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October 22, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL03), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued a statement following an announcement by President Donald J. Trump (R) that he is increasing sanctions on Russia. "Ukraine has long agreed to President Trump's proposal to begin negotiations at the current line of control following an immediate ceasefire," said Rogers a...
October 23, 2025 – ATMORE, AL – The state of Alabama executed Anthony Boyd for the murder and kidnapping of Gregory Huguley after thirty years spent on death row. Earlier this evening, Governor Ivey informed Corrections Commissioner John Hamm that she would not exercise her clemency powers in this case and directed him to proceed with the execution of Anthony Todd Boyd for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of Huguley. Boyd and his accomplices burned Huguley alive for a $200 drug debt. "On the eve...
Auburn has lost it's fourth Southeastern Conference game in a row with Saturday's loss to Missouri. There is widespread speculation about the future of Hugh Freeze as Auburn's head coach as this season, that began with such promise has spiraled out of control. Hugh Freeze believes in Hugh Freeze and the offense that he ran at Ole Miss. The problem is that times have changed and that run pass option stuff is passe in modern SEC football. DCs know how to take away the option in the RPO they want...
October 15, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a solemn and symbolic ceremony held in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 14, President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, marking what would have been his 32nd birthday. The event served as both a tribute to Kirk's legacy and a moment of national reflection, following his assassination last month at a Turning Point USA event in Utah. Kirk, the founder of Turning Point U...
October 21, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Public Library Service Board will convene on Tuesday for a public hearing to consider proposed rule changes aimed at protecting minors from the promotion of gender ideology in publicly funded libraries. The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at APLS Headquarters in Montgomery. The APLS Board has already opened a public comment period on this issue in early September. Written comments were accepted through October 14. Today is the o...
October 12, 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) has parted ways with head football Coach Trent Dilfer. The university released a statement from UAB Director of Athletics Mark Ingram on Sunday. "We have made a decision to part ways with Head Football Coach Trent Dilfer. We agree that - unfortunately - our on-field performance has not lived up to the standard of winning we have for the program. This decision will allow us to move forward in the best long-term int...
October 3, 2025 – Pastor Will Boyd joined the Brandon and Christopher Show Podcast to discuss the status of his campaign and his platform if he is elected governor. Boyd has multiple degrees in a variety of subject areas. He has worked extensively in the private sector. He is also a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Boyd was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022 and the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2018. "My whole goal has always been to make sure I...
October 6, 2025 - Documents have surfaced showing that President Joseph R. Biden (R) secretly order the FBI to tap the phones of Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and other prominent Republican members of Congress. This FBI surveillance was reportedly authorized by President Biden – though who was actually giving orders at the White House using Biden's name is still debated as is President Biden's competency in the second half of his administration. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told a S...
Today, October 13, 2025, is Columbus Day. It is a federal and state holiday celebrating the achievements of the great Italian Admiral Christopher Columbus. Columbus, who was born in Genoa, Italy, is celebrated for his 1492 discovery of the Americas on behalf of the Spanish crown. Courthouses, banks, government offices, most schools, and some businesses are closed today in honor of Columbus and his discovery of North and South America. Sometimes Columbus is credited with proving that the Earth is...
October 17, 2025 – AUBURN, AL – To say the first half of the 2025 football season has been "a disappointment" would be an understatement. Auburn has played three SEC opponents and Auburn has lost to all three. For Auburn head Coach Hugh Freeze (now in his third season on the Plains) the situation is getting precarious. To say that he is a coach on the hot seat would also be an understatement. There used to be a time when coaches were given 4 or 5 years to build a program before judgements wer...
October 5, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL- Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed rejected calls to bring in the National Guard to regain control of the streets in the wake of what Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys called "a mass shooting event" at the corner of Bibb and Commerce Streets. "As it relates to conversations about militarizing our streets, I am firmly against that, 100%," Mayor Reed told reporters. The gun battle involving multiple shooters drawing weapons in a crowded area following a carnival i...
September 28, 2025 – Retired U.S. Army Major Patrick Bishop is one of a half dozen candidates running for Lieutenant Governor. Bishop in addition to being a veteran is a law enforcement officer who currently serves as a Cullman County Sheriff's Deputy. Bishop launched his campaign for lieutenant governor in May 2025. His campaign focuses on law enforcement, criminal justice reform, addressing the opioid crisis, education, and improving mental healthcare. Bishop's specific proposals for a...
September 24, 2025 - BIRMINGHAM, AL. - Gubernatorial candidate Yolanda Flowers joined the Brandon and Christopher Show (BCS) podcast to discuss her campaign and her vision for the state of Alabama. Flowers was the 2022 Democratic nominee for Governor. Flowers is running again in 2026. Flowers said that she is running to be Alabama's next Governor because she is tired of the state of Alabama, "being called backwards." "Alabama has not changed in terms of and it's just so many inequalities....
September 29, 2025 – BAY MINETTE, AL. – Prosecutors have dismissed charges that Baldwin County Attorney Harry Still III assaulted By Minett e city councilman Matt. Still is not out of legal jeopardy though. Still's defense attorney Christine Hernandez made a motion that the charges be dropped with prejudice – meaning that Still could not be charged again. Bay Minette City Attorney Liam Sculley said that he intends to bring the charges back inserting the word "reckless" in the new filing. The j...
September 24, 2026 – Yolanda Flowers announced that she is running for the Democratic nominee for Governor in 2026. Yolanda was the 2022 nominee for Governor falling to incumbent Governor Kay Ivey (R) in the general election. Yolanda Rochelle Flowers is a career educator and rehabilitation services expert in Tennessee. In 2022 she defeated State Sen. Malika Sanders Fortier of Selma in the Democratic run-off election. Flowers won 55.15% (32,416) of the votes cast. Sen. Sanders Fortier received 4...
October 8, 2025 - WASHINGTON. D.C. - A newly released FBI memo has ignited a political firestorm in Washington, revealing that federal investigators monitored phone metadata of nine Republican lawmakers. The memo suggests that operation 'Arctic Frost' was designed to map communications among lawmakers who were allegedly involved in efforts to delay or overturn the 2020 election results. The Biden administration apparently believed that there were MAGA lawmakers who were a threat to attempt to...
September 29, 2025 – JASPER, AL – Republican voters in Alabama's House District 13 will head to the polls Tuesday, September 30, for a special Republican primary election to fill the seat vacated earlier this year by Matt Woods's election to the Alabama Senate. The race has drawn attention across Walker and Winston counties, where local issues and party dynamics are shaping a closely watched contest. Why the Election Matters House District 13 has long been a Republican stronghold. Democrats hav...
September 28, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – the Republican controlled House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution that would have kept the government funded for another thirty days; but Senate Democrats rejected that plan. The Republican plan failed to clear a 60-vote filibuster in the Senate. It includes largely extending current funding levels through Nov. 21 to allow appropriators more time to finish a bipartisan annual budget. A Democratic counterproposal would provide funding thr...
September 27, 2025 - College Station, TX – The Auburn University Tigers football team lost to Texas A&M by the score of 10 to 16. The Tigers' offensive struggles continued for the second straight week. The defense kept getting stops and giving the offense possessions. They just couldn't do anything with the opportunities. Texas A&M ran the ball hard. Running back Le'Veon Moss had an impressive 139 yards rushing for the Aggies and a touchdown including a 38-yard burst to set up the opening s...
September 20, 2025 – BUFFALO, NY – Troy University fans who cut the game off after three quarters of play were pleasantly surprised when they woke up the next day as Troy mounted an incredible fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Buffalo 21 to 17. Troy had been shut out of the end zone for three quarters 0 to 14. After giving up a fourth quarter field goal that appeared to be the dagger, The Troy Trojans erupted with 21 unanswered points in the fourth. "We didn't flinch," said Troy Coach Gerad Par...
September 20, 2025 – KNOXVILLE, TN – The UAB football team went to Tennessee to play the number 15 ranked Volunteers. The Blazers were mismatched from the start. Tennessee jumped out to a 21 to 0 lead in the first quarter, then followed that up with 21 more points in the second quarter to close out the half 42 to 7. UAB was more competitive in the second half outscoring Tennessee 17 to 14 while Tennessee rested many of its starters. The game finished with a Tennessee win of 24 to 56. UAB Coa...
September 29, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said on X that Democrats are forcing a government shutdown in order to hinder President Donald J. Trump's efforts to restore order to America's cities. "Antifa terrorists are burning our cities, attacking ICE facilities, and murdering people at church," said Sen. Tuberville on X. "Meanwhile, the Radical Democrats want to shut down our government and stop funding law enforcement. Make no mistake – this is an attem...
September 30, 2025 – JASPER, AL - Republican voters in Walker County went to the polls on Tuesday to choose their representation in the Alabama House District 13 Special Primary Election and they elected Greg Barnes over Dustin Beaty. According to the unofficial results Greg Barnes received 2500 votes (69.2 percent) while Dustin Beaty finished with 1113 votes (30.8%). The seat became vacant earlier this summer when former Representative Matt Woods (R) was elected to represent Alabama Senate D...
October 1, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Management and Budget has put in government shutdown protocols in place at 10:59 p.m. CDT after the Senate failed to approve a stopgap continuing resolution to keep the government funded. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers in Alabama and around the country are at home today wondering when they can go back to work. They and hundreds of thousands more deemed essential who are still at work are wondering if and when they are going to get pai...
September 30, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) participated in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on crime in which she blamed soft on crime Democratic mayors and district attorneys for the lawlessness that has become endemic in dozens of major American cities. "The problem that we're facing today was created by blue cities," said Sen. Britt. "Whether it's cashless bail policies, downgrading classifications of whole categories of crimes, undermining rights and...
