A principal’s parody of an MC Hammer video emphasizing COVID-19 guidelines has captured the heart of America and much of the world over the past three weeks, garnering more than 5.8 million views so far. After conducting almost 30 national and international interviews (and counting) in the past two weeks, Quentin Lee, the Childersburg High School principal […]

Some of you may wonder how many past governors we have in Alabama who are still living and how they are doing. We have six living past governors. Governor John Patterson is our oldest living chief executive. Patterson is 99-years-old and living on his ancestral family farm in rural Tallapoosa County in an obscure area […]

During this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa), who also serves as the chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, was optimistic about his party’s chances in Alabama in November. England said that both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) could win […]

Jackson closes the show with a “parting shot” aimed at those who felt they needed to defend Goodyear from the accurate criticism President Donald Trump offered about a leaked slide forbidding certain political sloganeering.

Governments have implemented a range of unprecedented policy measures to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Whether “non-pharmaceutical interventions” have slowed infections or produced health benefits exceeding their enormous cost are important questions. Today, I will consider whether these emergency measures will permanently diminish our freedom. The policies of the COVID-19 lockdown were not […]

Although it’s no picnic, wearing a face mask gets easier. That’s Elizabeth Perkins’ message to kids who have not yet started back to school. After more than a week of wearing a face mask for about six hours a day at school, the eighth grader at Bessemer Academy advises other students to practice wearing their mask at […]

Students of all ages from kindergarten to college are starting back to school, whether with in-person instruction or virtual learning. Every school across the state continues to adapt to accommodate students’ return, all while keeping them as safe as possible during this pandemic. Although the start to this school year looks quite different than most, […]

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced the addition of three days to the private angler recreational season for red snapper.

After spending much of August assisting power companies in New Jersey and Illinois following violent storms, more than 200 Alabama Power linemen and support personnel are back safely in Alabama. The crews left on Aug. 5 for New Jersey after Tropical Storm Isaias left thousands without power. Alabama Power worked with Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) to restore power to more than […]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit the Postal Service (USPS) from implementing any operational changes until next year.

A professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a one-year, $98,930 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for plasma research that could advance pulsed fusion propulsion for spacecraft. The grant funds work by a team led by Dr. Gabe Xu, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. […]

One of the problems all of Alabama’s 67 counties have encountered with the COVID-19 outbreak is the housing of inmates at county jails that under normal circumstances would be in an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) facility. However, the pandemic has prevented the routine transfer of inmates to state facilities, leaving county governments with the […]

After an unusual spring and summer, football players at Auburn and Alabama are on the familiar ground of the practice field this week as they prepare for a delayed, SEC-only football schedule. Sure, there are masks being worn, social distancing taking place and regular temperature taking and virus testing. But it’s clear that players are excited to have the […]

Alabama Power is urging customers to prepare for the possibility of severe tropical weather early next week as the company’s crews prepare to quickly and safely respond following the storm. Forecasters are predicting the possibility of a tropical storm or hurricane making landfall next week somewhere in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Meteorologists at the Alabama Power-USA Coastal […]

Hitting the bull’s-eye is never so satisfying as when the arrow’s aim is to defeat breast cancer. So said Beth Bradner of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA). On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22-23, about 200 archers will compete in the Bow-Up Against Breast Cancer Tournament at Cullman Community Archery Park.

North America’s waterfowl breeding population annual survey is another aspect of the outdoors that has been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. Seth Maddox, the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries’ Migratory Bird Coordinator, said virus-related travel restrictions would not allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to conduct the aerial survey of the prairie potholes regions […]

The Huntsville Police Department continues to go above and beyond in serving its local community in North Alabama.

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Friday announced he will vote “no” on House Democrats' postal bill.

RADAR CHECK: Large areas of light to moderate rain are moving across parts of north Alabama early this morning, and as an upper trough persists over the region we expect a number of showers and thunderstorms across the state today with a mostly cloudy sky. The Storm Prediction Center has defined a marginal risk (level 1 out […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) this week interviewed with Washington, D.C. WAMU's "1A Across America" about the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Teledyne Brown Engineering announced it was awarded a contract to produce and sustain equipment for the world’s most powerful ground mobile radar system.

The Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) announced this week that three iconic sites in the Yellowhammer State have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bricklayers Hall in Montgomery, The Alabama Book Store in Tuscaloosa and Vanity Fair Park in Monroeville are now nationally enshrined for their historical significance. “The National Register properties in […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Friday issued a supplement to her emergency proclamation that will allow municipalities greater freedom to recruit and train election workers. Almost every midsize and small city in Alabama heads to the polls next Tuesday, August 25, to vote on their mayor and city councils. Should no candidate get 50% in […]

A beloved fall event in the Wiregrass region of Alabama has reportedly canceled its 2020 edition. WTVY in Dothan is reporting that the 2020 National Peanut Festival has been canceled. The event had been scheduled for November 6-15. The TV station says news of the cancellation was confirmed by “several people with knowledge of the […]