Birmingham AL

Met: Floyd Collins knew that Coretta would be his wife as a matter of science, much like the lessons they were learning in the science summer program at Alabama A&M University, where they met when they were 7th graders. Floyd, a Uniontown native, was there with his older brother, who was a student. Coretta, who hails...

A new seafood-driven concept that draws inspiration from coastal Italy and Japan through world-class ingredients officially opens its doors in Mountain Brook today. Described as “a love letter to the coast,” Little Betty Sea Bar is the newest concept from Revival Restaurant Group, the Atlanta-based collective behind...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Right in front of Glen Iris School in Birmingham is a new brick-and-mortar store for a 10-year-old company that is as sweet as pecan pie. Edolyn’s Pies comes from a lineage of love that includes a family recipe perfected and passed down three generations. Marquon...

Birmingham has changed dramatically in my lifetime. Downtown revitalization, mixed-use development, and reinvestment have turned stagnant areas into hubs of activity. Much of this progress comes not from flashy reinvention but from undoing past mistakes that pushed people away. From a city once defined by decline to...

Muralist Shawn Fitzwater was recognized during Monday night’s Mountain Brook City Council meeting, but city officials on the dais received the prizes. Fitzwater was with representatives of Embrace Alabama Kids, which commissioned him to restore the long-faded mural along U.S. 280 near the water treatment plant. The...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A Birmingham man has been sentenced to over two years in prison for illegally possessing a gun as a felon. Jerrell Demichael Dunson, 47, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to his plea agreement, on October 10, […]

An Atlanta restaurant group is doubling down on Mountain Brook, adding a seafood-centered sibling to Little Betty Steak Bar at Lane Parke. The new Little Betty Sea Bar will sit directly alongside and physically connect to the existing steakhouse, bringing a raw bar and sushi-driven program to the neighborhood, with...

ALABAMA — Another round of thunderstorms is expected to develop across parts of the state Wednesday afternoon before intensifying into the evening and overnight hours. Meteorologists say the storm system could bring strong wind gusts, pockets of hail, and the possibility of brief tornadoes across portions of central...

HOMEWOOD, Ala. — For Ben Cook, the reopening of Savage’s Bakery is not just the return of a beloved neighborhood business — it is the return of his livelihood. “Mostly all my life is baking and I've never done anything else. you know baking is my thing,” said Cook.

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (WRBL) — The trial against the man accused of kidnapping and murdering Aniah Blanchard in east Alabama back in 2019 continued Tuesday, which included testimony from two people who claimed to have seen him in a car that resembled the Homewood native’s vehicle hours after she disappeared. Tuesday marked...