In Alabama Diners Come From Miles Around for Fried Chicken at This Plainspoken Meat-and-Three
Some restaurants serve food. This one inspires road trips. Tucked beside the railroad tracks in Irondale, Alabama, Irondale Cafe has mastered a simple formula that never goes out of style: golden fried chicken, heaping Southern sides, and the kind of comfort food that makes people loosen their belts and start planning
Fashion show competition in Bessemer to benefit woman battling rare disease
BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - A fashion show competition is coming to Bessemer and raising money for a south Alabama woman battling a rare autoimmune disease. The event is called “Let Dee Games Begin.” Founder De’Angela Pippen says it’s part competition, part celebration. More than 60 models...
OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS COMING TO MARSHALL TO AID WITH CHURCH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
More than 100 volunteers from the First Baptist Church (FBC) Men on Mission group will be in Marshall this week to aid with the construction of the new Calvary Baptist Church building. The group, which is based
Rancher Hat Bar opens custom hat design shop at The Summit
Rancher Hat Bar recently opened at The Summit, bringing a customizable hat retail concept to Birmingham shoppers. Located at 225 Summit Blvd., Suite 99, the Arizona-based company allows customers to design and personalize cowboy, rancher and trucker hats in-store using a variety of accessories and finishing techniques.
Bark Mountain Pet Resort named Alabama’s best pet boarding facility
PELHAM – Just over a year after opening its doors, Bark Mountain Pet Resort has earned statewide recognition after being voted the Best Pet Boarding Facility in Alabama. The Pelham-based business received the honor through Guide to Alabama, a publication that allows residents to nominate and vote for their favorite loc
Second arrest made in grocery burglary case
The Jacksonville Police Department (JPD) arrested a Bessemer man as the second suspect in a grocery store burglary-turned-high speed chase from late March. Antonio Miguel Hooper, 27, was charged with third degree Burglary and taken to the Calhoun County Jail. His cash bond is set to $10,000. Hooper is accused...
1 dead after drowning at Oak Mountain State Park
OAK MOUNTAIN, Ala. (WBRC) - One person has died after they drowned in Shelby County Saturday, officials confirmed to WBRC. According to officials in Pelham, the fire department was working a drowning at Oak Mountain State Park and recently located the victim in the water after deploying dive teams and boats with sonar.
Birmingham Police: 1 shot, killed during altercation Saturday afternoon
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A homicide investigation is underway after a shooting in Birmingham Saturday. Birmingham Police said just after 4:30 p.m., officers were called to 260 West Valley Avenue on a report of a person shot. When officers arrived, they found a man lying unresponsive suffering from an apparent...
Father shot dead in front of family during argument at Birmingham barber shop
A husband and father was shot dead in front of his family at a south Birmingham barber shop. The shooting happened just after 3:30 p.m. outside La Vida Barberia Spa Y Estilismo in a strip mall on West Valley Avenue. Birmingham Police Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said police and fire medics...
ITU AbsorbTech breaks ground on $24M McCalla facility
A major new industrial project is now underway in Jefferson County. ITU AbsorbTech, a family-owned industrial laundry and textile supplier, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, June 9, for its brand-new processing plant in McCalla. The project represents a $24.5 million capital investment in the local economy. ITU
