First Alert Weather: Fog likely Monday morning
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - We’ll stay partly to mostly cloudy tonight. With the cloud cover hanging around, temperatures won’t drop nearly as much as they did this morning. Patchy fog could show up first thing tomorrow, especially in low-lying areas. I expect morning lows to settle into the upper 30s to lower 40s.
Central Alabama Weather Update: Showers Today Give Way to Milder Sunday
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Birmingham, Alabama – Rain and occasional thunderstorms are impacting parts of Central Alabama today, with the greatest coverage focused across the southeast counties before drier and slightly cooler...
Birmingham homicides drop to 10-year low with high clearance rate
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham recorded its lowest number of homicides in over 10 years during 2025, with city leaders celebrating both the reduction in cases and a dramatic improvement in solving them. The city saw 86 homicides in 2025, down from 152 in 2024. Police solved 87% of the...
1 killed in Highway 280 crash near Birmingham’s Grandview Medical Center
A person was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 280 Sunday morning.
Birmingham Police confirm deadly wreck along 280 eastbound
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Authorities are on scene of a crash involving at least three cars along US 280 eastbound near Riverview Road. Birmingham Police confirmed that the wreck occurred around 10:31 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4. WBRC’s photojournalist saw two cars flipped and pressed along a barrier. A third...
15-year-old boy arrested in South Eastlake homicide
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police confirmed that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to the city’s first homicide of 2026. On Saturday, Jan. 3 around 4:54 p.m., police say they were dispatched to the 8000 block of 1st Avenue South to a report of shots fired.
First Alert Weather: Cold Sunday morning ahead of warm first week of January
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Weekend Update: We will continue to dry out overnight in Central Alabama. Sunday morning will be the coldest morning in the 7-Day forecast. Temperatures overnight into Sunday morning will range from the mid-upper 30s into the mid-low 40 South overnight in Central Alabama. There may be areas...
DivorceCare support group begins January at Mountain Brook Community Church
Mountain Brook Community Church will host DivorceCare, an in-person support group for men and women experiencing separation or divorce, beginning Sunday, Jan. 11, and continuing through March 22. The 11-week program meets Sundays at 5 p.m. in The Commons building, located to the left of the church parking lot at...
Birmingham-area residents donate blood to start year
Some Birmingham-area residents started the new year by helping others.
Alabama council fights ruling that kicked them out of office, crippled town government
A fight over control of an Alabama town’s government continues after a judge threw out a majority of the council members and declared their recent elections invalid. Members of the Lipscomb City Council are asking a Jefferson County Judge to reconsider his recent decision that has left the town politically cripped...
