The organizing committee for The World Games 2022 Birmingham on Tuesday announced the next three competition venues for The Games: Oak Mountain State Park, Barber Motorsports Park and John Carroll Catholic High School. Signage has already been installed at all three venues, per a press release. The World Games 2022 is a multi-sport event that […]

The University of Alabama’s latest national championship football team will be honored at the conclusion of this Saturday’s Golden Flake A-Day Game, which will kick off at noon at Bryant-Denny Stadium. During the game, DeVonta Smith will be honored on two occasions. A Maxwell Award presentation is scheduled for the first quarter break while the […]

A third Buc-ee’s travel center is coming to Alabama. Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced that the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs has awarded a $750,000 grant federally funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission to the city of Athens that will provide infrastructure necessary for a Buc-ee’s to be built off I-65 at the […]

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. According to the Alabama Department of Human Resources, more than 28,000 incidents of child abuse and neglect are reported each year. Providing Alabama’s children with the adequate care and protection they deserve is what we are called as a community to do. It’s critical that we create a […]

Liberal advocacy groups have been working hard to lobby members of the Alabama Legislature to push bills this session that will weaken the criminal justice system and put more felons on the streets. Many of their friends in the media are repeating these one-sided arguments. If that occurs, the losers would be crime victims. So […]

7. Alcohol delivery bill signed by Ivey The bill sponsored by State Senator Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) and State Representative Gil Isbell (R-Gadsden) that would legalize the delivery of alcohol has been signed by Governor Kay Ivey. Deliveries still won’t be allowed to dry counties or cities, but to other areas, deliveries will begin on […]

Last week, the Alabama Senate unanimously passed a bill that banned so-called vaccine passports from being required in Alabama. The legislation was sponsored by State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), and it protects Alabamians from being mandated to hold a COVID-19 vaccine “passport” to receive services and goods from a government or private entity. During an […]

Last week, the Arkansas Legislature overrode a veto from Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) on legislation that prohibited a minor from being issued transgender drugs and gender transition surgeries. Similar legislation is before the Alabama Legislature, which is sponsored by State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy) and State Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville). During an appearance on Mobile […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Monday took to the floor of the United States Senate regarding the crisis unfolding at the nation’s southern border. Tuberville’s remarks lasted more than 11 minutes and highlighted his recent trip to the border; Alabama’s junior senator also spoke about commonsense actions that can still be taken to address the […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday will convene for the 22nd day of its 2021 regular session. There will also be a few committee meetings held on the day. View the Senate committee schedule here and the House committee schedule here. The House will convene at 1:00 p.m. and take up a 19-bill special order […]

Ty Manns is a veteran who loves the art of storytelling. After all of his years of service, he never lost the passion for bringing those stories to life. In this episode, we discuss Ty’s new film “My Brother’s Keeper,” which is loosely based on his father’s experience after returning home from war. Ty shares […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey on Monday signed into law SB 126, which will legalize the home delivery of alcohol in the state of Alabama effective October 1, 2021. Sponsored by Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) and Rep. Gil Isbell (R-Gadsden) in the respective chambers, SB 126 will create a licensing process that ultimately allows […]

The past decade has brought tremendous changes to businesses in industrial and energy sectors. Taking advantage of those changes to uniquely position and empower each sector to shape the future industrial economy is the objective of The Frontier Conference. The two-day event is being held virtually this year from The Frontier‘s home in Birmingham. The Frontier is […]

Tuska, a 19-foot-tall, seven-ton bronze elephant statue, was installed Monday in front of Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama. The newly named Tuska Plaza is at the southeast corner of Tuscaloosa’s University Boulevard and Wallace Wade Avenue. The project includes new landscaping, a large pedestal for Tuska to stand on, sidewalks surrounding the statue and […]

Regions Bank, title sponsor of the Regions Tradition, will light up the Regions Center in downtown Birmingham with the image of a golfer in preparation for the upcoming golf tournament. Starting on Monday night at 8:00 p.m. CT, all four sides of the Regions Center will be lit with images of a golfer, allowing a […]

Another week is here, and that means we are into another week of gambling conversation. Many discussions have already been had about what type of gambling we will have in the state of Alabama and who will benefit. Will it just be a lottery and nothing more? Will it be casino gaming? Will there be […]

Last month, House Democrats rammed through two pieces of sweeping gun control legislation: H.R. 8 – Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 and H.R. 1446 – Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021. I voted against these unconstitutional attempts to strip away the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. These pieces of legislation would effectively give […]

Together with more than 20 business and industry partners across Central Alabama, the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) and Jefferson State Community College in recent days announced a new industry-designed heavy equipment operator pilot program. The program, which is housed at Jefferson State’s Chilton-Clanton campus, addresses the need for more certified construction and heavy equipment […]

For the last few decades, our state has proudly led both the southeast and the nation in economic development, industrial recruitment and job creation, and closets at the Alabama Department of Commerce are overflowing with awards recognizing our successes and shovels commemorating groundbreakings. Even today, as the U.S. continues to struggle with the economic fallout […]

Under the leadership of Mayor Steven L. Reed, the City of Montgomery has partnered with Uber Technologies and HandsOn River Region to launch the Montgomery Rides Program. The initiative — announced on Friday afternoon — increases accessibility to the COVID-19 vaccines by providing free, safe and reliable transportation to local vaccination clinics and appointments. Uber […]

With the approaching retirement of U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), along with several new faces in Alabama’s congressional delegation, the state’s defense industry and leaders are rightly concerned about the flow of federal dollars running dry in the coming years. However, with a little under two years left of Shelby’s term and the remainder of […]

The Biden administration seems intent on renewing the war against fossil fuels to combat global warming. Before going down this path, I hope Americans will consider Alex Epstein’s argument in The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. A moral argument requires a standard of value, and Mr. Epstein’s is human life. As he explains, “I think […]

7. Rioters on the march in Oregon and Minnesota As the George Floyd murder trial goes on in Minnesota, an officer-involved shooting in the state on Sunday has led to heated protests and destruction. The National Guard was used after 20 businesses were attacked, crowds threw rocks and other objects at the Brooklyn Center Police […]

The third video in the Our Yellowhammer 360 series was released on Monday and features Alabama House of Representatives Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) and Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville). Our Yellowhammer 360, announced at the beginning of this year, is a partnership between Yellowhammer News and Our 360 News created in an effort to bring […]