A handful of Birmingham residents spoke at the City Council’s public budget hearing, urging city officials to invest more in ...

Wayne Rogers, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, was a 17-year-old bank teller when his branch was ...

Someone may break out in a chorus of Auld Lang Syne Thursday as the Jefferson County Commission is expected to ratify Tuesday ...

Birmingham officials touted decreased homicides and increased police recruitment during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

The federal budget bill could cut food assistance for nearly 800,000 Alabamians and hike health care costs for tens of ...

Walter Gonsoulin, who was named national Superintendent of the Year, touted the Jefferson County Commission’s support of the ...

The new Birmingham Water Works Board voided a contract approved at the 11th hour by the former board that made the Water ...

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Solomon Crenshaw Jr. and Olivia McMurrey won two awards each for BW work; they took home a total of 20 awards between them.

Three winning words in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, which wraps up Thursday night, were “abseil,” “psammophile” ...

Lashunda Scales, current Jefferson County commissioner and former Birmingham City councilor, said Tuesday she is running for ...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a $50,000 loan that will help a local barbecue restaurant renovate its facade ...