Birmingham AL

Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying two men who died in Jefferson County. In June, skeletal remains were found in a condemned house in Bessemer. The second man was found dead earlier this month outside the Family Dollar on Bessemer Road in Birmingham. The skeletal remains were...

HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - Hoover Police confirmed that a person is dead after a crash involving an 18-wheeler on Interstate 65 Tuesday morning. Police said the truck left the southbound lanes of the interstate near Montgomery Highway and is down an embankment. Two lanes of I-65 South are open as...

Members of central Alabama’s Jewish community are reflecting and mourning following a deadly attack overseas this weekend.

On Monday, Dec. 15, proposals to demolish five historic buildings in the Highland Park neighborhood were removed from the Birmingham Design Review Committee’s (DRC) Wednesday, Dec. 17 agenda. The action to postpone consideration of these agenda items came shortly after the Highland Park Neighborhood Association...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The disappearance of Natalee Holloway is set to be the subject of a three-part docuseries coming to streaming. Netflix announced the series from directors Dani Sloane and Matthew Galkin will feature Beth Holloway giving the “full, definitive story” of Natalee’s disappearance. According to...

On a recent blustery weekend Regina Williams, who lives in the Graymont Community near Birmingham’s Legion Field, made a short drive to a newly opened CVS Pharmacy in Five Points West to pick up medication. She spoke happily about the location. Real estate developer and attorney Eric Guster through...

One of two suspects arrested in the kidnapping and pistol-whipping of a man in Midfield was granted bond, but the other was ordered to remain held behind bars following a court hearing Monday morning. Lagarrion Amos, 40, and Bria Teona Mines, 32, are charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping,...

The Birmingham Police Department announced Monday the arrest of a man in reported connection to a shooting Saturday.

The Birmingham Police Department's Special Operations Bureau reported a significant enforcement effort during the week of Dec. 8 – Dec. 14, 2025, resulting in 110 arrests. Of the arrests, 27 were for felonies and 83 for misdemeanors. Officers conducted 136 traffic stops, issued 238 citations, and seized eight...

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