Birmingham AL

The owners of Birmingham’s Hot and Hot Fish Club are speaking out following the cascade of restaurant closings associated with the Pihakis Restaurant Group over the last three weeks that has rocked Birmingham’s food scene. Chris and Idie Hastings posted a comment on the restaurant’s Facebook page, saying...

I’ve been hunting for treasures in thrift stores for years, but nothing quite prepared me for the sheer scale of this massive thrift store in Birmingham. Walking through the doors feels like stepping into a treasure hunter’s paradise, where every aisle holds the possibility of something unexpected at a price that makes you pause.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The United States Coast Guard has purchased the former Birmingham-Southern College campus for $126.5 million. The 192-acre campus, which was closed back in May 2024, will be refitted to become the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Birmingham-Southern, covering 1.3 million square feet of buildings, athletic fields and green spaces. The Coast […]

The pastor of the 7,800-member Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Vestavia Hills since 2021 announced by video message Friday that he’s stepping down from the pulpit and asked the congregation to “please pray like crazy.”. The Rev. George Wright has been senior pastor at Shades Mountain Baptist since...

Homewood (Ala.) High School has been fined and placed on probation by the Alabama High School Athletics Association after the school self-reported a violation of the AHSAA video rule. According to WBRC, AHSAA Contest Rules Section 23 stipulates that “A school or anyone representing the school may not video tape,...

Earlier this week, the Cassimus family—the founders of Zoë’s Kitchen—announced their plans to open a new independent, family-owned restaurant venture here in the Birmingham metro dubbed Zozo’s Kitchen. We paid a visit to the new Zozo’s Kitchen in Homewood to learn more. Zozo’s Kitchen:...

According to the Birmingham Police Department, they have received numerous calls over a span of a year regarding incidents near the nightclub of Nana Funks in Birmingham's Lakeview District.

The Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School (JCIB) recently opened, marking the first time students at the Pleasant Grove campus (grades 6–9) and Irondale campus (9–12) are learning in the same building. The school offers a challenging curriculum to middle and high school students to help prepare them for college.

The Pizitz Food Hall will be open seven days a week, beginning Sunday, May 17. The venue will also extend live concerts in its “Courtyard Concert Series” through the end of the month. According to an announcement, the Pizitz will be open from 11 a.m. through 3 p.m....

If you love French brioche-style doughnuts with soft, fluffy dough and a wealth of creative toppings, you’re probably bemoaning the loss of Hero Diner in Alabama. Hero, founded in 2016 in Birmingham, has closed all its restaurants in the state — some permanently, some temporarily — along with other locations in the Southeast.