Birmingham AL

By Paul DeMarco Crime and the Alabama criminal justice system continue to be major issues in our state. And unfortunately, despite politicians promises to increase public safety, there is still a long way to go. A horrendous case out of Jefferson County is a perfect example. Recently, the Leeds Police Department...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Longtime Birmingham Water Works attorney Mark Parnell has filed a civil lawsuit against the utility and several of its board members, claiming wrongful termination. Parnell, who represented the Water Works for over three decades, said he was dismissed after being appointed deputy general manager...

A Jefferson County judge ordered Monday the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to turn over body camera footage of the police shooting that killed Jabari Peoples.

A woman shot to death in Hueytown is being remembered as a loving soul who never met a stranger. Rocio Contreras Vega, 52, was killed Thursday at her home on Robins Street. Her husband, 48-year-old Miguel Angel Torres-Rodriquez, 48, was taken into custody Friday morning in Mississippi and extradited to Alabama on...

A rapidly growing breakfast restaurant franchise has set the date for the opening of its newest Birmingham area location. Big Bad Breakfast-- the made-from-scratch concept from James Beard Award-winning Oxford, Miss., chef John Currence- will be opening its newest restaurant in Cahaba Heights on Sept. 13. The...

Throughout the month, our Attendance Department wants to make sure you know why attendance matters as well as the policies and procedures for excused absences. Parents and families are essential partners in promoting good attendance because they have the bottom-line responsibility for making sure their children get...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared a statewide day of remembrance for Carole Robertson, one of the four victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, in a proclamation made Monday. Ahead of the 62nd anniversary of the bombing, which took Robertson’s life at fourteen years old as well as the...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — UAB St. Vincent’s has become the first hospital in the greater Birmingham area to perform a groundbreaking new procedure for patients with severe peripheral artery disease, or PAD. The procedure uses soundwaves to break up hardened blockages in the arteries of the legs — a method doctors say...

The Bessemer Police Department is investigating a homicide after a man was killed over the weekend.

IRONDALE, Ala. (WBRC) - Irondale Mayor James D. Stewart Jr. has presented a proclamation to honor an 8-year-old who died from drowning. Greyson E. Maiden was found unresponsive in a pool on Saturday, Aug. 31 according to authorities in Hoover. Life-saving measures were attempted but unsuccessful and he was...