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Big AEA win as school choice battle looms

Malzahn ranks Alabama No. 8 in final coaches poll

Former Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn appears to still harbor some rivalry with Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Each week during the college football season, in addition to the AP Poll, the Coaches Poll offers a top-25 ranking, voted on by head football coaches across 62 colleges. With the season coming to a […]

Alabama's favorite pickle company has reportedly been acquired by one of the Southeast's leading consumer packaged goods investment firms. Fenwick Food Group, a division of Fenwick Brands Inc., officially absorbed Wickles Pickles on November 29.

As one of the most pro-military legislators in the federal government, Senator Tommy Tuberville has made it a priority to make sure that the U.S. service academies are stocked with the Yellowhammer State's very best and brightest students who also have a desire to serve their country.

On Tuesday, Congressman Mike Rogers, in his role as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, launched a formal inquiry into Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin’s III failure to disclose his hospitalization and incapacitation. Sec. Austin was in a hospital on January 1 for complications that resulted from treatment for prostate cancer and was […]

The Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE) has continued to grow by leaps and bounds since first opening in 2018.Following along with that trend, the Huntsville based school has announced that it will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for its greatly anticipated Student Activities Center.

Previously detained and released Illegal immigrants are being taken care of while American children are being completely screwed because the school the children attend in New York is being seized for housing illegal immigrants while kids are being forced into ineffective distance learning

Republican Brian Brinyark won a resounding victory over Fayette County Commissioner John Underwood in Tuesday’s special general election for Alabama House District 16. The district covers Fayette County, northern Tuscaloosa and a small part of western Jefferson County. In unofficial tallies, Brinyark received 2,370 votes (83.36%) to Underwood’s 469 votes (16.50%). Brinyark overcame five primary […]

On Tuesday night, a special election in state Senate District 9 to fill former Senate Majority Leader Clay Scofield’s seat in the Alabama Legislature’s higher chamber was decided without a runoff.  Among three candidates, two sitting members of the House, Rep. Wes Kitchens (R-Arab) emerged victorious with an unofficial 51.7% of the total votes cast.  […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville offered his thoughts on the College Football Playoff, how his friend and fellow Coach Nick Saban finished the season, and how awards like the Heisman Trophy could be better decided on. He spoke to Outkick’s “Hot Mic” with Hutton & Withrow on Monday. Tuberville (R-Auburn) said the Heisman Trophy should be voted on […]

Congressional District 2 Candidate Caroleene Dobson has picked up another endorsement in her bid to become Alabama's latest congressional representative. The Alabama Farmer's Federation announced Tuesday that Dobson had won its support.

Will coordinator turnover help or hurt Auburn?

Auburn will have to replace both coordinators as it enters year two of the Hugh Freeze era. While Philip Montgomery’s ouster as offensive coordinator felt like more of a dismissal, defensive coordinator Ron Roberts is leaving to take a job at Florida. Will this lack of continuity from year one to year two help, or […]

Alabama police officers who aspire to lead departments and agencies now have access to a program specifically designed to help them reach their goals. Jacksonville State University has officially opened Southeastern Leadership Command College, dedicated to preparing law enforcement officers for senior leadership roles. “For more than 50 years, Jacksonville State has been the torchbearer […]

The Alabama Historical Commission announced a “special living history” event at the Confederate Memorial Park in Marbury on January 27 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The organization said visitors taking part in the event can experience what life was like for soldiers in the 22nd Alabama Infantry during the winter of 1862. “Winter weather […]

The media's attacks on Tuberville were absurd, they were also false

Today is National Law Enforcement Day, an occasion which celebrates and honors police throughout the country. As one of the most pro-law enforcement states in the entire U.S., Alabama has a rich history of honoring those who serve and have served.

Former University of Alabama defensive end and NFL player Wallace Gilberry has announced he’s withdrawing from the Republican nomination in Alabama’s newly-drawn 2nd Congressional District. Gilberry announced his run in November. “I’m not a politician, but my heart has always been in helping Alabama and helping our people better themselves. The response we’ve received over […]

Dan Sutter: Perils of voting by mail

A recent Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports poll found widespread irregularities in the 2020 election. While whether this proves theft of the presidential election is debatable, it certainly demonstrates serious issues with voting by mail. The poll was conducted during the first week of December with 1,085 respondents. Thirty percent of respondents claimed to have […]

The Alabama Farmers Federation political action committee, Alabama FarmPAC, has announced a slew of new endorsements for the Alabama State Board of Education. In the group's announcement, Federation President Jimmy Parnell, along with endorsements, emphasized the importance of providing a quality education for the state's children.

Kevin Steele, who took over as Alabama’s defensive coordinator in the 2023 season, is retiring, per a report from ESPN’s Chris Low. This was his third stint with Coach Nick Saban. Steele was hired pre-season to replace Pete Golding, who left for the same position with Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. Golding held the defensive […]

Voters in House District 16, which includes Fayette County, northern Tuscaloosa County, and a small portion of western Jefferson County, go to the polls today to elect a new State Representative. Tuscaloosa attorney and judge, Bryan Brinyark is the Republican party nominee. Brinyark overcame a crowded Republican primary field with five candidates in September, ultimately […]

Brasfield & Gorrie, one of the country's largest privately held construction firms, has announced that it is planning to invest $18.9 million in a project that will expand the firm's national headquarters in Birmingham.

7. In shocking news, the man who jumped into the Bass Pro Shop aquarium in Leeds was on drugs. Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin lays it out pretty clearly about 42-year-old George Aaron Owens, “It is obvious from the behavior of (Owens) and his admissions that he had been taking drugs that we must continue […]

A Republican incumbent showdown in Alabama’s First Congressional District is off to the races, now less than two months away from the March 5 GOP primary.  According to a release from the South Alabama Conservatives PAC, the group is launching a website and advertising buy, “aimed at uncovering the truth about Politician Barry Moore’s past […]