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One of President Joe Biden's first official acts could come with historic costs to the state of Alabama.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office, completing America's hallmark peaceful transition of power.
Veteran NFL quarterback Phillip Rivers officially announced his retirement on Wednesday. He is set to become the football coach at a high school in Fairhope. A native of Decatur and a graduate of Athens High School in Alabama, Rivers ends his professional career with the fifth-most passing yards of all time. He played 16 seasons […]
A problem that has plagued Alabama’s Wiregrass for decades is the lack of highway connectivity from the rural areas of the region to its hubs of Dothan, Enterprise, Ozark and Troy. The area is not directly served by an Interstate highway, although Interstates 10 and 65 are nearby. The Wiregrass has primarily relied on U.S. […]
Early Wednesday, hours before President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in as president, President Donald Trump unveiled his last-hour pardons. Although Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as “Joe Exotic” from the Netflix documentary “Tiger King,” were not included on the list, there was an Alabama connection. Former State Rep. […]
NASA officials and private sector partners gave an update on this past Saturday's hot fire of the SLS core stage for Artemis I.
A special general election was held Tuesday in Alabama House District 33, and Republican nominee Ben Robbins has come out on top.
One of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s most recognizable attractions will soon be taken down to begin a restoration process, museum officials announced on Tuesday. The Pathfinder Space Shuttle exhibit, a one of a kind outdoor exhibit on the Rocket Center’s grounds, is set to be removed for what officials say will be a […]
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama has had a fair number of critics, given primarily for the last-place ranking in the country from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and for a hotline set up by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) for vaccine appointments, which has been overwhelmed at […]
Buc-ee's will unveil its new Alabama travel center in Leeds with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, January 25.
Governor Kay Ivey has proclaimed Tuesday, January 19, 2021, to be National Day of Racial Healing in the state of Alabama. Ivey issued signed the proclamation on January 5 and shared it on her official social media accounts Tuesday morning. “I urge all Alabamians to promote racial healing & transformation, as a means of working […]
Outgoing University Alabama quarterback Mac Jones has won the Manning Award, presented annually to the top quarterback in the nation.
Harris had said that the reason the CDC has ranked the state last is due to them not having all the latest data
On Friday of this week, our nation will recognize National Sanctity of Life Day. This tradition started when President Reagan issued a proclamation in 1984 designating January 22 as the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day. The purpose of this special day is celebrating the gift of life, remembering the lives lost to abortion, […]
In 1957, the Soviet Union stunned the United States by launching Sputnik, the first manmade satellite. The news put Drs. Eberhard Rees and Wernher von Braun to work on a U.S. response at Redstone Arsenal’s Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville. At 10:48 p.m. on January 31, 1958, the Jupiter-C lifted off from Cape Canaveral […]
After rising steadily since the first week of October, new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Alabama have begun decreasing in recent days. Alabama has seen a 9% decrease in hospitalized coronavirus patients over the last week. As of Monday, the state has 2,798 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, a decline of 286 from the all-time […]
Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. was announced as the Shaun Alexander-FWAA National Freshman Player of the Year for the 2020 season.
Drexell & Honeybee's in Brewton, Alabama is a donation-based restaurant that needs the help of the community to continue its mission.
Over the last several days, reports have circulated that show Alabama ranked last in the country in vaccine distribution according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The data show the state has administered less than 100,600 of the 444,640 doses distributed. However, that is not accurate, according to State Health Officer Dr. Scott […]
The Alabama men’s basketball team is in national top-25 rankings this week, checking in at No. 18 in the AP Poll and No. 16 in the...
President Trump signed an order detailing which individuals will get statues of them erected in the National Garden of American Heroes.
The ongoing discussion over whether to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma experienced a new development Monday. State Senator Malika Sanders-Fortier (D-Selma) announced her intention to sponsor a bill that would give legislators from Dallas County the ability to rename the Edmund Pettus bridge — a decision Sanders-Fortier wants to then leave up to […]

