Move over, Florida. According to a new study, Alabama has become one of the best places to retire not only in the south, but the entire country. Per a new study from CreditDonkey, the Yellowhammer State is the second best place to retire in the U.S. The company ranked the states by factoring in the […]

 CNN can’t do anything right. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

A research team from Auburn University recently partnered with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries to gauge shoppers preferences for goods, particularly sweet potatoes, grown in Alabama versus those grown outside the state. The study, which utilized the statewide agricultural label Sweet Grown Alabama for analysis, was conducted at five farmers markets in Huntsville, […]

7. Alabama is ranked No. 8 in the College Football Playoff rankings with the ability to control their own destiny and make the playoffs. If Alabama wins out, they have a showdown with No. 1 Georgia in their future for the SEC Championship and a berth in the last college football playoff that will only […]

To this point, college football fans have looked to the AP Poll every week to see where their team sits in the rankings. But on Halloween night, the College Football Playoff committee released the very first edition of the playoff rankings for the 2023 season, rendering the AP Poll obsolete. There were not many big […]

Every Tuesday we present The Auburn Corner, where we’ll get into a different topic on the Auburn Tigers, break down the previous game, preview the upcoming game, and everything in between. In this week’s edition, Auburn got its first SEC win of the Hugh Freeze era against Mississippi State and faces a favorable schedule the […]

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is a supervillain. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

7. The hottest housing market in Alabama has started to cool with new data showing that home sales down 17.7% in year-over-year in September in the Huntsville-area. The cooling already happened elsewhere, with Birmingham down 22% year-over-year in June, Mobile down 15.3% in 2022, and Montgomery seeing a 24.1% drop in the same peripd. 6. […]

It seems hard to believe, but basketball season is just about a week away. Let’s take a look at head coach Bruce Pearl’s squad and preview some Auburn hoops with the season opener against Baylor rapidly approaching. For whatever reason last season, Auburn could never really fully figure things out. They were not a bad […]

Every Monday we present Tide Takes, where we’ll get into a different topic on the Crimson Tide, break down the previous game, preview the upcoming game, and everything in between. In this week’s edition, the biggest game of the season has arrived for the Crimson Tide, and with both Alabama and LSU coming off a […]

Another big win for Democrats in redistricting redo. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

7. Worldwide anti-Semitism continues to be openly displayed in the streets and on college campuses. In Russia, a mob stormed an airport looking for Jews after learning a flight from Tel Aviv was inbound, the AP called this a “protest” but this was actually a crowd checking passports, breaking down doors, injuring 20 (2 severely) […]

 Radio talk show hosts Dale Jackson and Yellowhammer News’ Yaffee, filling-in for 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick, take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories. Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign up for the 256 Today newsletter here. Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show […]

Earlier in the week, we called this a must-win for the Auburn Tigers over the lowly Mississippi State Bulldogs, and Hugh Freeze and company responded with their best offensive performance of the season. For all the noise around Payton Thorne and the offense the past couple of weeks, Thorne was phenomenal today. Freeze got away […]

 Morgan County NAACP President Rodney Gordon does not like it when his integrity is questioned. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

7. The manhunt for Robert Card, who allegedly shot up a bowling alley and a bar and killed at least 18 people, continues with a special border patrol team involved, searches of two separate family homes, his car being found with a gun and phone in it, speculation about a boat, and a suicide note […]

 I think Tuberville would be pretty happy with this. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

7. Showing that the protests at college campuses are less about “genocide” and more about anti-Semitism, students at Cooper University in Illinois trapped Jewish students in the library, pounded on the door, and shouted “Free Palestine.” In Alabama, two University of Alabama in Huntsville professors decided to sign on to a letter, with 1,900 total […]

Every Wednesday we present “Around the SEC,” with the latest updates on where things stand in the best conference in the land. With Alabama and LSU off this week and a massive SEC West-deciding matchup looming next week, let’s take a look at some of the other games to watch for this week outside of […]

 Jefferson County should just bail out Birmingham-Southern. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

7. Transgender candidate gets destroyed in Jefferson County. This was a battle between the woke far-left with help from out of state and the Alabama Democratic Party establishment. Sylvia Swain raised over $200k, almost 3 times the amount raised by the eventual winner, Travis Hendrix. 6. Republican Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer is being criticized […]

Every Tuesday we present The Auburn Corner, where we’ll get into a different topic on the Auburn Tigers, break down the previous game, preview the upcoming game, and everything in between. In this week’s edition, Auburn is 0-4 in the SEC with a golden opportunity to grab its first conference win. Make no mistake about […]

 Stop standing in the road. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

In what has been called good news for homebuyers, home listings in the state grew and prices slipped last month, according to the Alabama Association of Realtors. The association’s monthly Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report reported 13,603 listings for September, an increase of 13.9% compared to the 11,943 listings available a year ago. The […]