Birmingham AL

Tucked off Finley Avenue, Niki’s West feels like a whisper shared between locals who know where to find the real deal. You step inside for meat-and-three comfort and walk out with a story you want to tell, but kind of hope stays your secret. The line moves fast, the plates are generous, and the hospitality is the...

For the first time in a decade, Birmingham ended 2025 with less than 100 homicides. There were 88 homicides in 2025, down from 152 in 2024 when the city’s homicide tally broke a record set in 1933. The city’s year-end tally mirrors the national trend in what experts describe...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - We’ll stay partly to mostly cloudy tonight. With the cloud cover hanging around, temperatures won’t drop nearly as much as they did this morning. Patchy fog could show up first thing tomorrow, especially in low-lying areas. I expect morning lows to settle into the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Birmingham, Alabama – Rain and occasional thunderstorms are impacting parts of Central Alabama today, with the greatest coverage focused across the southeast counties before drier and slightly cooler...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham recorded its lowest number of homicides in over 10 years during 2025, with city leaders celebrating both the reduction in cases and a dramatic improvement in solving them. The city saw 86 homicides in 2025, down from 152 in 2024. Police solved 87% of the...

A person was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 280 Sunday morning.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Authorities are on scene of a crash involving at least three cars along US 280 eastbound near Riverview Road. Birmingham Police confirmed that the wreck occurred around 10:31 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4. WBRC’s photojournalist saw two cars flipped and pressed along a barrier. A third...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police confirmed that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to the city’s first homicide of 2026. On Saturday, Jan. 3 around 4:54 p.m., police say they were dispatched to the 8000 block of 1st Avenue South to a report of shots fired.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Weekend Update: We will continue to dry out overnight in Central Alabama. Sunday morning will be the coldest morning in the 7-Day forecast. Temperatures overnight into Sunday morning will range from the mid-upper 30s into the mid-low 40 South overnight in Central Alabama. There may be areas...

Mountain Brook Community Church will host DivorceCare, an in-person support group for men and women experiencing separation or divorce, beginning Sunday, Jan. 11, and continuing through March 22. The 11-week program meets Sundays at 5 p.m. in The Commons building, located to the left of the church parking lot at...