Birmingham AL

When someone collapses from sudden cardiac arrest, survival is often determined before emergency crews ever arrive. In Birmingham, health leaders say too many of those emergencies unfold without immediate intervention — and they are working to change that. Ahead of CPR & AED Awareness Week, observed June 1–7, the...

Bishop Steven Raica, head of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham, will ordain three deacons as priests on Saturday, May 30, at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Paul. The Rev. John Paul Stepnowski graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he studied chemical engineering. He graduated this month with a

A 67-year-old inmate at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer has died, according to officials. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the inmate as Larry Thomas. He was found unresponsive in the prison infirmary around 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, where he had been receiving treatment for a terminal il

Birmingham fire crews responded overnight to a fire at a building that houses a DHL Express facility on 7th Avenue North. Video from the scene showed heavy smoke inside the building while crews worked to get the flames under control. Several fire units and emergency crews responded to the fire.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The FBI’s latest numbers show more than 58,000 people lost more than a billion dollars to real estate fraud in just four years, between 2019 and 2023. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) calls it a growing threat. One of the newest threats of real estate...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Park and Recreation plans to open seven of its 18 city pools on June 6, with swimming lessons beginning June 9. Last year, the city opened its public pools on a staggered schedule, beginning Memorial Day weekend. Officials say they’re opening later this year due to repair work being

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Regions Bank says banking functions are back to normal after a “brief technical issue” Wednesday. A Regions spokesperson says the technical issue was resolved after it impacted certain banking functions. The bank says the issue lasted less than an hour and that it was...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A 22-year-old man has been sentenced in connection to a robbery and shooting of an off-duty police officer which happened when the man was only 16 years old. On Sunday, January 26, 2020, around 9:20 a.m., John Finke, a narcotics detective with the Birmingham Police Department,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A search warrant has revealed more details in a shooting that left a woman dead in Charlotte's NoDa community last week. The shooting happened on Davidson Street near East 35th Street around 2 a.m. on Thursday. Taylor Sylver, 38, was pronounced dead from the shooting. Adaysia Coles, 26, was arrested i

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