Baillee Majors
Digital News CoordinatorBaillee Majors is Digital News Coordinator Alabama Public Radio. She joined the newsroom in December 2019 and has held other titles including Local Bureau News Chief, Newsroom Manager, Internship Director and host for Morning Edition. Before joining public radio, Baillee spent several years working in morning television news in Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee. She’s a born and raised Alabamian and graduated from Troy University where she majored in Communications and Fine Arts. Baillee enjoys collecting ceramic mushrooms and vintage glass bottles, thrifting, going to art museums and seeing plays.
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Gov. Kay Ivey is announcing three appointments to fill vacancies in district judgeship and district attorney positions across the state of Alabama. This includes roles in Baldwin County, Jackson County and Greene, Marengo and Sumter Counties. -
Alabama guard Mark Sears is getting family support on social media after spending the entire second half of the Crimson Tide's 80-73 win against LSU on the bench. His mom took to Facebook with two different posts. -
The U.S. Air Force is announcing the reinstatement of training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen. This follows outcry of the military's removal of the materials to comply with the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI). -
Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas have filed a lawsuit, claiming the Detroit native was illegally transferred to the Yellowhammer State. Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, is scheduled to be put to death on Feb. 6 for a 1991 murder. -
A federal utility corporation that's the largest public power supplier in the country, is celebrating a win after keeping the heat on in Alabama during a major winter storm. The Tennessee Valley Authority reports the utility was able to meet the highest peak demand in the agency’s 91-year history, taking place this week. -
The City of Birmingham and the Jimmie Hale Mission are extending overnight shelter services in the wake of the extreme cold. The warming station hours at 1569 Cooper Hill Road will be offered through 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25. Donations are also needed to help protect attendees from the weather. -
Health professionals in Alabama are pulling a popular antibiotic off the shelves following an investigation by a state agency. The Alabama Department of Public Health is looking into eleven reports, which have occurred in the last few months, of adverse events following injections with the cephalosporin antibiotic ceftriaxone (Rocephin®). -
The University of Alabama cheer team is bringing home a national title for the seventh time. According to RollTide.com, the squad's "performance in the final round of the Cheer Division IA Co-Ed Championship cemented its status" for the award. The news outlet reports the win is UA's first co-ed title since 2015. -
Alabama is struggling to warm up after a major winter storm blew through the Yellowhammer State. Frigid temperatures are predicted to continue over the next few days, according to local meteorologists, with slightly warmer weather coming to the state by the weekend. Agencies offer advice on how to keep warm during the lingering arctic air. -
As the holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his work throughout the next year, rather than just paying him tribute for a day.
