Taylor Wilson, a 2019 ADA scholarship recipient, studies aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, plays soccer and volunteers each summer. Taylor Wilson turned 21 during the COVID-19 crisis, but that didn’t get her spirits down. Her family made sure to mark the occasion in their hometown of Panama City, Florida, with a […]

Tommy Merrick has spent his life looking for ways to serve others. As a youngster growing up in Prattville, his dream was to be a disk jockey. He loved music and, being an only child, his mother encouraged him to sing along to songs. His dad played a little guitar and his uncle was an […]

For the second consecutive evening, President Donald Trump on Saturday took to Twitter to speak out against former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On Friday, Trump and Sessions traded barbs on the social media outlet, with the president also encouraging Alabamians to vote for former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville against Sessions in […]

Last week, Democrats forced a vote on their so-called HEROES Act, a bill that Nancy Pelosi concocted with zero Republican input. This is perhaps the most extreme leftist, socialist bill ever brought to the House floor, and it has no chance of passing in the Senate. This was not a serious attempt to help our […]

The legendary Speaker of the U.S. House Sam Rayburn coined a famous phrase he used often and imparted to young congressmen when they would arrive on Capitol Hill full of vim and vigor. He would sit down with them and invite them to have a bourbon and branch water with him. The old gentleman, who […]

The company behind The Summit and The Pizitz is looking at redeveloping a historic steel plant along Birmingham’s Rotary Trail into new offices and entertainment space. Bayer Properties has a contract to purchase the Hardwick Co. building, a 110-year-old steel plant on the eastern end of the Rotary Trail at 23rd Street and First Avenue South. The building, which has a 30,000-square-foot footprint, […]

Photos of a smogless Los Angeles skyline set against a brilliant blue sky have emerged as an iconic image to showcase the impact of decreased air pollution during America’s COVID-19 quarantine. Similar photos from around the world, including what are usually smog-filled cities in India, China and Europe, provide a glimpse of a world with […]

A top infectious disease doctor with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) told Yellowhammer News that a major new study published this week reinforces UAB’s stance that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. The comment was made by Dr. Paul Goepfert, MD, a professor in UAB’s Division of […]

Visiting the pool or lake is synonymous with summer fun. As hot weather approaches, parents and swimmers alike are concerned about what COVID-19 means for water-based activities this season. The key question people have is whether COVID-19 can be transmitted through pool water. “If a pool is maintained with chlorine or bromine and managed, there […]

Construction continues on a new barrier to restore and preserve Bayou La Batre‘s Lightning Point, one of Alabama’s most iconic and important coastal habitats. The Nature Conservancy in Alabama (TNCA) says contractors have finished installing 1.5 miles of breakwaters around the mouth of Bayou La Batre’s navigation channel, creating a new coastal barrier on both sides of […]

An impromptu mission to produce much-needed protective equipment for Alabama health care workers started with two 3-D printers in a home workshop running around the clock. It’s grown into a coordinated network of partners that includes motivated volunteers, three local high schools and companies wanting to help. This informal partnership has produced and delivered more […]

The economic recovery from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic may take some time. However, an analysis of the numbers may show a degree of the initial panic was not necessary, according to State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road). During an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Barfoot, while acknowledging he was […]

When Garrett Ard started his Eagle Scout project four years ago, the goal was to honor the memory of his late grandfather, Capt. Gloyice Ard, a longtime Gulf Coast charter boat captain. The culmination of all the work involved in such an endeavor recently sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico – in […]

In a Friday evening tweet, President Donald Trump urged Alabamians to vote for former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in the state’s Republican primary runoff on July 14. Tuberville is running against Trump’s first attorney general, former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions. Trump endorsed Tuberville shortly after the primary election, and the president has […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a warning Friday that all nursing home residents on Medicaid should receive their federal stimulus money in full. The Alabama Nursing Home Association (ANHA) responded that they had already taken steps to make sure that happened. “We are now beginning to receive a few reports of concern that some […]

A Mobile man rescued an elderly woman from a burning apartment building on Wednesday. The blaze, and Quinn Parrish’s heroics, were first reported by MyNBC15. Parrish described the moments before rushing to his aged neighbor’s aid, saying, “I felt the heat on the side of my face, I felt the heat on my arm.” Video […]

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) on Friday announced that voluntary in-person athletics activities may resume on SEC campuses, at the discretion of each university, beginning June 8. The resumption of these voluntary activities must come under strict supervision of designated university personnel and safety guidelines developed by each institution. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 […]

Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks) praised President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled strategic approach to China on Thursday. Rogers as the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee has an outsized role in policies dealing with the security and stability of the United States on the world stage. “I am proud that President Trump has laid […]

On March 18, 2020, Vice President Mike Pence announced, “In the fight against the coronavirus, the Trump administration is not just taking a whole of government approach, but a whole-of-America approach.” Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are important contributors to our “all hands” approach to navigating our nation through these unprecedented times. Matching the […]

The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and local government leaders have teamed up to create a small business relief fund that will provide grants to small businesses in Montgomery negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The grants will be administered through the Chamber’s nonprofit foundation, and the pool of money to be given away is […]

Like countless other businesses, Iron Tribe Fitness, a Birmingham-based gym, closed its doors in mid-March to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to its members and coaches. With five gyms in Birmingham and more than 30 others throughout the country, Iron Tribe Fitness Founder and CEO Forrest Walden said the decision to temporarily close was met […]

7. Travel has increased across the state Everything has slowly been reopening, so it’s easy to assume that vehicle travel would increase across the state, especially after vehicle travel decreased by nearly 80% at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.  The Associated Press released data by StreetLight Data, Inc. that showed on a daily basis […]

On Thursday, Gov. Kay Ivey further relaxed restrictions under her so-called Safer-at-Home Order to allow theaters, bowling alleys, museums and other establishments to open at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, with some limitations. Now that some time has passed since the height of the state’s restrictions a month ago, State Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville) said he […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Labor on Thursday announced the latest official count for initial unemployment claims filed with the State of Alabama. Covering May 10–16, the count showed 25,150 initial claims filed during the week; the week previous showed 26,666 initial claims filed. This means that since March 8, 501,630 initial unemployment claims […]