Birmingham AL

CALERA – The suspect from a Calera pursuit on May 15 has been captured following a tip from a citizen. The suspect has been confirmed to be Christopher Lee Green, age 43, who was booked into the Shelby County Jail on Saturday, May 16, without bond. Green is charged...

Just before 10 a.m., a train struck a car on the tracks on 24th Street and Jefferson Ave SW. We don't have many details at this time, but Birmingham Fire & Rescue have confirmed they're at the scene. We'll update you as more information becomes available.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A woman was transported to UAB Hospital Saturday afternoon after being hit by a train in Birmingham. The crash happened at the railroad crossing on 24th Avenue Southwest at Jefferson Avenue. The woman that was injured was the only person in the car at the time...

Malia McDowell, O.D., a 2026 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, is the first recipient of the Rural Optometry Scholarship from the Alabama Board of Optometric Scholarship and Loan Awards. She has received $134,000 to practice in an underserved rural community in Alabama. McDowell w

A raid at a Birmingham home turned up a large amount of drugs, a gun and more than $32,000 in cash. The Birmingham Police Department’s Special Enforcement Division’s Vice and Narcotics Unit carried out a search warrant Thursday in the 300 block of Valley Crest Drive. Sgt. LaQuitta...

A two-vehicle crash in Shelby County has caused road blockage near Big Sky Farms Road. All the lanes near their on Shelby County 26 are closed as emergency responders work to clean up the wreck. The crash occurred around 1:16 p.m. No details have been released on the wellbeing of...

CALERA, Ala. (WBMA) — One year after a 72-year-old man traveled from Kenya to Shelby County for his grandson’s graduation, his family and investigators are still searching for answers surrounding his mysterious disappearance. Calera police held a news conference Thursday marking one year since Rueben Waithaka vanished

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Transplantation now offers liver transplantation for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, making it one of only a few programs of its kind in the Southeast. The program started in 2024 and treats patients whose liver tumors cannot be removed.

After a couple months of construction and renovations, The Son of a Butcher (TSOB), a local butcher shop in Pepper Place, will celebrate its grand re-opening. The first stage of construction began March 1, and TSOB remained closed until March 10 due to demolition. Shoppers have had partial store access since then.

A non-profit organization plans to honor the memory of Destiny Lawson, a 17-year-old girl recently shot and killed in Birmingham. The Youth Peace & Justice Foundation, also known as The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, will be planting a memorial tree in her honor. “This is another painful reminder of how...