Several Alabama Department of Transportation operations will take place on I-65 in north Alabama this week, including hot mix pothole patching, guardrail repairs, and core sampling. ALDOT said it is planning these operations for the middle of the week to limit lane closures to off-peak travel hours on the days anticipated to have the lightest […]

State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) has had an interesting and accusation-filled tenure in the Alabama State House but after a guilty plea in a federal fraud case, his time is over.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center has responded to reports on social media concerning a Space Camp transgender counselor. The reports have even included posts on X from U.S. Rep. Dale Strong and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville. It is imperative that Space Camp remains a safe place for children to learn and grow in STEM […]

Bo Scarbrough announced his retirement last week in a press conference with the Birmingham Stallions. Scarbrough, who was at Alabama from 2014-2017, is a two-time national champion (2015, 2017) as well as a two-time USFL champion with the Stallions, who went back-to-back the last two seasons. He was a huge part of the Stallions 2022 […]

State Sen. Greg Albritton discussed the gaming legislation Friday on Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal."

An Auburn student nailed a 94-foot full length of the court putt to win a free Toyota at the local dealership. Connor Boyle nailed the tremendous putt, which spanned from one baseline all the way to the other end of the court, during the timeout promotion that Auburn has been running all season. He is […]

I had the privilege of being the Director of the Alabama Development Office during the Hyundai recruitment, Chairman of the Montgomery County Commission when the plant opened, and three-term Montgomery Mayor for many of the plant expansion projects. During our many visits with Hyundai and suppliers and multiple trips to Korea, I have come to […]

A report claiming funding for the FBI’s campus on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville was “wiped out,” is incorrect, according to several members of Alabama’s congressional delegation. The New York Times published a story Friday claiming Republican lawmakers achieved a goal of cutting spending to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by “wiping out the pet project […]

Alabama is already known agriculturally nationwide for its pecan production. Now, that profile is set to grow even further after New Mexico-based Southern Roots Nut Co. announced recently that it will be opening a pecan processing facility in Dothan.

With NFL free agency opening up this week, players across the league are signing life changing deals for higher and higher amounts as the salary cap rises. Former Alabama center and current Philadelphia Eagle Landon Dickerson is the latest, landing a four-year deal worth up to a maximum of $87 million, with at least $50 […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville has long advocated for the ending of Daylight Savings time. With clocks springing forward once again across the country, Alabamians will have an extra hour of sunlight and it will not be dark out until after 7:00 P.M. Tuberville (R-Auburn) says that this should be the national standard year round — […]

Congressman Dale Strong secured a major legislative win after his standalone bioterrorism bill unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The Department of Homeland Security Biodetection Improvement Act, will strengthen America's ability to defend itself against an ever-evolving landscape of bioterror related threats that largely began to grow post 9-11.

On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation with bipartisan support that will require teachers to post the curriculum of their classes online so that parents can be aware of what their child is learning and being presented. The “Parents’ Right to Know” bill is sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed (R-Jasper). […]

Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation to make it a crime for organizers and activists to accept payment for handling absentee ballot applications of non-family members. It also makes it a crime for corporations or nonprofit organizations to pay people to harvest ballots in Alabama. Governor Kay Ivey announced her support for the proposal in her 2024 […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Dentistry has announced that it has officially opened a new Dothan based satellite dental clinic to recruit, educate, train, and retain dentists to help improve overall dental health within the state's Wiregrass region.

The Mobile Police Department has released the city's 2023 annual crime statistics report, and for a city recognized by Forbes last year as the second most dangerous in the country, Mobile showed real improvement in two major categories. 

It’s been more than a year since a tornado whipped through Winston County, leaving damaged homes, businesses in its wake. Also among the damage was a communications tower for the county’s emergency communications system. But, now, thanks to grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission, emergency personnel will be able to respond to calls to protect […]

Showing how much the fear U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) puts into liberal elites, she continues to draw the ire of the media, their Democrats, and "Saturday Night Live" who suggest her response to the State of the Union scared them and was full of lies.



In the days since her televised takedown of President Joe Biden’s “wildly political” State of the Union address, a style and tone familiar to Alabamians made its nationwide debut, setting off a viral reaction from left-leaning pundits meeting U.S. Senator Katie Britt for the first time and conservatives appraising her status as a top contender […]

Over the past three and a half years, we have watched as President Biden took every possible step to weaken our nation. We have seen the Taliban grow more powerful in Afghanistan. We awoke on an October morning to the news of Hamas attacking Israel, one of our closest allies. We have been forced to […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide closed out the regular season on a high note with a thrilling 92-88 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks to clinch a double-bye in the SEC Tournament. As has been the case countless times this season, it was not a good start for the Tide, falling behind by 15 points with around […]

Anyone who has explored Alabama’s great outdoors or spent time on a tractor cultivating an agricultural crop knows how destructive feral swine can be on the landscape. Because of the prodigious reproductive capacity of these wild hogs, controlling the populations is difficult at best, and many researchers believe that total eradication of this invasive species […]

Birmingham Fire and Rescue have freed a U-Haul driver who was pinned underneath a concrete column that the truck hit at a parking deck along Highland Avenue, according to a report from Stephen Quinn of ABC 33/40: The driver was pinned under the column for a full 90 minutes before he was freed and taken […]