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The Alabama Gazette panel did a horrible job picking games in week 6. None of our panelists predicted that number one in the nation Alabama would play such epically poor defense against the Vanderbilt Commodores. That combined with other upsets contributed to the worst week of football prognosticating this year. Sadly, Auburn has played so badly in 2024 that no one on the panel had picked Auburn to beat Georgia – and they didn't. The week six SEC games were: Missouri at Texas A&M – Texas A&M...
The official launch of the Auburn basketball season will begin on Thursday, October 17 at Toomer's Corner. The Auburn Athletics Department and the City of Auburn have teamed up for an evening basketball celebration that includes: live music, vendors, shopping, sports and more culminating with a concert by renowned country music superstar, singer and songwriter Cole Swindell. The full event is free and open to the public. Fans with deeper pockets can purchase enhanced experiences through VBIP...
October 12, 2024 - The Alabama Gazette panel bounced back in Week 7 after a really bad Week 6. Alabama's performance versus South Carolina was disappointing; but they managed to come away with the win. Auburn took the week off to try to get right for the SEC home stretch. Georgia is continuing to work on its issues, while Texas thoroughly dominated its rival. The staff finished in a 5-way tie at 6 and 1 for the week. The SEC games in week 7 were: Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 18 LSU 29, Ole Miss 26...
October 17, 2024 – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) will be in the courtroom today in Tuskegee for the murder trial of the man who gunned down Lowndes County Sheriff 'Big John' Williams. William Chase Johnson pulled a 9 mm handgun and fired the shot that killed Sheriff Williams on November 23, 2019. That is not disputed by the defense. The defense claims however that Sheriff Williams did not identify himself as a law enforcement officer. Johnson – now age 22 – claims that he did n...
October 17, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) has published a new article at the FOX News website in which she criticized former President Bill Clinton (D) for his remarks in Columbus, Georgia, this week. During the event, President Clinton tried to blame President Trump's opposition to a Biden border proposal for the tragic murder of Laken Riley saying, "A young woman who had been killed by an immigrant. . . if they'd all been properly vetted that probably w...
October 18, 2024 - MONTGOMERY - the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), the Alabama Hospital Association, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama released a statement encouraging Alabamians to ask their physician about the flu shot and other vaccines as a part of a statewide Ask Your Doctor campaign. They provided more information and additional resources at https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/immunization/ask.html ADPH says that several vaccines are being recommended this...
October 18, 2024 – the Alabama Gazette panel has released their picks for Southeastern Conference week 8. Both Alabama and Auburn are on the road this week. Auburn goes to Missouri; while Alabama visits Tennessee. Alabama is fighting to stay in position to stay relevant in the SEC hunt. Auburn is just trying to win its first SEC game. The big game of the week for the SEC and the nation is Georgia at #1 Texas Auburn at Missouri Alabama at Tennessee South Carolina at Oklahoma Texas A&M at M...
October 18, 2024 – MONTGOMERY – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) has called an emergency meeting of Governor Kay Ivey this morning called a special meeting of the State Board of Veterans Affairs for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. to consider the immediate removal of Kent Davis as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to notifying the Board members, the governor sent a letter, along with enclosures, to Admiral Davis and members of the press. Ivey said in...
October 17, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said that Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris "came across like a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," when she was interviewed by Fox News's Bret Baier. "The only thing that we learned was how obsessed-absolutely obsessed-she was with Donald Trump." Senator Tuberville made these comments when he joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business Network to discuss Kamala Harris' Wednesday night interview with Bret Bai...
October 16, 2024 – MONTGOMERY -Efforts by Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) to purge the Alabama voter rolls of non-citizens (both legal and illegal immigrants) were thwarted by a federal judge on Friday. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Secretary of State's office from purging the known noncitizens from the voter rolls until after the November 5 general election. The State of Alabama was sued by both the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant J...
October 19, 2024 – Knoxville – orange clad Volunteer fans were smoking cigars and singing 'Rocky Top' after the University of Tennessee football team bested the University of Alabama 17 to 24. For Tide head Coach Kalen DeBoer its been a rough introduction to SEC football. Just three weeks ago, Alabama was the number 1 team in the country. Then two road trips to Tennessee in the last three weeks happened. In the first, a trip up I-65 to Nashville to play Vanderbilt, resulted in Vanderbilt's fir...
October 19, 2024 – Columbia, Missouri - the Auburn University football team as most people expected fell to the Missouri Tigers in Columbia. The Auburn football program has fallen to such a low point that they were Missouri's homecoming opponent on Saturday and Missouri fans did not leave the stadium disappointed. Auburn has now lost all four Southeastern Conference games that they have played and has fallen to 2 and 5 for the season. Auburn's only wins were over Alabama A&M and New Mexico. T...
October 22, 2024 – MOODY, AL – State Senator Jack Williams (R-Wilmer) was in Moody to address the St. Clair County Republican Party. Williams, a farmer, serves as the Chairman of the Agriculture and Forestry Committee in the Alabama Senate. Sen. Williams is running to be the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the 2026 election. Republican qualifying for the 2026 GOP primary begins in only 13 months. State Senator Lance Bell (R-Pell City) has already endorsed his Republican col...
October 22, 2024 – MONTGOMERY, AL - after the State Board of Veterans Affairs refused to vote to remove Kent Davis as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) used what she claims are the "supreme executive power of this state" to immediately remove him from his position. "For weeks now, I have laid out the case publicly for why new leadership at the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs is necessary, and it is unfortunate it came to forcefully r...
October 22, 2024 – MOODY, AL – Pell City Mayor Bill Pruitt implored the members of the St. Clair County Republican Party to vote in favor of constitutional amendment one. Amendment one is a local amendment on the back of the ballot in St. Clair County. This amendment will only appear on ballots for voters in St. Clair County. The Pell City school system currently has an elected board of education, Mayor Pruitt wants voters to vote yes – abolishing the elected board and turning it into an appoint...
October 19, 2024 – the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) football team played much better than in recent weeks; but it ultimately was not enough to overcome the tenacity of the University of South Florida (USF). UAB had a five point lead late in the fourth quarter; but UAB was ultimately overrun by a determined comeback by USF and lost 25 to 35. UAB was outscored 15 to 6 in the fourth quarter. UAB Quarterback Jalen Kitna had arguably his best game as a Blazer in the loss – completing 33...
October 25,2024 - Week 8 of the Southeastern Conference was filled with disappointments. Alabama's playoff hopes hang by a thread after the Tide collapsed down the stretch and the dumpster fire that is Hugh Freeze's Auburn team continued a Missouri. Texas did not live up to their hype in Austin against Georgia. The Alabama Gazette panel (with some notable exceptions) predicted that Auburn would lose; but were burned by the Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas losses. The SEC games of the week were: Aubu...
It is hard to believe that we are already at week nine of the Southeastern Conference football season. We have another exciting week of games – games that will separate the contenders from the pretenders. Auburn is still looking for its first SEC win of the year. Alabama is at .500 in the conference and looking at possible playoff elimination this week. The SEC games of the week are Ole Miss at Oklahoma Arkansas at Mississippi State Missouri at Alabama Auburn at Kentucky Texas at Vanderbilt L...
October 25, 2024 – MONTGOMERY, AL – On Tuesday Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson has assigned the ongoing medical marijuana case to mediator Gene Reese. Reese is being tasked with sitting down with plaintiffs' attorneys and attorneys for the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) and attempting to craft a workable resolution to this ongoing litigation. The AMCC is being sued by business entities that applied for medical marijuana licenses; but were not awarded a license by the AMC...
October 25, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. the New York Times is reporting that Chinese government hackers tried to tap telephones used by former President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Senator JD Vance (R), and Trump's top campaign staffers. It has not been released on whether or not they were successful in breaching Trump and Vance's phone. The Times that they were successful in hacking the phones of at least two Trump campaign staffers. They also targeted U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (...
October 26, 2024 – bombs were falling on Tehran – Iran's capital – early morning on Saturday. The attacks, which Irael says are precision strikes on military targets – is in response to missile attacks on Israel by Iran. "In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel – right now the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] is conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran," said IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. Israel reports that it's...
October 26, 2024 – LEXINGTON, KY - the Auburn University football team defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 10 to 24 after trailing 10 to nothing in a game that was not really that close. Auburn has not been horrible this year. Arguably this is the most talented Auburn team that has taken the field in these last four years since the powers that be at Auburn inexplicably let go of Gus Malzahn. At points in every game these Auburn Tigers have played very good football – but they just have not done it...
October 27, 2024 – NEW YORK CITY, NY - former President Donald J. Trump spelled out why he thinks the American people should give him a second term in the Whitehouse during a nationally televised speech at Madison Square Garden, New York. President Trump denounced the Biden-Harris administration's immigration policies which have allowed ten million people into the country in less than four years and promised to reverse those policies and launch the largest deportation program in American h...
October 28, 2024 – Monday was National First Responders Day and Alabama leaders took time out of their day to salute those who serve and protect our communities. Governor Kay Ivey (R) shared a video statement saluting first responders on her X social media account. "Here in Alabama, public safety is paramount," wrote Gov. Ivey on X. "Our law enforcement, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics carry this mission, stepping up every day to put their lives on the line. So, today and every day, we say a b...
October 25, 2024 – BIRMINGHAM – On Friday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) announced that the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and the Montgomery Regional Airport will each receive $5 million, for a total of $10 million in federal funding, to make improvements to the airports' infrastructure. Funding for these grants comes from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program, made possible by President Joseph R. Biden's (D) con...
