Multi-car crash involving Birmingham patrol car kills pedestrian, police investigate
The Calera Police Department (CPD) are investing a crash involving several cars, a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) patrol car and one dead pedestrian. CPD arrived at the crash on Highway 31 on Friday, March 6, around 11:30 p.m. There, pedestrian David Lee Rodgers Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene. They were...
Laid-off workers protest outside Birmingham water utility offices after 135 jobs cut
Workers laid off from Central Alabama Water today stood in front of the utility’s empty and locked-off parking lot to protest what they called the ultimate betrayal by executives. The utility laid off 135 workers across the system Friday morning. Those sent home represent 23% of the utility’s workforce,...
3 secrets to success from this Birmingham nonprofit + how you can level up...
When women come together with a shared purpose, communities thrive. For more than 100 years, the Junior League of Birmingham (JLB), a women’s organization dedicated to developing leadership skills and improving the city through volunteer service, has been part of that story. Projects like the JLB’s Corps of...
Inside Mountain Brook’s newest dining experience—Sea Bar is now open
Birmingham’s food scene just got even more exciting with the opening of Sea Bar—a new concept from Revival Restaurant Group, the Atlanta-based collective behind the adjacent Little Betty Steak Bar. The new seafood-driven restaurant and bar draws inspiration from coastal Italy and Japan through world-class...
A collapsed pipe is flooding a Homewood street and the fix won’t be cheap
Storms overnight left flooding in Homewood around Rosedale Drive and 18th Street where a collapsed pipe caused water to pool in the road. Homewood City Manager Cale Smith said the water has since been manually pumped out, a big difference from the post-storm pool blocked off by cones. But the reason for the flooding...
Self-guided tour highlights historic homes and sites across Vestavia Hills
The Vestavia Hills Historical Society will begin a self-guided historical home tour on Saturday, March 21, featuring 23 historic sites throughout Vestavia Hills. Participants can explore the sites at their own pace using descriptions and a Google map available on the historical society page on the city’s website....
Applications open for Hoover City Schools Board of Education seat, Paquette reapplying
HOOVER – An important time of year has come back around on the calendar for the Hoover City Schools district as one of the seats on the Hoover City Schools Board of Education is now up for grabs. During both a regularly scheduled meeting of the Hoover City Council...
Business selling its 39-acre Birmingham campus after 47 years as it moves into new...
Thirty-nine acres of office and industrial space in Birmingham is hitting the commercial real estate market. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United’s longtime campus off East Lake Boulevard will be listed by Birmingham’s Graham and Co. Coca-Cola United has occupied the building near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport since...
Locanda Brasato opens in former Post Office Pies space
A new Italian dining option has opened in Mountain Brook Village. Locanda Brasato recently opened at 270 Rele St., taking over the former Post Office Pies location. The restaurant is operated by Duaine Clements and Marco Butturini, who are also co-owners of the downtown Birmingham restaurant Lé Fresca. The...
Altercation at Midfield gas station leaves man shot, woman in custody
An investigation is ongoing after a shooting at a Midfield gas station left a man wounded and a woman in custody. Midfield officers were dispatched shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to a report of shots fired at the Pop In and Out gas station in the 5300 block of Bessemer Super Highway.
