Officials overseeing the disaster response to a tornado-stricken community in Alabama say all people reported missing have been accounted for with no increase in the death toll. Lee County Coroner Bill Harris told a news conference Wednesday that the death toll stands at 23, but his office is “in standby mode on the outside chance […]

At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, Congressman Mike Rogers (AL-3) slammed Democrats for their politicized opposition to physical border barriers since 2016 and recent calls to eliminate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Rogers began by listing border facts from the fiscal year 2018, which included the total weight in pounds of illegal drugs […]

OPELIKA, Alabama — Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller announced that Yongsan Automotive USA will invest more than $5.5 million to open a manufacturing facility in the city’s Fox Run Business Park that will employ 150 workers after three years. Fuller’s announcement came during an Opelika City County meeting on Tuesday night when Yongsan’s plans for its […]

Xtreme Concepts Racing owner Landon Ash had been in victory lane as a guest of Kyle Busch’s following the popular driver’s win in Charlotte last year. Less than a year later, Ash got back into victory lane with Busch, but this time he did not need a guest pass. This time Ash was there as […]

Two corporations will pay for the funerals of all 23 tornado victims in east Alabama. According to WTVM, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris shared the inspiring news Tuesday during an interview. The names of the two companies have not been released.

Representative Martha Roby (AL-2) continued her staunch advocacy this week for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program based at Montgomery’s Donnelly Field. Roby, co-chair of the congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus, cosponsored a resolution recognizing the program as a critical, cutting-edge component of America’s national security efforts that Congress must continue to properly fund and support. “The F-35 […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has created a select panel on climate issues as part of her overhaul of the U.S. House policy apparatus. Republican leadership quickly filled out its allotted slots for service in the panel’s minority, one of which is now held by Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), according to a release from his office. […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill responded to Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) asserting that Republicans “do not want African-Americans and other minorities to vote,” with the Republican secretary of state saying the brazen claim has “absolutely no validity.” After the State of the State Tuesday evening, Yellowhammer News asked Merrill about Jones’ comments made Sunday […]

In a video shared Tuesday afternoon by Attorney General Steve Marshall, President Donald Trump delivered a message directly to the people of east Alabama affected by Sunday’s devastating tornadoes. Speaking from the White House this week to a group from the National Association of Attorneys General, the president expressed his sympathies and made clear that […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey officially called the state legislature into a special session to consider her “Rebuild Alabama” infrastructure plan, confirming Yellowhammer News’ reporting.

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey delivered her 2019 State of the State address Tuesday evening, highlighting the record successes of her administration and explaining her vision of taking the state to even greater heights in the future. The State of the State has now begun pic.twitter.com/S101m2f6JP — Sean Ross (@sean_yhn) March 6, 2019 Ivey spent […]

Governor Kay Ivey will deliver her 2019 State of the State address from the old House chamber in the State Capitol at approximately 6:30 p.m. CST Tuesday. Watch:

Auburn University coaches and players are leading by example through their assistance to communities affected by Sunday’s deadly tornadoes in east Alabama. Head football coach Gus Malzahn and nearly 30 members of his team Monday delivered supplies to help victims of the severe weather. The supplies went to Providence Baptist Church in Beauregard and the Greater […]

Spearheaded by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), the members of Alabama’s congressional delegation who represent the areas impacted by the devastating Sunday tornadoes sent a letter Tuesday to President Donald Trump in support of Governor Kay Ivey’s request for an expedited major disaster declaration for the state. The letter, in addition to Shelby, was also signed […]

President Donald Trump is set to visit to Alabama on Friday to visit with the victims of the devastating tornadoes that killed at least 23 people Sunday. “I’ll be heading to Alabama on Friday,” Trump said Tuesday during an event at the White House, according to USA Today. “It’s been a tragic situation. But a […]

A 90-ton piece of cancer-fighting equipment is set to be installed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Proton Therapy Center on Tuesday, according to a news release. The cyclotron, named Emma, came with a price tag of $25 million and will use an aimed beam of protons directed at a tumor site to fight […]

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, is blaming climate change after two tornadoes devastated east Alabama Sunday. In a Facebook post on his official Senate account, Sanders shared an article from “Ecowatch.com” entitled, “23 Dead as Tornado Pummels Lee County, AL in Further Sign ‘Tornado Alley’ Is Moving East.” In his caption, Sanders said, […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a Yellowhammer State native, took to the floor Monday to speak about the Sunday tornadoes in east Alabama and praise Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) for “his hard work and steady hand” in securing disaster relief. McConnell first made it clear where his heart was and thanked first responders for […]

Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield said today that infrastructure improvements financed by Governor Kay Ivey’s “Rebuild Alabama” plan would help the state’s economic development team sustain momentum as it seeks to recruit high-caliber jobs and companies. “I believe we need to focus on infrastructure as a key issue in Alabama at this critical time,” Secretary […]

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence want the people of Alabama to know they are making every federal resource possible available in the wake of the deadly tornadoes that struck the eastern part of the state Sunday. Trump also singled out Governor Kay Ivey for praise, calling her “one of the best in […]

At 1:00 p.m. CST, Governor Kay Ivey, emergency management officials and local leaders will update the public on the devastating tornadoes that struck Lee County Sunday. Heading into the briefing at Beauregard High School, officials have said the death toll in east Alabama stands at 23 but is likely to rise as first responders search […]

Rescuers prepared Monday to tear through the rubble of mobile homes and houses in search of survivors of a powerful tornado that rampaged through southeast Alabama and killed at least 23 people. The trail of destruction was at least half a mile wide and overwhelmed rural Lee County’s coroners’ office, forcing it to call in […]

SELMA – Even though the heavens opened up and the rain came pouring down on Sunday, it did not stop the march commemorating the 54th anniversary of 1965’s “Bloody Sunday” across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and a handful of 2020 Democratic Party presidential hopefuls, […]

While asserting that Republicans “do not want African-Americans and other minorities to vote,” Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is also claiming to be “an independent voice” from the national Democratic Party. In an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday, Jones first reaffirmed that he agrees with Alabama ISIS bride Hoda Muthana over the Trump administration regarding […]