Posts by Austen Shipley

During Friday's episode of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) was asked when Alabama will join the national redistricting fight and remove U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) from their seats.

State Rep. James Lomax (R-Huntsville) has secured an endorsement from the Alabama Farmers Federation in the state's upcoming House District 20 race. The district, one of Alabama's fastest-growing, sprawls across southeast Huntsville.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) addressed the rapidly growing number of threats facing members of federal law enforcement and their families during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

A Lawrence County shooting range is being sued by a group of local residents claiming their homes have been hit by gunfire from the location.

During a call with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke about a group of Democratic legislators who are now under fire after calling for active duty service members to refuse lawfully given orders.

During a recent briefing focused on the current genocide of Christians and other religious minorities in Nigeria, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) pledged further investigation into the matter, calling it a "crisis that can't be ignored."

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded a $37 million contract by NASA to provide the agency with reliable hardware and software systems to maintain "temperature-critical science materials" aboard Artemis spacecraft.

According to a fraud expert, Alabama is now the top-ranking state in the country for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) theft.

According to a report released on Tuesday, college football commentator and ESPN radio host Paul Finebaum will not be running for the U.S. Senate, officially ending months of speculation from the national media and public.

Following a successful military strike on a drug-smuggling vessel in the waters of the Caribbean in September, Democrats and news outlets alike are alleging that the Trump administration's operation against cartel activity was a possible "war crime."

One of the suspects in a fatal mass shooting that occurred in January 2023 in Huntsville has had all charges dropped due to a lack of evidence.

Following the shooting of two National Guardsmen from West Virginia on Wednesday by an Afghan asylum seeker, a past vote in the U.S. House of Representatives is being increasingly scrutinized.

In a recent appearance on Newsmax's Rob Schmitt Tonight, U.S. Senate candidate and veteran Morgan Murphy took European allies to task for needlessly extending the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Two deserving veterans, who were severely wounded in combat, will be receiving all-terrain Trackchairs at halftime during this year's Iron Bowl, thanks to The Independence Fund’s Mobility Program and the Kappa Alpha chapters at the University of Alabama and Auburn University.  

In a recent episode of WVNN’s "The Yaffee Program," candidate for Secretary of State Andrew Sorrell called for additional attention to voter fraud in Alabama after he said a town of 900 in Lowndes County recorded over 1,000 votes in an August municipal election.

Alabama's congressional representation dispatched a letter earlier this week addressed to Secretary of the U.S. Army Dan Driscoll, requesting that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville become a future Microreactor Power Plant site.

The Colbert County Sheriff's Office has received substantial funding after joining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) 287(g) program in June.

On Monday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring the State and Treasury departments to investigate the possibility of classifying certain chapters or other subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl weighed in on former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones' (D-Mountain Brook) entrance into the 2026 governor's race in a statement to 1819 News on Monday.

A Democrat candidate for Alabama's fifth congressional district, who has previously identified himself as a proud member of Antifa, delivered a profanity-ridden tirade at an event in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

During a discussion on Friday morning's episode of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) spoke out against Democrats' continued demonization of conservatives, arguing they should instead be working to address the needs of voters.

According to a report from Punch Bowl News, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and a group of fellow Republican legislators are lobbying for President Donald Trump to support a limited short-term extension of Obamacare subsidies.

The Decatur Police Department has announced that members of its Vice/Narcotics Unit, Criminal Investigations Bureau, and Patrol Bureau executed a search warrant in the 1400 block of 1st Avenue SW on Thursday morning.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday to repeal a controversial provision found in the recently passed government funding bill, allowing a group of GOP senators, including Tommy Tuberville, to sue the federal government after being targeted in Operation Arctic Frost.

A Lauderdale County child sustained "serious" injuries on Tuesday afternoon after being bitten by a dog multiple times off Highway 157 near the Underwood-Petersville community.

The execution of a search warrant at a Gadsden residence led to a shootout on Thursday morning between members of the Etowah County Joint Special Operations Group and a lone suspect.

An Alabaster man has been convicted of multiple sex offenses against a minor after being found in a 12-year-old girl's bed in Tennessee and then threatening to kill her family upon being discovered by the child's mother.