7. Radio washout, bad take enthusiast, and YEA Alabama (NIL) content creator Aaron Suttles can add “sex trafficking arrestee” to his resume after being busted trying to buy a prostitute in Shelby County for $100 ($100?).

6. Alabama Public Television is weighing a $50,000 survey and potential vote on its PBS affiliation amid ongoing discussions about the network’s future direction in the state, but when 90% of its programming is national, maybe APTV should think about shutting it down altogether.

5. State Health Officer Scott Harris blamed “vaccine skepticism” for the rise in measles cases nationwide, noting 2026 numbers have already surpassed all of 2025, but Alabama has reported no in-state cases.

4. The media is in full-blown meltdown mode after President Donald Trump mocked CNN’s Kaitlan Collins’ appearance and posted an AI-generated image of Collins as Dylan Mulvaney after joking about the comparison at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, prompting responses from Collins and Mulvaney.

3. Data center company DC Blox bought a portion of the former Golden Flake factory space in Birmingham for $2.5 million as part of its ongoing expansion next to its existing campus.

2. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) assembled a “Golden Age Action Team” of business leaders and professionals to review Alabama government operations and prepare a day-one agenda ahead of the November election.

1. U.S. strikes on Iran are “on a hold” for a two-day pause as talks resume and both sides jockey for control of the Strait of Hormuz, with oil prices plunging more than 5% on hopes for diplomacy, but we have all seen this before.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.