Cori Yonge
ReporterCori Yonge returned to journalism after spending many years in the corporate world. She holds a master’s degree in Journalism and Media Studies from The University of Alabama and is excited to be working with the APR news team. Cori has an interest in health, environment, and science reporting and is the winner of both an Associated Press and Sigma Delta Chi award for healthcare related stories. The mother of two daughters, Cori spent twelve years as a Girl Scout leader. Though her daughters are grown, she still enjoys camping with friends and family – especially if that time allows her to do some gourmet outdoor cooking. Cori and her husband Lynn live in Fairhope.
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Americans love to eat out. The National Restaurant Association says we spent close to six hundred million dollars on eating and drinking places and that’s just for the first half of the year. In many small southern towns, fast food restaurants are the place to bring the family for a burger and shake. APR Gulf coast correspondent Cori Yonge revisits this story she first brought to the national audience of Marketplace. -
This story is about first impressions, dispelling stereotypes, and a smidge about politics. That is to say, how one overseas traveler views Alabama and the US. Last month, Croatian writer and radio producer Tomica Šćavina traveled more than five thousand miles to settle into the Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts’ brief residency program -
Along with long lines at precincts on this Election Day, voters in Mobile County need to be on alert for West Nile Virus. The local Health Department is asking residents to take extra precautions against mosquitoes. For the second time in a week, a sentinel chicken in the county tested positive for West Nile Virus. -
Voters in rural Alabama will cast historic votes this November. It’s the first time residents in the newly redrawn Congressional District Two will pick their member of the U.S. House. It took a fight before the U.S. Supreme Court to create the new map to better represent African Americans in Congress. The concern now is over ongoing legal challenges that could flip the map back to a majority of white voters who lean conservative. The APR news team has spent the last nine months looking into issues surrounding the new District Two. -
Voters in rural Alabama will cast historic votes this November. It’s the first time residents in the newly redrawn Congressional District two will pick their member of the U.S. House. It took a fight before the U.S. Supreme Court to create the new map to better represent African Americans in Congress. The concern now is over ongoing legal challenges that could flip the map back to a majority of white voters who lean conservative. The APR news team has spent the last nine months looking into issues surrounding the new district two.
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Vice President Kamala has former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton campaigning on her behalf. Democrat Shomari Figures is scheduled to have two familiar names in Democratic politics on hand starting this weekend for the final full week of campaigning for Alabama’s newly redrawn Congressional District 2. -
"...a U.S. House seat, if you can keep it." Part 4. Minority business owners say "think about us..."It’s not easy being a small business owner. That’s especially true for Black-owned businesses without generational wealth. The US Small Business Administration estimates less than one fifth of Alabama businesses are Black-owned. The numbers are even lower in the cities and counties that make up Alabama’s newly drawn Congressional District two. -
The penalty for using a cell phone in class just got tougher for students at one Alabama Gulf Coast high school. Fairhope High is the first in the Baldwin County System requiring students to hand over their phones at the start of each class period or face serious consequences. -
The D-Day invasion during World War Two took place eighty years today. We remember those who fought and died during observances like Veterans Day and Memorial Day. But, there are some former members of the military who feel they’re forgotten. Despite outreach by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, more and more women veterans are experiencing homelessness. The VA says female vets with no place to live increased twenty four percent from 2020 to 2023. -
Despite outreach, the Department of Veterans Affairs says from 2020 to 2023, homelessness among women veterans increased nearly 24%. The higher cost of housing is just one of the problems they face.
