Seventy-five years ago today, World War II officially ended. After six years of global conflagration, the guns fell silent and the lights, a barometer of civilization, began to once again chase the darkness from the world. The war left Europe decimated with 60 million people dead and the islands of Japan smoldering piles of rubble […]

There may not be any position group on the football field where continuity means more than on the offensive line. The five individual linemen must operate as one unit to be successful. That is obviously a tall task that requires a lot of work and coordination. New Auburn offensive line coach Jack Bicknell will have […]

State Senator David Burkette (D-Montgomery) has resigned his position amid an ongoing investigation into potential violations of state ethics laws and continued health concerns. Burkette, who was recovering from a stroke for most of the 2020 legislative session, did not elaborate on his reasons for leaving office in his official resignation letter, though he acknowledged […]

Time is running short as the U.S. Census Bureau is set to announce reapportionment numbers based on the 2020 Census outcome, which will reveal whether or not Alabama will keep or lose one of its congressional seats. Last week, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) was deposed in the federal suit State of Alabama & Mo […]

Alabama State University (ASU) on Tuesday revealed their newly installed technology from the company Draganfly that uses a camera to check an individual’s temperature, heart rate and other vital signs. If the person submitting themself to the scan does not display any indications that they are infected with the coronavirus, a green light appears and […]

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said the bad news is the football team has lost valuable practice time due to a COVID-19 outbreak. But the good news is there is still time to be ready for the first game on Sept. 26. “We understand we’re four weeks out,” Malzahn said Sunday. “We feel like we have time to prepare. […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno is providing insight into some of the added benefits of space exploration, as NASA and private sector partners continue to forge ahead with historic plans to form a sustainable presence on the moon and ultimately land Americans on Mars for the first time in the relatively near future […]

Life is a journey for all of us. What we do on that journey is ultimately going to lead us more towards our purpose, or away from it. George Shamblin is a teacher, pastor and author of the book “The Relay.” In this episode, George tells us a little bit about his journey and how […]

The Southeastern Conference on Tuesday announced some of the football games that will be broadcast on ESPN affiliates, including the SEC Network, during the 2020 regular season. The SEC is set to play a 10-game, conference-only schedule this year, with September 26 as the kickoff date. Kickoff times and networks were announced on Tuesday by ESPN […]

Alabama has a proud and storied military tradition. Our citizens have fought, died and shed their blood in every war our nation has fought since Alabama achieved statehood, and veterans from every conflict, including the American Revolution, have been laid to rest within our soil. The military bases located in Alabama – from Rucker to […]

The Alabama Census Bowl has been created where counties that have performed poorly in responding to the Census will earn money for their school systems by competing head-to-head at increasing their response rates. The competition, similar in style to a March Madness type bracket, is a project from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community […]

CBS on Tuesday morning announced six of the SEC games that will be featured on its network for the 2020 college football season. The University of Alabama Crimson Tide will feature in three of those six contests, while the Auburn Tigers will play in one matchup. The SEC is set to play a 10-game, conference-only […]

Four airports across the state of Alabama will receive a total of $10,109,066 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants for improvements to airport infrastructure. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Tuesday announced the grant funding, which was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) after being made available through annual appropriations measures, as well […]

Johnarian Travez Allen, 29, was shot eight times and killed in recent days in Union Springs, the county seat of Bullock County. The motive for such a brutal killing? According to WSFA, the alleged killer says Allen, then a pedestrian, was crossing the street at too slow a pace.

7. Democratic insider describes how mail-in voter fraud happens Despite the insistence that voting by mail is safe, fair and the most amazing thing that has ever happened, a Democratic operative has explained how dirty tricks are used to change the votes of citizens to affect election outcomes, and that includes changing votes and even […]

Online collegiate resource “Niche” has rated Auburn the best university in Alabama, while the magazine “Money” has named Auburn as the best value in the state. Money says it factors in affordability, quality of education and graduates’ earnings potential to the rankings they publish. The publication highlighted Auburn’s 78% graduation rate as a positive indicator […]

After refusing to condemn rioting, looting and chaos in the streets during the Democratic National Convention, former Vice President Joe Biden has emerged from his basement to make a statement meant to draw the nation together. Donald Trump may believe mouthing the words law and order makes him strong, but his failure to call on […]

Lowndes County Sheriff John “Big John” Williams was fatally shot in the line of duty less than a year ago while responding to a call about a disturbance at a Hayneville gas station. William Chase Johnson, 18, turned himself in hours after the shooting and has been charged with capital murder. His attorneys in court last […]

Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Chancellor Jimmy Baker announced on Monday that he has appointed Gregg Bennett to serve as the interim president of Gadsden State Community College. Current president Dr. Martha Lavender announced earlier in the year that she would be retiring from the post she has held for the last six years. Bennett […]

In a span of just a few months, the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we function as a society and has fundamentally altered our healthcare delivery system. It has exacerbated weaknesses in the infrastructure of health care and exposed limitations in current policies at a time when costs are rising and access to care […]

Earlier this year, State Rep. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) resigned her spot in the legislature to take a job in the Trump administration. That meant a special election for constituents in House District 49, which includes parts of Shelby, Chilton and Bibb Counties, and is a solidly Republican district that consists of a mix of suburban […]

University of Alabama Student Government Association president Demarcus Joiner on Monday morning interviewed on “CNN Newsroom” with Jim Sciutto about the university’s return-to-campus efforts. The interview came after the university’s latest publicized data on Friday evening showed that its attempts to flatten the curve appear to be working. “We’re happy to say that no students […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has allocated $10 million for a grant program to help relieve the financial pain suffered by the state’s timber owners during the coronavirus pandemic. The money comes from the $1.9 billion Alabama received as part of the federal government’s CARES Act passed in March with the goal of alleviating the economic […]

The future USS Savannah (LCS 28) was christened this past weekend at Austal USA’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. Savannah is the 14th of 19 Independence-variant littoral combat ship that Austal has under contract with the United States Navy. “Austal is honored to christen today what will be the sixth Navy ship named after […]