7. We fought the Revolutionary War so we don’t have to care about this Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have now announced that they are stepping back as “senior” members of the royal family, which means something to people in the United Kingdom and those who read People magazine in the United States. The two […]

CULLMAN — It has been a long time since Jeff Sessions has participated in a competitive election. This time he finds himself in a crowded field of Republican senatorial hopefuls vying for the seat he occupied for 20 years. This week, Sessions has hit the campaign trail, making stops across North Alabama, including Huntsville and […]

The Department of Justice released an opinion on Wednesday that the window for the states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution expired more than 40 years ago. Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office released a statement praising the opinion and advising that the opinion agrees in principle with the legal basis […]

NASA and Boeing loaded the first Space Launch System (SLS) onto NASA’s Pegasus barge in New Orleans on Wednesday. SLS will soon depart for Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for “Green Run” hot-fire engine tests. Escorted by NASA, Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne employees, as well as a jazz band from a local high school, SLS […]

New year, same DrunkAubie. The guys return to recap the Minnesota game, finish their bet on their Auburn predictions, talk Auburn basketball and introduce talking about “The Bachelor” since there’s an Auburn connection in Madison Prewett. DA also gives their New Year resolutions and asks for your resolutions.

One of Alabama’s iconic figures, Charles Barkley, donated $1 million to Miles College on Wednesday. Miles College is a historically black institution in Fairfield, Alabama, which is located about 10 miles west of downtown Birmingham. The school’s total enrollment is around 1,500 students. According to the university, it is the single largest gift Miles College […]

In an interview that originally aired on Tuesday, Galu Tagovailoa revealed the dramatic moments surrounding his eldest son, Tua, declaring for April’s NFL Draft. Speaking with WBRC’s Christina Chambers, Galu also – not for the first time by any stretch – gave a powerful testimony about his and his family’s faith in God. Galu described […]

Matters of foreign policy are complicated. We all know things can turn on a dime as the situation on the ground changes. Democrats are seemingly having a hard time understanding exactly who Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is and why we did what we did to him. Let me help: he was a terrorist leader with […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday shared some tremendous news with the people of Alabama regarding her health. Ivey in September announced that a routine exam had revealed she had a spot on her lung. After more testing, “a tiny, isolated malignancy” was confirmed, meaning the spot was indicative of cancer. She then underwent an outpatient procedure at the […]

In a powerful op-ed published in The Players’ Tribune, outgoing junior University of Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III discussed his decision announced this week to enter April’s NFL Draft. Ruggs emotionally discusses the death of his best friend from his hometown of Montgomery, Rod Scott, who passed away after a car accident in 2016. […]

A judge later this month will sentence a former Alabama police officer who was found guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin set a Jan. 29 sentencing date for former Montgomery police officer Aaron Cody Smith.

President Donald J. Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday at approximately 10:30 a.m. CT about the ongoing conflict with Iran, and afterwards Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) tweeted his support for the president’s speech. “I believe that President Trump was very presidential and showed leadership and purpose,” Alabama’s senior senator said. “I support the President’s effort […]

The Auburn University baseball program will head into the 2020 season ranked No. 6 in Perfect Game’s preseason poll. The rankings were released Wednesday.

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) gave an interview to Chris Cuomo on CNN Tuesday night during which he spoke about the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran. The interview came quickly on the heels of Iran’s strike on U.S. military bases, and President Donald Trump’s tweet that assured America that all was well. […]

Taziki’s Mediterranean Café has named Mike Smith as the Alabama company’s chief operating officer. The announcement was made Tuesday in a press release. Smith has served in various roles at Taziki’s, including director of franchise operations and vice president of operations, since spring of 2018. Before joining the company, Smith was the vice president of […]

7. Bloomberg is pushing for gun control and using an Alabama example Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is new in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, and now as he takes his stance for gun control, using a shooting at Mobile’s Ladd-Peebles Stadium as an example of the need for change. In August […]

GUNTERSVILLE — Republican voters in Marshall County had a rare opportunity to compare two of the front-runners for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination side by side on Tuesday. During a meeting of the Marshall County Republican Party at Wintzell’s Oyster Bar on the shores of the Tennessee River just to the south of downtown Guntersville, former […]

The Department of Defense on Tuesday evening confirmed that a missile attack targeted at least two military bases in Iraq housing United States troops, including Al-Assad Airbase, where President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump memorably posed for a group photo holding a University of Alabama flag with U.S. troops on December 26, 2018. […]

Two Alabama teachers have been chosen by Curriculum Associates to join the inaugural class of its Extraordinary Educators program. According to a press release, the Extraordinary Educators program “establishes a tradition of celebrating and connecting exemplar teachers from schools nationwide.”

The national debt of our country now stands at a staggering $23 trillion. By failing to act, we are placing an unearned and undeserved burden on our children and grandchildren. That is why I voted no when Speaker Pelosi rammed the $1.4 trillion 2020 spending bills through Congress in December. We are spending too much […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday afternoon announced the appointment of distinguished academic Dr. Tommie “Tonea” Stewart to the Alabama State Board of Education. Stewart fills the vacancy created by longtime Democratic district five board member Ella Bell’s passing in November. “Alabama’s students and teachers deserve our best, and Dr. Stewart is prepared to offer that,” […]

One player each from the Auburn University and University of South Alabama baseball teams have been selected by Perfect Game to the Rawlings Preseason All-America teams. Seventeen players from across the nation were named to each the first, second and third teams. Players were reportedly chosen based on past performance, expectations for this coming season […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide start a new era at the quarterback position this week with Tua Tagovailoa’s announcement he would enter this year’s NFL draft. Head coach Nick Saban has no shortage of options in tapping his team’s next starting quarterback. Redshirt sophomore Mac Jones filled in admirably for the injured Tua, throwing for 937 […]

We have all lost loved one and we all grieve in very different ways. Some are overcome with grief while some get scared about what is next.