Birmingham AL

An Atlanta-based real estate investor recently snagged a key piece of the Birmingham skyline. The Plaza—headquarters to Alabama-based health insurance company Viva Health—recently sold for $10.55M to R. D. Sharma of Icon Properties. The Plaza sold for $10M. Located in Birmingham’s Central Business District at 417...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham City Council has approved four violence prevention contracts totaling $1.8 million, extending funding for the programs through Sept. 30, 2026. City leaders say the initiatives are designed to reduce violent crime by focusing on prevention rather than enforcement, targeting people...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - As Birmingham prepares to say goodbye to 2025 and welcome the new year, police are making one thing clear: officers will be highly visible across the city as celebrations unfold. The Birmingham Police Department says residents and visitors should expect to see blue lights throughout the...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A Birmingham family is searching for answers and justice after a mother of three was killed in a hit-and-run just days before Thanksgiving. Police said 37-year-old Keiteria Anderson was struck and killed along Arkadelphia Road on the morning of Nov. 20. Investigators said the driver did not...

Daniel Walsh isn’t worried about AI taking jobs. Quite the opposite, actually. Walsh is CEO of Birmingham, Alabama-based VeroSkills, an AI-native staffing and recruiting platform for blue-collar workers. From his vantage point, Walsh sees that the AI boom won’t replace jobs, but rather create more high paying ones...

Editor’s note: This column is based on the podcast, Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast. Episode 552: Under a Highway in Birmingham, Alabama. If you look at an aerial photograph of downtown Birmingham, you’ll notice something peculiar: Interstate 59 and Interstate 20 make a sharp, inexplicable bend as they pass...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Birmingham Police Department is asking for assistance locating a man who last made contact with a concerned family member on Thursday, Dec. 25. Police say 52-year-old Reginald Preyer is 6-foot-3 and weighs around 220 pounds. It is unknown what his last location was or what...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Birmingham Police Department is asking the public for help locating a woman they say has been missing since September of this year. Police say 40-year-old Tiffney Breedlove has not made contact with family members since Sept. 2025. No other information was provided by authorities, like...

Shay Renee Oden organized an outreach to the needy and homeless on Tuesday, distributing food and supplies from the parking lot at A.G. Gaston Motel on a cold day to those in need, and sending a bus around to Birmingham city parks to deliver supplies. “We got MAX Transit to...

A lane shift on I-59 in Trussville is set to affect daily commutes starting the evening of Jan. 6, 2026, as part of the ongoing widening project. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will move traffic to the outside lanes to begin the next phase of northbound construction, weather permitting.