Birmingham AL

BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - Powerful storms during Monday’s First Alert Weather Day caused major damage in Bessemer after a massive tree crashed onto a home where a mother and her four children live. The family was not inside at the time, but the close call left them shaken. The...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) - The National Weather Service in Birmingham will conduct storm surveys Tuesday in Winston, Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties following severe thunderstorms that moved through Central Alabama on Monday, March 9. The surveys will help determine whether any tornadoes touched down and...

A Jefferson County man will spend more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Crosby announced that Jerrell Demichael Dunson, 47, of Birmingham, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has requested the public’s help in finding family members of two men who died in the past two weeks. William Keith Brannon, 58, was pronounced dead the morning of Feb. 24. According to the coroner’s office, the Tarrant man suddenly became unresponsive...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Strong storms moved across central Alabama Monday night, bringing down limbs, trees and power lines. In Jefferson County, 1,110 Alabama Power customers are without power as of 10:16 a.m. Tuesday, accounting for more than half of the 1,941 outages across the company’s service area. In...

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — An inmate at the Trussville City Jail died hours after being found unresponsive in her cell last week. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, Keandra Clasha Forbes was found unresponsive in her cell at approximately 10:30 a.m. March 2. Forbes, 35, was then taken to UAB-St....

BESSEMER, Ala. (WBMA) — A 14-year-old boy was shot Monday afternoon in Bessemer and taken to the hospital with injuries. The Bessemer Police Departmetn said he was shot once and his injuries are not considered life-threatening. Police said the shooting happened about 4:45 p.m. in the 900 block of...

It was standing room only in the Macon County courtroom as the capital murder trial for 39-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed reached it’s sixth day.

This fall, Lapeer Steak & Seafood debuted downtown inside The Hardwick, an old steel fabricator plant that now houses a mix of restaurants and retail space. Located at 2308 1st Ave. S., Lapeer is one of Birmingham’s newest from-scratch kitchens. Open for lunch from 11–2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and dinner...

Heartland Traditions Comes to Magic City: A New Amish-Mennonite General Store Opens in Birmingham. The distinct clatter of a horse-drawn buggy might not be a common sound on the busy streets of Birmingham, but the smell of warm cinnamon rolls and the sight of handcrafted oak furniture have officially arrived....