Birmingham AL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham police say they are doing everything they can to keep residents safe after city leaders expressed frustration over celebratory gunfire they heard throughout the city on New Year’s Eve. “We hear them, and we do understand,” said BPD Public Information Officer Sgt. LaQuitta Wade....

Evidence at sentencing revealed that Juan Francisco “Pariente” Castaneda threatened to kill co-defendants during the course of the investigation and “feed them to the dogs.”

Angel Boley, mother of Johnathan Boley, released the following statement Friday morning. "With all my heart, I want to thank every first responder, law enforcement officer, neighbor, and kind stranger who searched day and night for Johnathan. Your kindness, patience, and care have carried my family through moments we...

The United States Postal Service will host a job fair on Friday, Jan. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Meadow Brook Post Office, 1900 Corporate Drive, to recruit applicants for Rural Carrier Associate and Assistant Rural Carrier positions. The walk-in event requires no appointment, and USPS personnel...

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — ALEA has issued a MISSING PERSON ALERT for a Birmingham man. Marcus Warren Ian Barker, aged 60, is a white male with gray hair and blue eyes. He is about six feet tall and around 190 Lbs. He is believed to have a condition that may impair his judgement, ALEA says. […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A Birmingham man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for carjacking and kidnapping, according to U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. Dearrius Pace, 31, was sentenced to 240 months in prison. Pace pleaded guilty to one county of carjacking and one count of kidnapping in Sept. 2025. According to...

The closing date for the last two remaining Winn-Dixie stores in Birmingham has been set. According to a statement released by Southeastern Grocers to Bham Now, the 500 Inverness Corners and 4476 Montevallo Road stores will close in late March. This fall, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. announced that it planned to...

MULGA, Ala. (WIAT) — A local neighborhood is mourning the deaths of two people killed in a house fire. According to the Jefferson County coroner’s report, the Minor Fire Department responded to the fire on Pine Street, that’s when two people inside the home were found dead. The fire Wednesday night destroyed nearly...

America’s segregation history remains uncomfortably recent, with many people alive today who attended segregated schools or drank from separate water fountains marked by race. These sites across the country preserve that painful history not to celebrate it but to ensure future generations understand what happened and...

Birmingham Metro residents will soon have a new breakfast option!. Two new Einstein Brothers Bagels locations are opening soon at 450 Cahaba Park Cir and 1543 Montgomery Highway. New to the Birmingham market. Einstein Bros is known for its bagels, schmears, bagel sandwiches and coffees, often located on college...