Former State Rep. Richard Laird (I-Roanoake) passed away on Monday at age 81 after a bout with the coronavirus, his family has confirmed. Laird served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 until choosing not to seek reelection in 2014. Before election to the legislature, he served on the Roanoke City Council from 1972-1976. He […]

At a remote press conference on Monday, Auburn University head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl reacted to the news from the previous day that head football coach Gus Malzahn’s contract was terminated by the university. Malzahn had led the Tigers football program since 2013, and Pearl joined him on The Plains in 2014. “Yesterday was […]

MONTGOMERY — Members of the Alabama Republican Party gathered with state officials in the capitol on Monday to officially cast the state’s nine Electoral College votes for President Donald Trump. Trump in 2020 received the largest-ever number of votes a candidate has received from the voters in Alabama. He earned 1,441,170 votes to former Vice […]

Alabama’s initial allotment of the first approved coronavirus vaccine is arriving in the state early this week, with three hospitals receiving their doses on Monday and 12 more getting their shipments on Tuesday. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) made the announcement in a news release on Monday. Alabama is receiving a total of […]

Mercedes-Benz on Monday officially announced it will launch six new electric vehicle lines by 2022, including two new SUVs to be built in Alabama. Mercedes’ electric vehicles will all be branded under the “EQ” designation. The company announced that the new EQS and EQE SUVs will both be produced in Tuscaloosa, beginning in 2022. The […]

Auburn celebrates a lifetime of achievement by Gen. Lloyd Austin, who provides immeasurable support to our university. We are grateful for his leadership in defending our freedoms and know his best days in serving our nation are still ahead. Congratulations and thank you! See the full story here.

The state agency overseeing medical licenses approved an emergency rule over the weekend to allow out of state doctors in good standing to apply for temporary emergency medical licenses in Alabama. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission met over the weekend and adopted the measure. “As the number of COVID-19 […]

Alabama’s Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board voted on Monday to allow curbside alcohol sales through the holiday season. The ABC Board’s decision comes as the state is experiencing record levels of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The board first instituted curbside selling in March but stopped the practice in the middle of September during a lull […]

Regions Financial Corporation has announced that chief operating officer John Owen will retire effective March 15, 2021, following a nearly 38-year distinguished career in business and banking. Owen has spent the past 13 years at Regions, joining the Birmingham-based company in 2007 as head of Operations and Technology. In 2009, he was named head of […]

Phoenix Investors in recent days announced that an affiliate of the national private commercial real estate firm has acquired the vacant plant in Wetumpka owned and once occupied by Russell Brands. A Class A industrial facility totaling approximately 891,000 square feet on 102 acres of land, the plant was closed in 2013. “I want to […]

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02) this past week delivered her congressional farewell address on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Republican from Montgomery chose not to seek reelection this year after serving five terms in Congress. Roby is widely and bipartisanly respected, especially when it comes to advocacy related to defense, veterans, agricultural […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide just completed the greatest regular season in college football history with a first-ever 10-0 record in SEC play. The Tide dominated each of its opponents, and no game seemed even remotely in doubt. On the offensive side of the ball, Mac Jones has put together the greatest season of any quarterback […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee Member Lisa Handback take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Was Alabama right to join the lawsuit Texas has filed at the Supreme Court concerning the 2020 election? — Did anyone know that Alabama could mandate vaccinations if they wanted to, […]

The opening and closing ceremonies of the World Games 2022 will feature original music from Henry Panion, one of Alabama’s most accomplished and decorated composers. The Birmingham Organizing Committee announced Monday that Panion has joined the 2022 Games as artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies. Panion is University Professor of Music and Director of Music […]

Auburn Director of Athletics Allen Greene on Sunday announced that Gus Malzahn is no longer the head football coach on The Plains. Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele has been named interim head coach, and a national search for Malzahn’s permanent replacement will begin immediately. A release said that Greene recommended the change in the football team’s leadership […]

Alabama Power’s Ephraim Stockdale has been recognized as a “shining star” by Alabama Communities of Excellence (ACE) for his leadership in community development. The nonprofit presented Stockdale with its Outstanding ACE Leadership Award for his work serving on the ACE Associates Council. The award is one of six STAR awards ACE presents annually to acknowledge its partners, Associates Council […]

A nonprofit organization in Mobile County is teaching kids valuable life skills while helping the environment. Groundwork Mobile County (GMC) recently completed its first Green Team youth employment program where six teens spent a month working in community gardens in Mobile County. GMC Executive Director Barja Wilson said the kids loved it. “They were very proud,” […]

The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is recruiting women in Alabama to join the WISDOM study, or Women Informed to Screen Depending On Measures of risk, which is an innovative national research study designed to test a personalized approach to breast cancer screening and prevention. Women between the ages of 40 and 74 who have […]

Vaccines from Moderna and BioNTech/Pfizer are nearing approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Politicians will now decide who will get vaccinated first. The Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has prioritized vaccination of medical personnel and nursing home residents. The rest of us will have to wait. Prices offer an […]

Brother Bryan Mission of Birmingham has completed the second-largest purchase in its 80-year history, paying $340,000 for a neighboring building in an effort to soon provide beds for 100 men. The city’s oldest mission currently is able to house 76 men for its addiction recovery and back-to-work programs, said Executive Director Jim Etheredge, who heads a […]

A tiny freshwater fish, recently rediscovered in Alabama, will get some help to survive, thanks to a grant from the nonprofit National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). For more than 50 years, the trispot darter had not been seen in the state. That is, until 2008, when scientists discovered a small population in St. Clair County. The new grant, […]

This game put the idea that “any win is a good win” to the test. The first half of the contest between Auburn and Mississippi State surely gave many fans flashbacks to the 2008 game between the teams that finished in a 3-2 Tigers victory. Neither team was able to put any semblance of consistent […]

The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema in downtown Birmingham and the Sidewalk Film Festival announced that they are participating in the 2021 digital Sundance Film Festival. As a partner, the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema in the heart of Birmingham’s historic theatre district will serve as a satellite venue for this seven-day festival, hosted by the Sundance […]

Alabama is no stranger to going undefeated in the SEC. However, in a unique season with COVID-19 precautions, players and coaches sitting out, and a 10-game, all-conference schedule — this one was different. Saturday’s 52-3 demolition of Arkansas made this the fifth regular season in which the Crimson Tide have gone undefeated since head coach […]