7. The SEC dropped an expulsion vote after LSU locked its roster without former NFL players and Ross Dellenger reported “productive communication” regarding actual football, Kentucky coach Will Stein told fans to make Kroger Field “the loudest in the history of the world,” “scream obscenities,” and “Sneak a flask in, do whatever you have to do” as his team prepares to get destroyed.

6. Auburn restaurant owner Cesar Campos-Reyes pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, and unlawful employment of aliens after taking about $866,500 in COVID relief funds, using $262,145.20 to buy Opelika property, and hiring unauthorized workers, U.S. Attorney Thomas Govan says funds “were intended to help legitimate businesses and their employees, not to be diverted for personal gain.”

5. The scourge of DEI continues to be uncovered at Auburn University as the university still lists “gender identity, and gender expression” in its discrimination policy despite Attorney General Steve Marshall’s argument that Title IX “sex” means biological sex, but Auburn’s Jennifer Adams said policies “comply with applicable law” and are “scheduled for review this fall.”

4. U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) urged Alabamians to cancel Mexico trips over the seizure of Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials’ port, saying “in America, if we have a civil dispute, we don’t send in the military,” comparing Mexico’s government to “a cartel,” and calling the episode “just thuggery.”

3. Democrat State Senate District 2 nominee Rudolph Drake “has a history of blackmail, stalking and domestic abuse” where his ex, Runettia Ulanda Guess, alleged he threatened to “put a bullet in my head,” texted nudes, and followed her to South Carolina, with the court finding he had stalked her.

2. Alabama officials marked one year since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, with Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) saying “Charlie Kirk spent his career handing the microphone to people who disagreed with him, and the Socialist Left killed him for it,” U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) calling it “leftwing political violence,” and U.S. Senate nominee and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) saying “America lost the voice of a generation.”

1. All over the great state of Alabama and the nation, people are marking the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with ceremonies at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and the Flight 93 Memorial honoring nearly 3,000 lives lost, as President Donald Trump was expected at the Pentagon.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.