Birmingham AL

A Birmingham-area furniture store plans to open a new location this fall. Flipsies Furniture is coming to Riverchase Promenade on Montgomery Highway in Hoover. The locally-owned retailer will occupy the 25,667-square-foot anchor space which was formerly home to JoAnn Fabric. Martin Smith of SRS Real Estate Partners...

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Edward Still, a lawyer who championed voting rights in Alabama, died this week at the age of 79. Still, a Georgia native who began his legal career in Tuscaloosa, “transformed democracy in Alabama and across the nation,” with his work fighting for voting rights as well as redistricting, according to the Legal Defense...

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — More details have surfaced surrounding a construction worker who was killed on the job in Trussville Wednesday morning. Edgar Earl Davis IV, 29, of Odenville was pronounced dead at 8:47 a.m. Wednesday at a construction site in the 7500 block of Commerce Circle in Trussville. According to the...

Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett held a news conference Thursday morning asking the public to come forward if they have any information that can help find the person responsible for killing an 82-year-old woman Wednesday night. Chief Pickett started the news conference by saying "To Birmingham, we are better...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An elderly woman who was shot and killed in Birmingham Wednesday night has been identified. 82-year-old Aldorthia M. Burrell was shot while on the 3200 block of Balsam Avenue around 7:55 p.m. Burrell was taken to UAB Hospital where she died from her injuries, according to the Jefferson...

Pickleball Kingdom, a national indoor pickleball venue company, is opening its first location in Birmingham at Wildwood Centre off Lakeshore Parkway. Located in the former Conn’s space at 251 Lakeshore Pkwy, Homewood, the 40,225 square-foot venue will feature the following amenities:. Individually fenced courts....

Craving Chinese food? We have your next meal covered. China Master is open for business on Montclair Road in Birmingham, and it’s serving up all your favorites. Read on for what’s on the menu and more. Lo mein, fried rice + more. China Master held its grand opening...

Met: June 1965, at their childhood church, Emmanuel Temple Holiness Church, then located on the southside of Birmingham. Jimmie was 11 years old when his family began attending, and 10-year-old Deborah’s family were already longstanding members. “When I saw her, it was my impression that she was the one...

Jimmie and Deborah Johnson have been married for 50 years, and it’s been quite a ride. Literally. The Birmingham couple married in April 1975 and have visited nearly every state in the country by car, motorcycle, or train. “We have crisscrossed the country in both directions four times on...