Do It With Truitt

12/13/2025

I am attacking this Friday with positivity and giving out more High-Fives. Let's get it started:

🤩 HIGH- FIVE: Nashville-based Captain D's on getting their first-ever location open in the United Kingdom. That's awesome.

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Auburn University, Troy University & The University of North Alabama on getting football games scheduled in coming years and keeping money in Alabama. I love this idea. I, also, love Jacksonville State University playing Troy University in the Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc. (IS4S) Salute to Veterans Bowl in Montgomery next Tuesday. Outstanding job by everybody involved in all of this!

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Amtrak and their new route between Mobile & New Orleans. It is killing it since it started service back in August, with over 46,000 people taking trips so far. They were shooting for 72,000 passengers for a full year, so things are going great! Fantastic addition for the City of Mobile.

HIGH-FIVE: Penn National Insurance's John Foster on the recent announcement he is moving into the role of President of the company effective July 1st. Really good guy and Penn National is one of our great partners at Truitt Insurance & Bonding. Excited for what is ahead.

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Chick-fil-A on expanding their chicken empire with their first location in Singapore. I remember thinking they hit the big time when opened in the Riverchase Galleria food-court back in '86.

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Samford University law school alum and current Belmont University - Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business Dean Brittany Schaffer on receiving the Drew Alexander Lifetime Achievement Award from Nashville's Society of Leaders In Development (SOLID Nashville). SOLID aims to improve the future of the music industry by strengthening its professional relationships and educating a diverse group of future executives while serving the community. My son Zach Truitt is a student in her department and she is doing an outstanding job. Keep up the fantastic work, Brittany (and let's make sure Zach gets a job next year)!

‼️ Check out DoItWithTruitt.com for more great reports & info.

‼️ Listen to our Truitt News Radio Show tomorrow on Bham's Talk 99.5. You can listen live starting at 7AM wherever you may be on talk995.com. Grab the TRUITT NEWS RADIO podcast if you sleep in and miss it. Guests tomorrow are Simon Yendle with Auburn University Facilities and American Idol contestant Marissa Luna.

‼️ If anyone needs helps with home & auto insurance in the Bham area, business coverage across Alabama, or need surety bonds & builders risks wherever you are located, call me. (205)254-3005. Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. We would love to help.

🛑 Thanks for the read. Have a fantastic weekend!

12/12/2025

We have Marissa Luna coming back with us tomorrow on Truitt News Radio. She is so busy chasing an entertainment career and is now an American Idol contestant. Great to see things happening for her!
✅Show starts at 7AM on Bham's Talk 99.5
✅Grab the podcast version if you sleep in.
Thanks to our great show sponsors: Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama AGC, Financial Advisor Stuart Johnson, Alabama Community College System Innovation Center (Skills for Success), Hoover's Stadium Trace Village, and Truitt Insurance & Bonding

12/12/2025

Excited to have Simon Yendle with Auburn University Facilities on Truitt News Radio with us tomorrow morning talking about all the projects happening across campus. Tons of stuff happening.
✅Show stats at 7AM on Bham's Talk 99.5
✅Grab the podcast and listen anytime if you miss us live.
Thanks so much to our amazing show sponsors: the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama Community College System Innovation Center (Skills for Success); Hoover's Stadium Trace Village; Financial Advisor Stuart Johnson; Alabama AGC; and Truitt Insurance & Bonding

12/11/2025

STOCKING STUFFER ALERT from Truitt News Radio: Bham-based musician Eric Essix has a new book out. He is one of our most talented people and has played with amazing people over the years.

12/09/2025

Here we are with another Tuesday so let's do hit the tidbits.
Lot of great stuff this week.

It is Tuesday so here is this week’s tidbits, kudos and other info you may want to know: 🍔 In-N-Out Burger is opening their first locations on this side of the country this week when the Antioch, TN & Lebanon, TN places open tomorrow. Murfreesboro opens Friday. More are coming! 👀 HIRING: ABC...

12/07/2025

Action shot from the studio this morning during our Truitt News Radio Show.

12/05/2025

The picture cropped out my friend & show alum, the super-talented animator Jamy Wheless, but he back with us on TRUITT NEWS RADIO tomorrow morning (by the way it is a great picture of Jamy's wife, Vestavia Hills native, Amy Matuzak Wheless).
📎Jamy's award-winning short-film, Andy: A Dog's Tale, has been made into a children's book (STOCKING STUFFER ALERT).
📎Both the film and the book are fantastic and may end up as a television property in the future.
📎If you have seven minutes, give the film a look here (it has almost 17,000,000 views): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHOHOYkbYc or go to theandyfilm.com for more info.
📎TRUITT NEWS RADIO starts at 7AM on Bham's Talk 99.5 every Saturday morning.
📎Grab the TRUITT NEWS RADIO podcast if you sleep in or find it at truittnewsradio.com and listen anytime.
Big thanks to our fantastic show sponsors: the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama Community College System Innovation Center (Skills for Success), Alabama AGC, Stadium Trace Village, Financial Advisor Stuart Johnson and Truitt Insurance & Bonding.

Can’t wait to talk with our friend, Jamy Wheless, this Saturday on TRUITT NEWS RADIO. 🎙️✨ Jamy has had a fantastic career in animation and worked on some really movies and with some really big people. 🎬🌟 His short film, Andy – A Dog’s Tale, continues racking up big views online an...

12/05/2025

Everybody is building some good stuff out there. See this week's project on my latest TRUITT NEWS CONSTRUCTION REPORT.

Thursday means the original TRUITT NEWS CONSTRUCTION REPORT is back again. Come celebrate another week of WHO is building WHAT, WHERE: 👷H. O. Weaver & Sons, Inc is close to the finish line on their big South McGregor Avenue widening project in Mobile. 👷 Murray Construction is making progress o...

12/05/2025

Check out who gets a HIGH-FIVE today!

Time to pass out this week’s HIGH-FIVES: 🤩 HIGH-FIVE: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Charger’s Ava McSwain on being named the Gulf South Conference Women’s BBall Freshman of the Week last week. That’s awesome for the former Good Hope High School star. 🤩HIGH-FIVE: BMSS Advisors...

12/05/2025

Excited to get some updates from David Fleming tomorrow morning on TRUITT NEWS RADIO!
📎Show starts at 7AM on Birmingham's Talk 99.5.
📎Give us a listen if you are up early.
📎Hear the rebroadcast on FM Talk 1065 or The UMP if you miss us live!

Excited to have David Fleming, the President & CEO of REV Birmingham, back with us on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this weekend to talk about all the projects they have going on, holiday events around downtown Birmingham, the recent corporate trip to Greenville, SC, and more. 🎙️🏙️🎄🚌 Show starts...

12/04/2025

Really enjoyed my roundtable's Christmas party last night at Alabama Goods in Homewood.
📎Great place to pick up some holiday gifts at one of their stores (downtown Homewood, Stadium Trace Village in Hoover, or in their Huntsville location) or do some online shopping with them.

12/02/2025

Excited to be back after Thanksgiving with more tidbits, info & congrats this Tuesday. Here's what I got:
✅ CONGRATS: Rae Manac, a senior at Escambia Academy in Atmore, on being named Senior Tribal Princess during the Poarch Band of Creek Indians super-cool POW WOW event over Thanksgiving.
👀 HIRING: Paul Shunnarah is hiring drivers for Fit Five Meals as they keep expanding. If you haven't tried it out, give them a shot. Good food and better for you.
🎙️ Thanks to Jennifer Andress, Mayor of Homewood and Joanne Savage-Truitt for sitting in with Brock Murphy and me on our first-ever TRUITT NEWS RADIO "roundtable" format during this past weekend's show. We had a blast. Give it a listen at truittnewsradio.com or download the podcast.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: there is a 10-foot replica of Bham's Vulcan statue in Hitachi, Japan?
👷 The new Love's Travel Stops on I-22 in Dora is taking shape. Great addition to that area.
🏀 CONGRATS: As of Sunday night, there were 25 undefeated men's college basketball teams remaining. Belmont University in Nashville is one of them with a kid named Tyler Lundblade who can flat out shoot it.
🎵 The Black Jacket Symphony is performing Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" December 11, 12 & 13 live in the McWane Science Center IMAX Dome. That 's going to be pretty awesome.
🏈 WAY-TO-GO: to Jacksonville State University on their big win over Western Kentucky University this past weekend. It vaults them on to the Conference USA championship game this Friday night in a rematch with Kennesaw State University.
🎙️ Looking forward to having David Fleming (Executive Director, REV Birmingham) join us this weekend on TRUITT NEWS RADIO. Show starts at 7AM on Bham's Talk 99.5.
✅ CONGRATS: Craft O'Neal & the entire Craft’s team as they opened their newest location in the Bham area, making 3 spots for the growing chain.
📅 DEC 13: Come out to meet Mrs. Claus outside Alabama Goods at Hoover's Stadium Trace Village from 10am - 2pm.
📅 MAR 27: Take to the track at Barber Motorsports Park and run in the INDY 5K. That's pretty fantastic.
🌀 Hurricane Season is officially over and was pretty much uneventful in the U.S. Insurance companies are happy.
👀 HIRING: Retail Strategies are looking to add a Business Development Associate here in Bham.
☑️ Check out DoItWithTruitt.com for our construction reports & other great info.
🏌 UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham Golf Coaches Charlie Hoyle and Jackson Wedgeworth are hosting a junior winter golf camp coming up the next 4 Mondays (starts Dec 8th). For more info, go to UAB Men's Golf Instagram page and get signed up.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: "Pensacola" comes from the native word "Panzacola" and is believed to mean "hairy people".
☑️ Pretty much everyone needs insurance for your home & business. We want to be your agent. Truitt Insurance & Bonding. (205)254-3005. Call me.
🛑 Thanks for the read.