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SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. - One woman is accused of intentionally and knowingly committing financial exploitation of an elderly person by taking property exceeding $2,500 for more than a year. According to a complaint filed with the Shelby County District Court, Crystal Langston Niece, of Jemison, exploited the victim...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A 43-year-old man has been arrested in connection with kidnapping a woman Sept. 5. Eric Murphy was taken into custody Sept. 15. He is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and impersonating a peace officer. Murphy is in the Jefferson County Jail. More charges may filed,...

The hearing comes after Judge Elisabeth French ordered the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to turn over body camera footage of the police shooting that killed Jabari Peoples.

This story is presented by Southbound Food Festival. In its third year, Southbound Food Festival will return to popular venues like Pepper Place and the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, and around town at local restaurants and bars. The festival will once again feature well-known pitmasters, mixologists,...

Shards of broken glass are laid out in the yard under a long-forgotten bedroom window, like an ancient mosaic walkway that’s inviting to no one. Through the busted window, charred walls catch the shadows from trees overhead as the sunlight spills in from the collapsed roof. Maybe you heard someone rustling around...

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A woman has been accused of stealing nearly $70,000 from an elderly victim in Shelby County. Investigators said Crystal Niece has been charged with financial exploitation of the elderly and theft of property. According to court documents, Niece was initially hired as a housekeeper for...

GARDENDALE, Ala. — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has terminated its Medicare provider agreement with Magnolia Ridge. This decision follows the facility's failure to comply with Medicare and Medicaid health and safety participation requirements. The Alabama Department of Public...

A Texas man has been sentenced to prison in the 2021 kidnapping of a 3-year-old girl in west Birmingham. U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced Steven Andrew Holguin, 42, of El Paso, 17 ½ years in prison followed by a life term of supervised release, according to Northern District of Alabama U.S....

Restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. has agreed to give thousands of dollars to a job applicant who was not hired last year. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), an investigation began in August 2024 after a man interviewed for a position at P.F. Chang’s in Birmingham,...

A city-wide scholarship and internship program for Birmingham school students is getting $1 million from a nonprofit philanthropic organization to support its mission, officials announced today. The non-profit CAFE Group awarded the grant to Birmingham Promise Executive Director Samantha Williams. Williams is among...