of 22-19 over the Texas Longhorns in the Longhorns’ first season in the SEC. According to ESPN, the game peaked at 16.6 million viewers, making […]

Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter, State Rep. Rex Reynolds, and National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) founder, Bud Cramer, along with several other legislators and NCAC associates, toured the NCAC headquarters in Huntsville yesterday. NCAC was founded on May 1, 1985, and was the first Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) in the world. It was created to provide […]

The Alabama Policy Institute’s 2025 BluePrint for Alabama, a 30-point conservative policy plan, will be revealed this month. The Blueprint is divided into categories based on API’s three pillars: free markets, limited government, and strong families. The 2024 BluePrint was a huge success with the leadership of many of the most conservative legislators in Alabama. […]

The only “sundown town” in Alabama is Birmingham Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and from 10-11 a.m. on Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440, with a rebroadcast Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.

Amid the fight to ensure that Pete Hegseth becomes the next Secretary of Defense, Senator Tommy Tuberville has emerged as one of the nominee's most vocal supporters on Capitol Hill.

Dr. Joseph Lucas, President of and Psychiatrist with Grayson & Associates, sits down with Laurie Dhue to discuss what we are calling the new “F Word.” Everyone has heard about the Fentanyl epidemic but many don’t understand it fully. Learn more about Fentanyl and medical intervention for mental health disorders and substance abuse in this […]

The American people have spoken loud and clear. They delivered the Republican Party majorities in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives and sent President Donald J. Trump back to the White House. With this electoral triumph achieved, it is time to unite as a nation and get America back on track. The sweeping results at the ballot box confirm the American people want conservative, commonsense solutions to the challenges we all face. President Trump has proven time and again that […]