Birmingham AL

A man has been indicted in the 2024 Christmas Eve shooting death of another man during a struggle over a gun in a Hoover apartment. A Jefferson County grand jury issued the murder indictment against 30-year-old Anthony Keith Russell on Feb. 6, according to court records made public Tuesday. Killed...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A Birmingham man has been charged with interfering in the arrest of an illegal immigrant. A federal grand jury has charged 34-year-old Cesar Acosta with impeding a federal officer. The one-count indictment was filed in U.S. District Court. According to court documents, Acosta is accused of...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — A judge in the Jefferson County Circuit Court has dismissed charges against two men charged in a 2021 double fatal shooting in Bessemer, ruling they acted in self-defense under Alabama’s Stand Your Ground law. In new court documents filed March 2, 2026, Circuit...

A Birmingham man is now behind bars following a shooting last month in the city’s north side. Police say 32-year-old Ronald Weaver, of Birmingham, has been arrested and charged with First-Degree Assault. The shooting happened Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in the 2300 block of 6th Avenue North. According to...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A new cocktail bar has opened in Birmingham’s Battery District, housed in a building that dates to 1890 and operated by two longtime local bartenders. Bygone’s Cocktail Bar is located at 210 22nd Street South and is open daily beginning at 3 p.m. The bar...

BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) — A Florida company will be laying off 151 people at its plant in Bessemer. Saddle Creek Logistics Services, which designs and develops supply chain functions for companies, announced in a WARN List notice that it would be laying off 151 people at its Bessemer plant on Logistics Drive. According...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Two years after her son was shot and killed inside a North Pratt area Airbnb in Birmingham, Shannon Compton still begins each day the same way — fastening two necklaces around her neck before walking out the door. One holds a photo of her son....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The family of a 22-year-old man shot and killed in a car in Ensley say potential witnesses in the case have stopped talking to investigators. D’Anthony Jones was shot in 2024. This Thursday, March 5, should be an exciting 24th birthday celebration at his favorite restaurant. Instead, that...

The Birmingham City Council recently approved the purchase of a lot off 1st Avenue North to transform it into a so-called Urban Oasis. The area would have a dog run, storage lockers, restrooms, and access to resources for the homeless. On Monday, March 2, city leaders said after further talks...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A former UAB police officer was charged Tuesday with seven felonies after prosecutors allege he used his position to fraudulently take ownership of multiple vehicles and illegally accessed a restricted state law enforcement database. Solomon Dion Moss Jr. was charged in Jefferson County...