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The new site marks Love's 15th in Alabama. Love’s Travel Stops has announced the opening of its newest location in Quinton, Ala. The new travel stop has 123 truck parking spaces and provides free parking for customers, helping address the national parking shortage while improving route continuity for drivers traveling between the Southeast and Mid-South.

SYLACAUGA, Ala. (WBRC) - The son of a man who is beloved in Sylacauga says his father is stable and resting at UAB Hospital after being stabbed multiple times. On Wednesday before 10:30 a.m., Brozoski McElrath says he had just dropped his father off at home after taking him to a doctor’s appointment.

A Birmingham restaurant that opened less than a year ago announced that it will be closing at the end of April. Ownership for the business, Bayou on 8th, said in a statement that the closure was a tough choice made to pursue “growth.”. “It is with mixed emotions that...

BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) — An inmate serving a life sentence at the William Donaldson Correctional Facility has died following a “significant health issue.” 54-year-old Kenneth Ray Daniels, who was convicted of capital murder out of Jefferson County in 2011, died Thursday afternoon following treatment for what the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office termed a “significant health […]

Police are staging at New Rising Star Primitive Baptist Church.

Love’s Travel Stops has opened its 20th Alabama location in Quinton. The new location at 220 Elza’s Way off I-22 in Walker County has 123 truck parking spaces and provides free parking for customers, helping address the national parking shortage while improving route continuity for drivers traveling between the Southeast and Mid-South, according to Trucks, Parts, and Service magazine.

HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - A Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy is on administrative leave following his arrest on drug charges. Joshua David Nichols, 34, of Bessemer, is charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. He was arrested on Saturday, April 4, according to court records. According to...

Two resolutions on Thursday’s agenda of the Jefferson County Commission brought JeffMet North, the latest industrial park of the Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority, to the brink of fruition. “All the due diligence has been completed on JeffMet North and we’re ready to move forward with the...

A new 475-unit apartment complex is slated to be completed this summer off of Alabama 150 and Interstate 459 near Hoover. The Colina Hillside apartments feature four- and five-story apartment buildings that are visible from I-459 and accessible from Alabama 150 via a new traffic light next to the iStorage and Collision Center, as well as an access road from The...

A new Birmingham church building is under construction near the Woodlawn Post Office. Construction on the new sanctuary for First Baptist Church of Woodlawn is underway along First Avenue North at 53rd Street. “I don’t think we could have done better,” said the Rev. Perry Macon, pastor since June 2000....