Optimism and hope still reign for many teams entering the second week of the SEC season. Week two is typically when teams see their biggest leaps in improvement. Nick Saban was predictably upset by some aspects of his team’s play in a dominant win over Missouri, a victory which some say showed the Tide is […]

VANCE, Alabama – Workers at Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz plant have produced an all-new model that the company calls the peak of SUV luxury. The first customer-ready Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 built in Alabama rolled off the assembly line at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International facility in Tuscaloosa County in September. Mercedes unveiled the vehicle late last year, saying that it […]

It’s rivalry week. The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry makes its first appearance in a month other than November for the first time since 1936 today. Auburn has played Georgia more than any opponent in program history. Saturday’s game will be the 125th meeting between the two schools in a series that dates back to 1892. […]

Despite the tumult caused by Hurricane Sally’s direct hit, the October 10-12 red snapper season is still on for Alabama’s private recreational anglers. The hurdle for many of those private recreational anglers is finding a friend with a boat undamaged by Sally’s Category 2 winds and storm surge. “Our intention is to keep the three-day […]

President Donald J. Trump has been flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as he battles the coronavirus.

Dr. Jane Grimwood, one of the most cited researchers in the world, uses her knowledge of life’s tiniest building blocks to achieve big things. Grimwood works at Huntsville’s HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, where she is a co-director of the Genome Sequencing Center. She leads a staff 0f 25 researchers, along with co-director Jeremy Schmutz, who […]

It's odd that those screaming about how terrible all of their fellow Alabamians are the worst people in the state, they are sad, irrelevant and just pathetic people.

Alabama looked dominant in their 38-19 win over Missouri last weekend, but everyone expected dominance against a weak Missouri team with a first-year head coach. On the flip side of that, Texas A&M looked worse than they have in years. If you didn’t see the headlines, Texas A&M narrowly defeated Vanderbilt 17-12 on Saturday. That […]

Facebook's Huntsville Data Center is set to open soon, but the center has already been contributing to the economic growth of the area.

A scientist in the federal government on Thursday summarized preliminary findings of the Great Red Snapper Count that indicate the famous fish species is much more numerous than previously believed. U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) said in a statement that the data indicates Alabama “can increase opportunities for snapper fishermen without danger to the health […]

Huntsville's Marshall Space Flight Center this week was awarded the annual Small Business Administrator's Cup by NASA.

MONTGOMERY — The top federal official in charge of the 2020 U.S. Census visited Montgomery on Friday morning as part of a last-minute push to get citizens to fill out their Census forms ahead of the October 5 deadline. Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham told Yellowhammer News at the event that 3,000 Census employees […]

"The D.C. swamp is full of socialists and liberals who hate our Alabama conservative values. Doug Jones? He’s one of the worst."

Few entities in the Yellowhammer State have made more of a positive difference here at home — or across our nation — than the University of Alabama System. And few people have played a larger role in the System’s success in recent decades than Kellee Reinhart. As senior vice chancellor for communications and community relations, […]

One of President Donald Trump's closest aides, Hope Hicks, has tested positive for novel coronavirus and concern for the President is warranted because Hicks has traveled with Trump to the presidential debate in Cleveland

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women other than skin cancer. Many factors influence breast cancer risk, including family history, lifestyle habits and advancing age. Although breast cancer is sometimes found after symptoms appear, many women with breast cancer have no symptoms at all. Regular mammograms are the best way to find […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The game day experience at the University of Alabama and Bryant-Denny Stadium will be different this football season in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. UA is implementing changes to comply with CDC, state of Alabama, NCAA and SEC health guidelines to keep fans safe while preventing the spread of coronavirus. A few highlights of […]

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for coronavirus, the president tweeted...

AUBURN, Ala. – Leaders from the Federal Bureau of Investigation unveiled the organization’s revised strategies for dealing with cyber attacks at an hour-long virtual event hosted by Auburn University’s McCrary Institute on Thursday morning. FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Matt Gorham and FBI Deputy Assistant Directors Tonya Ugoretz and Clyde Wallace joined McCrary Institute Director […]

Protective Life, headquartered in Birmingham since its founding in 1907, announced the expansion of its virtual workforce, as the company...

U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) on Thursday introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives termed the “American Jobs First Act” that aims to protect American workers from less expensive employees imported from other countries. Brooks believes the United States should make impactful changes to its immigration policy, especially the visa program that allows […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall (R-AL) on Thursday joined a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in sending a letter to the U.S. Senate urging the body to immediately hold a hearing and then promptly vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall and his colleagues wrote that […]

Air pollution has declined in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area more than almost every other area since 2009, according to a report.

U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) on Thursday pushed back on the idea that New York handled the coronavirus pandemic well, arguing the state could learn from how it was dealt with in Alabama. Byrne’s initial comments were posted to Twitter in response to a report by the New York Times that showed New York City, […]