Alabama native and basketball legend Charles Barkley is continuing his streak of being candidly outspoken on hot-button issues. During a Thursday night NBA pregame show on TNT, Barkley addressed the movement by some on the left to defund or even abolish the police. The former Auburn University star and NBA Hall of Famer also touched […]

Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops has done a really nice job of turning the Wildcats into a competitive football program at a place where basketball is king. Especially in Stoops’ two most recent seasons, Kentucky has exceeded expectations that anyone outside of Lexington would have had for the team. In 2018, the Wildcats managed to […]

Earlier this week, Gov. Kay Ivey announced she was establishing the Alabama Prison Repurposing Commission, which will “conduct a thorough evaluation of the Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) existing infrastructure.” “The Commission will make recommendations as to which ADOC facilities should be retained and renovated as major correctional facilities, which could be renovated and repurposed […]

On Wednesday, former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), the Republican nominee for this November’s Second Congressional District election, spent time with President Donald Trump inside the Oval Office, along with a handful of other Republican congressional competitors, which included Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl. During that visit, Moore said he got the sense Trump was “optimistic” […]

7. Some relief for South Alabama Those who were impacted by Hurricane Sally in South Alabama can now apply for disaster loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration. Small Business Administration administrator Jovita Carranza said in a statement, “SBA is strongly committed to providing Alabama residents with the most effective response possible to assist businesses, […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Thursday sent a letter to the respective leaders of Alabama A&M University and Troy University urging them to shutter the Confucius Institute on each campus. The letter was sent to Alabama A&M’s president, Dr. Andrew Hugine, and the Chancellor of Troy, Dr. Jack Hawkins, asking a list of 15 questions […]

Yellowhammer News announces the addition of Zack Shaw, contributing writer and former Auburn Tigers walk-on, to its college football coverage. Shaw will provide weekly analysis and updates throughout the Auburn Tigers’ 2020 season exclusively to Yellowhammer News. To help you get up to speed before the Tigers take the field on Saturday, check out Shaw’s […]

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington this week was installed as the chairman of the board for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). NASWA is the national organization representing workforce agencies in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories. These agencies deliver training, employment, career and business services, in addition to […]

AUBURN, Ala. – While the Auburn Family looks forward to celebrating the return of football, officials are asking fans not to roll the two Auburn Oaks and nearby 10 descendant trees this season, and they are encouraging mask wearing and physical distancing during gameday celebrations. University Arborist Alex Hedgepath says that while the two Auburn […]

The University of South Alabama Jaguars will host the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers on Thursday night at 6:30 in each team’s third game of the 2020 college football season. This will be the second-ever game at the Jaguars’ new Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile.

Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) on Wednesday introduced the Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act (H.R. 8360). This legislation would allow states to determine how to spend remaining respective relief funds that were issued by the federal government under the CARES Act. States and localities were provided $150 billion total through the relief fund for mitigation and […]

BIRMINGHAM — On May 11, 1963, the house in Birmingham where Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams “A.D.” King lay asleep with his family was bombed by someone angry at King’s leadership in the civil rights movement. Fifty-seven years later, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt traveled to that same house so he could personally oversee […]

Building Alabama’s soaring 21st century economy that featured record low unemployment before the COVID-19 pandemic took many unsung heroes working day-in, day-out behind the scenes across public and private sectors. Similarly, our state is going to need this same type of collaborative servant leadership to enable a successful post-pandemic recovery, securing a prosperous present while […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) seems intent on keeping his pledge from last year to oppose any hypothetical Supreme Court nomination made by President Donald Trump for the rest of this term. While Democratic leadership quietly admitted they always knew Jones would back them in voting against Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation last time-around, Alabama’s junior […]

AUBURN — Dr. Deborah Birx, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, visited Auburn University on Thursday where she praised the COVID-19 containment efforts undertaken by the state and school in recent weeks while urging continued mitigation measures and an extension of the state’s mask mandate. Birx said Auburn was her “16th or 17th” […]

Alabama Power Company customers and customer service representatives alike are excited to see that the company this week reopened its local business offices and appliance centers, utilizing heightened health and safety protocols to do so responsibly. Customer service representative Chasaney Hayes said that she is thrilled to have the doors of the Alabama Power business […]

AT&T on Wednesday became yet another major benefactor of Birmingham Promise, which is Mayor Randall Woodfin’s signature workforce development initiative. Birmingham Promise is an apprenticeship and scholarship program made possible by a public-private partnership between the City of Birmingham and area employers. Alabama Power Foundation, Altec and Regions have each previously given $1 million to the […]

7. Pro-life group gathered to promote equality Together in Montgomery, black pro-life group leaders, including Dr. Alveda King, discussed the racial issues surrounding abortion and argued that ending abortion is a necessary step in civil rights. They signed the Equality Proclamation, which says that Planned Parenthood and other abortion provider locations are racially discriminatory. According […]

Jim Page, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa, has been appointed to serve on the board of directors for the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). Based in Alexandria, Virginia, this association represents more than 9,000 professionals across 1,300 chambers of commerce throughout North America. Page has led […]

Fear drove them to Montgomery. They feared Alabama would make its own decisions on energy policy. So in marched an army of lawyers and so-called experts representing a slew of environmental groups. They came from California, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. They saw hearings at the Public Service Commission (PSC) in March as the perfect chance […]

Money this week released its annual rankings of the United States’ “Best Places to Live,” and one Alabama city made the list. The publication considered cities and towns with a population of at least 25,000 and removed any with: more than double the national crime rate; a median income level lower than 85% of its […]

Former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) on Wednesday visited with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the Oval Office. After the meeting, Trump tweeted his endorsement of Moore’s Republican campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s Second Congressional District. Trump wrote that Moore will be “will be a terrific Congressman […]

Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl, the Republican nominee in Alabama’s First Congressional District, on Wednesday visited the White House and met in the Oval Office with President Donald J. Trump. “It was an incredible honor to spend over half an hour in the Oval Office with President Trump and Vice President Pence today,” Carl said […]

One of country music’s most popular artists of the 21st century, Sara Evans, has adopted Alabama as her own, and she is not slowing down. Earlier in 2020, Evans released a new album, “Copy That,” where she covers 13 classic songs, and published a new memoir, Born to Fly. She came to the Yellowhammer State after […]