7. Auburn escaped Atlanta with its first win under Alex Golesh after a 17-16 win over Baylor when Eric Winters stopped a two-point try with nine seconds left, while No. 13 Alabama wrecked East Carolina 48-10 as first-start quarterback Keelon Russell piled up 342 yards of total offense and the Tide scored on all six first-half possessions, so Week 1 was pretty good for Alabama-based football schools.
6. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey praised a Trump administration shutdown of driving schools over English-proficiency and training failures, saying people who “cannot speak English or are otherwise unqualified have no business operating an 80,000-pound commercial vehicle,” after ALEA logged 1,022 English-language violations and helped ICE detain 561 people during truck enforcement.
5. Moody Police credited the currently maligned, moral panic-inducing Flock cameras for helping to identify a suspect’s vehicle after a 13-year-old girl was abducted from Tuscaloosa, leading to a stop on Interstate 59 in Bessemer where the girl was found unharmed, and Carmelita Arguijo was charged with second-degree kidnapping; this will lead to some suggesting the kidnapper’s rights were violated.
4. At least 18 Alabama K-12 public schools in Baldwin, Madison, and Tuscaloosa counties hold All Things PLC designations from Solution Tree, whose workshops include “strategies and resources for navigating anti-racism,” “The Antiracist School Leader,” and other materials that urge teachers to “examine the beliefs, expectations, and habits that create equitable, justice-driven school environment,” a clear violation of Alabama law.
3. Policies by President Donald Trump have cut the illegal immigrant population by at least 2.3 million since taking office, from 15.8 million in January 2025 to 13.5 million in July, while the legal immigrant total fell by about 600,000, the first sustained net drop in migration since the 1930s and a reversal after 8.3 million arrivals under former President Joe Biden, the desire to rein in third-world immigration is being felt worldwide.
2. The U.S. struck three Iranian oil tankers and declared it will do more if Iran continues to attempt attacks after ballistic missiles unsuccessfully targeted an aircraft carrier and destroyer that “successfully evaded multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks.”
1. Former U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) believes that Alabama regular gas at $3.80 and diesel at $5.85 are too damn high, and he wants oil companies to get them down, “The petroleum industry needs to be fair to consumers,” arguing wartime “give and take” is needed while warning voters not to pin high prices only on President Donald Trump, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicted oil could fall to “$40 or $50” after the war and called the campaign “the greatest economic isolation operation in the history of the world.”
Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.
