Birmingham AL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham City Council has approved $347,115 for the Village Creek Linear Walking Trail, a project city leaders say will help connect neighborhoods and expand access to green space in West Birmingham. The trail is part of the larger Red Rock Trail System, which is being...

Geno Gardner isn’t your typical Community Manager at JP Morgan Chase. While he clocks in every weekday, his focus extends far beyond personal or corporate gain. Gardner builds trust and teaches financial education in underserved communities to show up for Birmingham. And while most workforce traits are developed within a company, Gardner got his start at an early age when he enlisted in the...

A crowd gathered at Trussville’s City Hall Annex at 9 a.m. Friday, April 10, after a letter issued by the city to select members of the Trussville Civic Center stirred concerns that seniors might be required to pay for memberships in the future.

HOOVER, Ala. (WBMA) — Fire crews responded to a house fire in Hoover Tuesday evening. Engines and other vehicles with the Hoover Fire Department were surrounded a residential area on Larkwood Drive after 6:00 p.m. The fire department said the fire was contained to one room. No one was...

The fire happened at a house on Avenue K around 2:45 a.m. and was contained to one home. The cause of the fire remains under investigation at this time.

Rising diesel prices are hitting local school systems in the pocketbook.

A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy arrested last week was booked back into jail Tuesday on new charges. Deputy Cameron Lee, 21, was initially taken into custody April 7 on a charge of use of official position or office for personal gain. In that case, he was reportedly accused of bringing fast food to an inmate for pay at the Jefferson County Jail in the...

Seventy years ago, on April 15, 1956, a deadly F4 tornado struck McDonald Chapel in Jefferson County, killing 25 and injuring 200. The devastation was widespread, leaving hundreds homeless. What followed is a statistical anomaly – deadly tornadoes that occurred in Jefferson County 21 years apart through 1998. On...

A Homewood man was killed in a crash involving a commercial truck in St. Clair County on Monday evening, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — Several law enforcement officers responded to an area in Fairfield Tuesday night. Multiple Jefferson County Sheriff's Office vehicles surrounded the 600 block of 39th place shortly before 9:00 p.m. The sheriff's office confirmed it was working to locate person who reportedly fired shots in...