Birmingham AL

A former state prison sergeant has been sentenced to prison for the assault of an inmate with a baton. A Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff jury in April convicted 60-year-old Joe L. Binder of first-degree assault. Circuit Judge David Carpenter sentenced Binder to 10 years in prison. The assault happened Jan....

LAKE MARTIN, Ala. (WSFA) - Birmingham native Taylor Hicks is giving back to fans in his home state with a free concert on Labor Day weekend at the Landing at Parker Creek off Lake Martin. The concert will take place Sunday, August 31 at 6 p.m. “I grew up on...

Birmingham, AL – A man was fatally shot and a woman injured during an early morning shooting on Pinson Valley Parkway in Jefferson County. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 12:19 a.m. Friday to the 4000 block of Pinson Valley Parkway following reports of gunfire. When they...

K1 Speed, a premier indoor electric kart racing operator with 105 locations worldwide, is opening a new space in Irondale at The Hill at Grants Mill. The new venue is located at the former Southeastern Salvage site. It is expected to debut by early 2026, according to the Trussville Tribune.

An incident in the 7200 block of Gadsden Highway near Deerfoot Parkway on Saturday night left one man dead and two others with serious injuries, according to Trussville Police Lt. Clint Riner.

Jefferson County has more jails per capita than any other county in the U.S. To put this in perspective, New York City with nearly 15 times our population operates just 14 jail facilities. Across Jefferson County’s 35 municipalities, there are 20 separate jail facilities: 18 operated by individual cities and...

CAHABA VALLEY, Ala. (WIAT) — A missing youth was found safe in a wooded area near the Cahaba River on Saturday night after a rescue effort by the Cahaba Valley Fire District and the Vestavia Hills Fire Department. At around 11:25 p.m., the CVFD received a call reporting that the youth had become lost in […]

The history of most cities includes a list of mayors that go back decades or even centuries. Pinson has had just three. And two of them will be on the ballot for the office on Tuesday. Voters in one of Jefferson County’s youngest municipalities on Tuesday will decide who will...

A Talladega man was killed in a crash early Sunday morning in Shelby County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

A person sustained life-threatening injuries from a shooting that happened in Birmingham's North Titusville neighborhood Saturday night.