It was in the fall of 2021 when WTVM Sports anchor Dave Platta was heading up a busy team at the beginning of football season. But on Sept. 15, 2021, it all came to an end when Platta was fired for “not complying with company policy” by refusing to get the COVID shot.
Head coach Skip Holtz returns to steer the Birmingham Stallions through another USFL season.
Initial reports stated a so-called criminal justice reform law passed in a special session of the Alabama Legislature in 2021 would soon result in the mass release of 369 inmates incarcerated in the state's corrections system.
The Department of Defense (DoD) should stop continued funding of universities with Confucius Institutes, according to a recent letter sent to the DoD by U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and 25 House Republicans last week.
There is enough money available to provide Alabamians with historic tax relief, without jeopardizing future state budgets. The question is, are lawmakers willing to do so?
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss Medicaid expansion and how the federal government funds drop off dramatically after a couple of years, leaving Alabama on the hook.
“The White Pill” reads as a deeply personal, unbowed undertaking to remedy a world drowning in carefully crafted messages meant to sow despair, inaction, and submission.
Governor Kay Ivey has yet to address the chaos that has continued to fester over the past several months in the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Doing what's needed to get a win is Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts' approach to Super Bowl LVII.
U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) are backing two pieces of legislation to apply gun permit reciprocity across every state and fight back against the recent ATF rule on pistol braces.
Less than a week after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed an executive order for transparency within state agencies, she filed a motion requesting to protect communications, including emails and text messages, between her office and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT).
Alabama will soon begin reimbursing counties for revenue losses from constitutional carry, according to Gov. Kay Ivey.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Amie Beth Shaver on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss UA Professor Matthew Wielicki and how colleges nowadays no longer teach students how to think but instead teach them what to think.
On Wednesday, state Attorney General Steve Marshall sat down with 1819 News CEO and host of the 1819 News Podcast Bryan Dawson for a wide-ranging interview, during which they discussed how accountability is the key to drug recovery.
UAB is the most significant single contributor to the Alabama economy and the leading generator of jobs, according to a new study by Tripp Umbach.
A new report commissioned by the Alabama Hospital Association (AHA) suggests that profit margins for Alabama hospitals were down nearly 80% from pre-pandemic levels in 2022. Now, the AHA is seeking American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the state.
The University of Alabama basketball team moved up to No. 3 in the nation, while Auburn University's basketball team fell out of the Associated Press top 25 college basketball poll for the first time in 33 weeks.
The Alabama Department of Public Health is advertising the WIC program “no matter your family structure.”
Alabama filled its offensive coordinator vacancy Friday afternoon with Tommy Rees, and just a couple days later, they found their guy to fill the defensive coordinator opening left by Pete Golding.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Bishop Jim Lowe on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss the disrespect for human life in the context of the Tyre Nichols killing at the hands of the Memphis Police Department.
Medicaid expansion proponents have a new ally in their effort, according to State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur).
Since 1977, the city of Montgomery has owned a significant portion of the front yard of Alabama Democratic powerhouse Joe Reed.
Tell young red-blooded Americans you will make them warriors, in the spirit of those before them who stormed the beaches, rained from the skies, and defended that which we hold dear, and they will beat a path to the recruiters.
Reed Blankenship went for West Limestone High to Middle Tennessee State University to joining his Philadelphia Eagle teammates in Super Bowl LVII.
The three are among 196 congressmen who took money from the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.
Faulkner head coach Scott Sanderson gets his 500th win as a college head coach and Alabama A&M dominates SWAC leader Southern to highlight the day in college basketball.
These days, the worldwide Italian community mourns the passing of number 155, pastina, which is just about the smallest pasta known to man.