After the Alabama Attorney General’s office was the target of a bombing last year, Steve Marshall is praising President Donald Trump’s decision to designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization. Trump signed an executive order Monday that said ANTIFA, which is short for “antifascist,” is an “enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United […]

Auburn Tigers men’s basketball head coach and one of the most beloved men in the SEC Bruce Pearl made some massive headlines on Monday when news broke that he was retiring from coaching and his son Steven was becoming Auburn’s new head coach. Pearl has brought the Auburn program to new heights since arriving in […]

ProgressPAC, the political arm of the Business Council of Alabama, announced its first round of endorsements in the 2026 election cycle. The group is backing a slate of incumbent lawmakers it describes as “pro-business champions” who have consistently supported Alabama’s business community. According to BCA, these lawmakers have demonstrated their commitment to strengthening Alabama’s economy […]

Meta plans an expansion of its Montgomery Data Center, bringing the technology company’s total investment in Alabama’s capital region to more than $1.5 billion. The news was shared during a closed construction tour with state and regional leaders, reinforcing Montgomery’s position as one of the Southeast’s fastest-growing technology and innovation hubs, according to the Montgomery Chamber of […]

Chadwick Farm, a sprawling 1,827-acre sporting property just 45 miles from Birmingham, one of Alabama’s premier recreational estates, is now on the market. The property combines the character of Appalachia with the feel of a southern hunting plantation and comes fully equipped for year-round outdoor enjoyment. The estate’s landscape is carefully maintained, featuring rolling quail […]

Alabama’s non-partisan municipal elections are a total joke and need to be moved to align with partisan races for state and federal office. The elections are full of misinformation and apathy, make them partisan, and that changes. The two-party system is not perfect, but it is far better than the guessing game taking place in […]

Catch live episodes of Longshore and McKnight daily on YouTube, Spotify, and on Yellowhammer News?️?  Today’s top moments 0:00:00: We Didn’t Expect to Talk Basketball Today 0:00:27: Bruce Pearl Shocks Auburn by Stepping Down 0:01:51: Steven Pearl Gets the Job — Right Move or Risky Gamble? 0:03:13: Is Bruce Pearl Auburn’s Most Important Coach […]

Hoover’s newly elected mayor, Nick Derzis, will take office on November 3, 2025. In the weeks leading up to his swearing-in, he has focused on some of the city’s most pressing challenges. Chief among them is the future of Riverchase Galleria and nearby Patton Creek, two retail centers he views as essential to Hoover’s long-term […]

Alabama A&M University President Daniel K. Wims testified before Congress recently, urging lawmakers to strengthen America’s agricultural defenses against emerging threats. Wims appeared before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology during a hearing titled “Surveying the Threat of Agroterrorism: Perspectives on Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Defense.” He was introduced by Subcommittee […]

Alabama business and economic development leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Alabama’s Congressional delegation and administration officials. The meetings highlighted the importance of ongoing collaboration to attract investment, grow the workforce, and drive sustainable economic development across the state. During group sessions and individual meetings, representatives from industry, workforce development organizations, […]

Next year, Alabama will elect a new Attorney General for the first time in nearly a decade. For law enforcement, this will be an extremely important decision. The partnership between law enforcement and the Attorney General’s Office has historically ebbed and flowed—while some AGs have stood up and really fought for the men and women in […]

Alabamians have always known that our state is a great place to live, and now, the rest of the nation is taking notice. With a median home price of about $220,000–well below the national average of more than $400,000–Alabama has officially earned the title of the most affordable housing market in the United States. That […]

Former Hoover High School standout and Alabama Crimson Tide legend Will Reichard is off to an absolutely incredible start in his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, now in his second year in the league. On Sunday afternoon though, Reichard broke new ground in terms of his dominance kicking field goals. During what wound up […]

7. Alabama football will no longer face LSU, they will get Auburn, Mississippi State, and Tennessee, while Auburn gets Alabama, Georgia, and Vanderbilt annually under a new Southeastern Conference schedule with a shifting rotational format. 6. Mayor Steven Reed called for peace in Montgomery after a deadly weekend, urging community action to curb violence following […]

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is working to revive one of the tenets of the American Dream, growing increasingly out of reach for many: Homeownership.  In a stark increase from the 1980s, when the average first-time home owner was in their late 20s, the average age of first-time home owners is 38 — an all-time […]

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has dismissed an eight-count lawsuit filed by former employees of Radiance Technologies, an employee-owned defense contractor headquartered in Huntsville. In an opinion issued late last week, U.S. District Judge Corey L. Maze dismissed all claims without prejudice. Maze held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall criticized former President Joe Biden and former special counsel Jack Smith for previously launching an investigation in 2012 into Turning Point USA, which is the nonprofit co-founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and other conservative and Republican organizations. Last week during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley […]

In a return to community-based ownership for the private club, NorthRiver Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa has been sold to a group of local investors. According to a report from the Tuscaloosa Patch, the investors include Joe Gillis, Chris Mobley, Miller Mobley, Kenny Short, and Andy Turner. The group has experience with local development, having previously […]

Most of the attacks and smears being used to slam Charlie Kirk after his murder are wholly made-up smears, ignorant misquotations, or hate-filled rhetoric. It is bad enough when you see your friends’ aunt doing it on Facebook, it is incredibly embarrassing when a sitting member of Congress does it to justify a vote against […]

The 2026 Alabama Attorney General’s race keeps heating up. On Monday morning, former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell’s campaign accused opponent Katherine Robertson of “accepting campaign contributions tied to the gambling industry.” Such a move, they argue, is “a break with past Attorneys General who have stood as the last line of defense against […]

Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl is not running for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2026, sources close to Pearl’s deliberations tell Yellowhammer News.  The decision comes after months of speculation spurred by reports that Pearl had taken meetings with Republican operatives and officials in weighing a bid for the open seat. It was […]

The Auburn Tigers received some shocking news on Monday afternoon with their basketball program according to various reports. As first reported by Jeff Borzello and Pete Thamel at ESPN, longtime head coach Bruce Pearl is stepping down and retiring just a month before the start of the season. His son, Steven — who has been […]

From billboards to online resources, the National Opioid Awareness Day focused on education, prevention, and recovery. The Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH), in partnership with Opioids Take and funded by the Alabama Legislature, recognized National Opioid Awareness Day on September 21. The annual observance called on Alabamians to reflect, learn, and take action against […]

The UAB Blazers have had a rough go of it over the last coupe of years under head coach Trent Dilfer, going 4-8 in 2023 before a 3-9 season in 2024 that left Dilfer on the hot seat going into 2025. While Dilfer’s fate has yet to be decided, incidents like his team had on […]