After weeks of claims that U.S. Senate candidate Mike Durant was funded by allies of The Lincoln Project, the candidate passed on a chance to "denounce" the group of anti-Trump media darlings.

Bald eagles are thriving in Alabama. A recent count conducted by biologists at the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), Alabama Power and other partner organizations found 10 new bald eagle nests throughout Alabama’s 15 major waterways since the survey was previously conducted in 2021. Of those 10 new nests, seven were found by Alabama Power biologists […]

Thursday, U.S. Senate candidate Mike Durant attended an event with the Houston County Republican Women in Dothan.

Rapidly rising house prices are contributing to inflation but may also signal a housing market bubble. Overpriced real estate contributed to the financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession. Do we need to fear another housing crash in addition to inflation? How much have prices gone up? The Case-Shiller index has jumped 35% since […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories

Now that a multiyear effort to restore, enhance and protect the shoreline habitats of the “Seafood Capital” of Alabama is complete, state and local leaders are turning their attention to an economic development project in Bayou La Batre they believe will transform the community for generations to come. Details of the Bayou La Batre City Docks Redevelopment Project were […]

As Birmingham and Jefferson County communities finish preparation for The World Games 2022, workers are in the final stages of completing City Walk BHAM, a downtown linear park that will serve as the central gathering place and entertainment venue for athletes, visitors and residents attending the international event. “It’s been pretty exciting, watching it all come together,” […]

Afternoon sun streams through a big bay window, putting a natural spotlight on a thick stack of rosemary-scented ham and creamy whipped butter on an hours-out-of-the-oven baguette. It deserves the attention. It’s the French Pig sandwich and one of the offerings that draws a steady stream of folks – locals and otherwise – to Tallassee’s Grove […]

At age 4, Tracy Whitfield’s son Reggie was diagnosed with autism. She was told Reggie would have echolalia, the unsolicited repetition of vocalizations made by another person. But Tracy and her father worked with her son to help him cope with his condition. He was able to graduate from Tuscaloosa’s Hillcrest High School in 2020 and is […]

My 10-year-old grandson asked me to join in an Easter egg hunt. “I’ll versus you,” he said. I was puzzled until my daughter explained this means “challenge.” “It’s slang,” his 12-year-old brother added. He did “versus” me, and miraculously, he won, and claimed the five-dollar prize! Every generation has slang, defined as a shorthand understood by […]

This week, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama was one of 44 large employers awarded the prestigious Business Group on Health Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being Award.

Spring Hill College baseball coach Frank Sims grew up in Charleston, Illinois, which would often prompt the same question: Is he a fan of the Chicago Cubs or the Chicago White Sox? But Sims’ reply was a bit of a curveball. “I kind of grew up (watching) the Cubs during the day because they played mostly day games,” the […]

Friday, the Professional Fire Fighters of Alabama and the Madison Professional Fire Fighters endorsed Madison County Commission chairman Dale Strong in his Republican bid for Alabama's open fifth congressional district seat.

Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q is much more than a beloved family business. It’s a restaurant that honors a storied Southern culinary tradition of food and fire. Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q also is a fixture in the greater Birmingham area and even beyond – bringing diverse crowds of diners from the metro area, and all over the country, to […]

One of the big lies cable news hosts like to tell during the Biden administration is that Democrats have the votes to accomplish their most far-left policies and the support of the vast majority of the public.

Residents of historic North Titusville in Birmingham will soon welcome new neighbors to the community’s first Smart Neighborhood: Live on 1st. Live on 1st was officially dedicated today as part of a partnership between Navigate Affordable Housing Partners and Alabama Power. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners is a nonprofit engaged in developing, owning and managing affordable housing, and Live on 1st […]

Kronospan, a leading manufacturer of wood-based panel products and related value-added products, plans to invest $46.5 million to expand its North American headquarters in Oxford.

NOAA Fisheries announced over the weekend a 79-day red snapper season for for-hire vessels with federal reef fish permits in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The season for federally permitted for-hire vessels (charter boats) will open seven days a week at 12:01 a.m. on June 1, 2022, and will close at 12:01 a.m. […]

The recipients of the Birmingham Monday Morning Quarterback Club's inaugural Nick Saban Legacy Award in College Football Coaching are two legendary names from the gridiron. 

Gubernatorial candidate Lindy Blanchard launched a new television advertisement criticizing Gov. Kay Ivey over tax payer dollars funding a "transgender school."

A federal grand jury this week handed down a 17-count indictment against a previously deported foreign national for drug and firearm-related charges, according to the U.S. District Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama.

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore railed against the Biden administration and congressional Democrats over their "reckless" spending agenda, which he asserted had fueled the national inflation crisis.

U.S. Rep. Palmer (R-Hoover) questioned the energy policies being pushed by Secretary Granholm and the Biden administration.

With just under a month to go until the May 24 primary election, the first attack ad has been launched in the race for Alabama's open fifth congressional district seat.