After three weeks of preparation, the Alabama Crimson Tide crushed Kentucky 63-3 on Saturday night. The Tide may have started off a little sluggish after three weeks off but ended up playing one of their most complete games of the season. Stars were shining all over the field for Alabama on both sides of the […]

COVID-19 is a global problem but three major pieces of technology – the GuideSafe app, the Pathcheck platform and the National Key Server – are now the world’s “triple threat” for preventing exposure to and the spread of the disease. The University of Alabama at Birmingham on Nov. 19 announced its partnership with the PathCheck Foundation, founded at the Massachusetts Institute […]

The University of Alabama football team has not played a single game in November yet. Their last game was on Halloween night when they shutout Mississippi State 41-0. A bye week, and too many positive COVID-19 cases for LSU last week, are the two things that led to this point. That is a lot of […]

Thanksgiving is a special holiday because it provides us an entire day each year to pause and give thanks for the many blessings we have received. Particularly amid a global pandemic, the stress and craziness of life often make it easy to lose sight of just how much we have to be thankful for. Although […]

Fans from all over the world can now represent the World Games 2022 everywhere they go. The Birmingham Organizing Committee has opened its official merchandise store, making the World Games 2022 T-shirts, hats, apparel and gift items available to the public for purchase. “This is an exciting milestone on the road to this once-in-a-lifetime event,” said World […]

Bret Holmes, set to graduate from Auburn University next month with a degree in Building Science, received a special hometown celebration at Talladega Superspeedway for winning the 2020 ARCA Menards Series Championship. With a host of friends, family and guests, Holmes, a Munford native and driver of the family-owned No. 23 Holmes II Excavation Chevrolet, was honored during a watch party […]

Students from all seven Birmingham City high schools make up the first Birmingham Promise class of freshmen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The scholarship program provided 68 students with the opportunity to pursue their bachelor’s degree with a full-tuition scholarship through a partnership with Birmingham Promise, Inc., at UAB. More than 50 percent of the […]

The Auburn Tigers come off their extended break to face the Tennessee Volunteers today. Auburn’s last game was their best performance of the season, a 48-11 drubbing of LSU. However, that contest was 21 days ago since the Tigers had a scheduled bye week and then an unexpected missed game against Mississippi State because of […]

With a nickname like Pier Pounder, David Thornton of Mobile has seen his favorite pastime disappear with 2020’s double whammy of hurricanes. Hurricane Sally took the Gulf State Park Pier out of commission, and Hurricane Zeta destroyed Cedar Point Pier in Mobile County. “I guess you can call me the Pier-less Pounder because the only […]

The United States Air Force on Friday announced Montgomery’s Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base has been selected as the preferred location to host the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter Formal Training Unit (FTU). U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and its Subcommittee on Defense, applauded the Air Force’s decision. The new […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Friday that he is filing suit against Madison County over the recent removal of a Confederate monument from the county courthouse in Huntsville. Marshall is alleging the removal of the monument violates the 2017 Memorial Preservation Act that banned the removal, alteration or destruction of any structure of historical […]

Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris on Friday morning interviewed with Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show.” The head of the Alabama Department of Public Health discussed the current surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the Yellowhammer State, saying the current situation is “a lot worse” than what numbers had been over the […]

Troy University head football coach Chip Lindsey on Friday announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release, the second-year head coach’s positive result stemmed from Troy’s weekly PCR tests that are administrated each Wednesday to all of the program’s players and staff. Troy’s athletics department wrote that Lindsey is experiencing very […]

Last week, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office announced a $60 million settlement with Terminix over its termite treatment practices in Mobile, Baldwin and Monroe Counties. The settlement stems from Terminix’s business practices in coastal counties where they did not provide annual termite inspections as required in their contracts and then drastically increased annual premiums to […]

Alabama’s unemployment rate fell almost an entire percentage point last month, moving from 6.7% in September to 5.8% in October. Alabama’s total number of persons claiming unemployment in October was 130,329, down from 153,338 in September. Effects from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continue to dampen the state’s economy compared to a year ago. In October […]

7. Cam Ward plans to be ‘pragmatic’ in new role After it was announced that State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) will be appointed to the director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, he’s now said that he will take a “balanced approach” to issues within the agency. Ward said that with the agency, […]

Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) announced he was self-quarantining after coming in contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19. During an interview with Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Aderholt said he has continued to test negative for the virus but was remaining in quarantine out of an abundance of caution. […]

Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal has once again been named as a finalist to be the permanent headquarters of United States Space Command, Governor Kay Ivey announced on Thursday. The Rocket City was previously named as one of six finalists for the HQ, however the formulation of a new list was ordered earlier this year. Thursday’s announcement […]

Alabama’s coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are increasing rapidly, causing alarm among health experts as they approach levels not seen since the summer. Over the last week, the state has added 1,635 cases per day, a 24% increase over the same time last week and a rate only slightly below the 1,851 per day the state […]

What could end up being one of the most important projects in Alabama’s history received the funding needed to move forward on Thursday. As part of an almost $300 million in total funding for Alabama Public School and College Authority (PSCA) projects announced by Governor Kay Ivey, a planned state-of-the-art genomics facility at the University […]

Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) on Thursday announced that a total of $298,317,492 has been awarded to 20 Public School and College Authority (PSCA) projects across the Yellowhammer State. “The Public School and College Authority was established with the intent on tackling long-standing school infrastructure projects or educational upgrades that have been delayed due to limited […]

Emblazoned above the doors of the Alabama State House is a Latin phrase that is translated “We Dare Defend Our Rights.” It is a symbol of the determination to ensure that the government does not forget that its people are imbued with certain inalienable rights. Not mere privileges – but rights. In this age of […]

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Thanksgiving might look a little different for people this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you’re spending Thanksgiving at home instead of with relatives or having a virtual Thanksgiving, why not take the stress of cooking off your plate? Here are 20 restaurants that are offering Thanksgiving takeout in Alabama. You might not even […]