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AL.com
April 30, 2018
Mackey's children attended Montgomery public schools, including two who have already graduated from the nationally-recognized LAMP high school. He then led the School Superintendents of Alabama, which lobbies for and educates superintendents statewide, a job that put him at the table for state-levelÃâà...
AL.com
April 30, 2018
The Alabama State Troopers are investigating an early morning crash that killed three people. According to troopers, the incident happened on Green Springs at Lakeshore Drive. A single vehicle accident, resulting in a fire, killed the driver and two passengers. The initial call came in at 4:42 a.m..
AL.com
April 29, 2018
This brother and sister have each other's back, even when one is stationed halfway around the world. Army Capt. Jon Morrison flew 18 hours to surprise his younger sister, Nakea McDougal, at her graduation from the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Saturday. McDougal hadn't seen her brotherÃâà...
AL.com
April 22, 2018
The treatment of a 25-year-old black Mobile woman who was arrested early Sunday morning inside a Waffle House in Saraland by white Saraland Police officers is quickly driving outrage in Alabama and beyond. Chikesia Clemons, whose arrest was captured on graphic video that is currently going viral onÃâà...
AL.com
April 19, 2018
"They can be working in Alabama heat for 10 hours a day," she said, adding that giving water to the horses is up to the discretion of the operators. Birmingham's ordinance states: Adequate water shall be provided in the stables at all times and in the working areas as often as needed, as climate and workingÃâà...
AL.com
April 19, 2018
Alabama on Thursday night executed 83-year-old Walter Leroy Moody for the 1989 pipe bombing death of a federal judge. He became the oldest inmate .... Vance's son, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Bob Vance, recently sat down with AL.com to talk about his father and the execution. Victims' families canÃâà...
AL.com
April 18, 2018
The Birmingham diocese, which includes 90,000 Catholics in north-central Alabama, maintains a high profile in the Roman Catholic Church worldwide as home to Eternal Word Television Network. "All of us at EWTN are saddened by the death of the Most Reverend David Foley who served the Diocese ofÃâà...
AL.com
March 25, 2018
11, 1999 rape and asphyxiation death of 10-year-old Latonya Sager, who was found dead in her bed at her home in Birmingham's Norwood neighborhood. In 2010, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld his conviction and death sentence, but the Alabama Supreme Court said that the opinion of aÃâà...
AL.com
March 25, 2018
The Jefferson County Department of Revenue at the Bessemer courthouse will be closed Monday morning. A press release from the department said the revenue office, which does drivers license renewals and replacements, will be closed on Monday from 8:00 a.m. until noon, while the office is movedÃâà...
whnt.com
March 25, 2018
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A police officer in Birmingham, Alabama, has been arrested on two felony charges. AL.com reports the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office issued warrants Friday against Officer Tony Noble Williams for first-degree theft of property and ethics law violation. No details of hisÃâà...
AL.com
March 25, 2018
Police have not yet identified a motive in the slaying, and no arrests have been made. Logan is Birmingham's 25th homicide this year, and the 37th in all of Jefferson County. Anyone with information is asked to call Birmingham homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
AL.com
March 25, 2018
Mason's mother, Kristal Hayes, said in a previous interview with AL.com that her child was injured while jumping on the bed. She said Steen walked out of the room to throw away a dirty diaper when he heard a noise, and found Mason hurt. Steen and his mother took Mason to Princeton Baptist MedicalÃâà...
AL.com
March 25, 2018
Forward Alabama representatives said they registered around 60 new voters, and most all were students. Nineteen marchers led the march: 17 wearing red for the victims of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., one wearing purple to memorialize 17-year-oldÃâà...
AL.com
March 23, 2018
Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, who initiated the bill, had sponsored a general bill last year that allowed cities and counties where alcohol is legal to authorize 10 a.m. alcohol sales, with approval by voters required if the previous time restrictions were set by referendum. Givan said the city of BirminghamÃâà...
AL.com
March 15, 2018
A record number of Alabama schools participated in an annual school safety awards contest that was first started 16 years ago under former Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor. This year's award judging occurred on Wednesday, the same day that students nationwide joined in for mass protests as part ofÃâà...
AL.com
March 15, 2018
Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, talks to the Alabama House Judiciary Committee about his bill to stop racial profiling. The committee ... "It's going to isolate that 1 percent or that 2 percent that are actually out there doing that and it's going to allow the light to shine on all the great officers we haveÃâà...
AL.com
March 15, 2018
Other Toys R Us locations in Alabama are in Dothan, Foley, Hoover, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery. Toys R Us UK announced Wednesday it was closing all 100 of its stores. At the time of its bankruptcy, Toys R Us faced debts of up to $4.9 billion, including $400 million in interest payments due in 2018Ãâà...
Patch.com
March 15, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Doug Jones today announced a federal grant for the Alabama Office of Information Technology totaling $250,000 to expand the First ... (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Birmingham Patch morning newsletter.).
AL.com
March 15, 2018
After going into a lock-down following reports of the shooting, UAB around 7:45 p.m. sent an alert saying police "issued an all clear." Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Capt. Harold Watson said the shooting points to the need for more active shooting training for first responders and for the general publicÃâà...
AL.com
March 14, 2018
Under Alabama law, a person commits the crime of second-degree rape if, being 16 years old or older, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex less than 16 and more than 12 years old. The person being charged must be at least two years older than the member of theÃâà...
AL.com
March 14, 2018
Most school officials AL.com spoke with said they were trying to find ways for their students to participate, but not necessarily walk out of their classes. Two Alabama school districts, Birmingham City and Macon County Schools, have announced plans to allow their high school students to actually walk out ofÃâà...
AL.com
March 7, 2018
A Huffman High School senior was killed and another injured when gunfire erupted inside a classroom at the east Birmingham school Wednesday afternoon. Killed was a 17-year-old girl who was going to graduate in May, had already been accepted into college and had dreams to become a nurse. "We'reÃâà...
AL.com
December 31, 1999
According to his bio and social media, he is a former music instructor at Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He lists his ... A keyboardist, vocalist and guitarist, Reach was recognized last year by AL.com as one of 30 Alabamians who changed jazz history. AccordingÃâà...
WBRC FOX6 News
December 31, 1999
"I am excited to partner with him as we seek to make Alabama Shakespeare Festival a vibrant, transformative theater company where all our communities feel welcomed, engaged, entertained, and inspired." The job of executive director is a new position at ASF. It replaces the job once known as chiefÃâà...
AL.com
December 31, 1999
Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, has passed the Senate. The Legislature put the auto lease tax on the books in 2001, during proposals for a domed stadium in Birmingham, but it has never been collected. Waggoner's bill says collections would begin when the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center AuthorityÃâà...
AL.com
December 31, 1999
"The action the Alabama House took today puts us one step closer to Birmingham having state-of-the art facilities to better compete for tourism, sporting and entertainment business," Woodfin said. "In addition, expanding and renovating the BJCC will generate millions of dollars over the next decade for theÃâà...
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