Birmingham AL

Go for the party and take away new knowledge at Fiesta Birmingham on September 27 in Linn Park. The state’s largest celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month is almost here, featuring a Cultural Village with over 20 Caribbean, Latin and European nations to explore. I like to think of it as Epcot landing in the Magic...

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (TRIBUNE) — Magnolia Elementary went into brief Secure Perimeter status on Wednesday morning after the Trussville Police Department received a report of a suspicious person near the Chevron on Mary Taylor Road. Trussville City School Superintendent Patrick Martin said he was notified of a suspicious...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham Fire & Rescue responded to a house fire at 1717 52nd Street in the Ensley neighborhood Thursday. One person was transported from the scene for medical attention. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Eleven Alabama public charter schools are asking a Montgomery circuit judge to block the state superintendent of education from finalizing annual countywide property tax distributions to other public schools until the court decides whether charter schools are entitled to a share of those funds....

Birmingham has extended its contract to use the sonar detection service ShotSpotter for another three years to detect the location of gunfire within the 20-square-mile radius of the city. On Tuesday, the Birmingham City Council approved a 3-year agreement with SoundThinking Inc., for its subscription to ShotSpotter...

HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - Federal prosecutors are charging a man from Jamaica living in Hoover with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. Homeland Security investigators say Sherwin Rowe tried to buy a gun from a Birmingham firearms dealer on July 31, but was denied. Investigators say Rowe...

Birmingham nonprofit Vapor Ministries is preparing to open its fourth Alabama thrift store location while getting started on a fifth. The small chain has been in operation since 2018 with a mission to “establish sustainable centers for alleviating poverty and multiplying disciples in third-world environments” by...

GARDENDALE, Ala. (WIAT) — A nursing home in Gardendale is closing after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services terminated its Medicaid and Medicare benefits, causing residents to find a new home somewhere else and over 100 employees to lose their jobs. In a WARN notice posted this week on the Alabama...

Celebrity spotters might want to start frequenting The Margaret bar in downtown Birmingham. Actress Jaime Pressly (of “My Name is Earl” fame) paid a visit to the cozy watering hole in August, celebrating with colleagues as she wrapped the filming of a movie, “Last Shot,” in the metro area.

Hoover residents will learn the results of a $200,000 study commissioned by the city to look at possible redevelopment of the Riverchase Galleria. Members of Hunden Partners, a Chicago-based real estate development consulting firm, will present the Riverchase Galleria Market Study at the next Hoover City Council...