First Alert Weather: Hit or miss afternoon storms around for Sunday
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Next 24 Hours: Sunday will start off warm and humid with plenty of sunshine. Some more clouds will bubble up during the heat of the afternoon with some widely scattered storms possible. Not everyone is guaranteed to see a storm, but if you do, it could produce brief downpours and...
Construction to close I-59 entry and exit ramps in Trussville area
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is informing drivers about an upcoming ramp closure in the Trussville area. ALDOT says beginning at midnight on Monday, July 21, the entrance and exit southbound ramps for Interstate-59 at Chalkville Mountain Road, Exit 141, will be...
Birmingham’s RESTORE Games to host hundreds of youth: ‘Put down the guns, love on...
This is another installment in AL.com’s series “Beyond the Violence," which explores solutions that could make Birmingham safer, healthier and happier. Sign up for the newsletter here. On Friday, more than 800 children and teens will spend the day playing and competing while learning how to put a...
Fountain Heights celebrates the launch of a new food-focused initiative
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A new initiative centered around food and entrepreneurship is being launched in the Fountain Heights neighborhood. According to the Fountain Heights Farms Cooperative (FHFC), their new initiative Heart of the Farm - Market and Community Kitchen launched on Wednesday, July 9, with an...
Governor Ivey sends more Alabama first responders to Texas
More Alabama first responders are en route to the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic floods last weekend. Firefighters from Central Alabama are a part of the second wave of crews. Mountain Brook Fire Department says a 15 member team is going, which includes four of their members. Two members of...
Homewood restaurant closing after more than 60 years in business
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WBRC) - A beloved restaurant in Homewood is shutting its doors. De Vinci’s Italian Restaurant announced on its Instagram page it will close Sunday, Aug. 10 after 64 years in business. The post says the building is being turned over to a new owner that shares the...
Where are the best places to live in the Birmingham metro? See who made...
The Birmingham metro area is the largest in Alabama, but not all communities within it are equal when it comes to perception and quality of life. In a recent look at data compiled by Niche, a service designed to help families determine which schools or colleges to enroll their kids in, Stacker made a list of the 25...
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey orders flags at half-staff to honor flood victims in Texas
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Governor Kay Ivey has ordered flags in Alabama to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the flooding in Texas Hill Country. “More than one hundred have perished, including young Sarah Marsh of Mountain Brook, and many more are still missing, including members of the Santana...
Man refusing to come down off roof in Bessemer, 2 children with him
BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - The Bessemer Police Department is currently on scene where a man and two children are on top of a roof. According to Bessemer Police, officers were called to the 2300 Block of Clarendon Ave around 3:10 a.m. on Saturday, July 12, for people described as being on the roof of a house.
Adult male in custody after early morning rooftop standoff with children in Bessemer
BESSEMER, AL (WBMA) — Early this morning, police responded to a call at approximately 3:10 a.m. regarding individuals on the roof of a house in the 2300 block of Clarendon Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered an adult male and two children on the rooftop. The adult male initially refused...
