Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens calls the space under Interstate 20/59 “a municipal park.” Birmingham ...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to increase Railroad Park’s annual funding by $100,000 to $1 million. According ...

Grier, who has been director of Jefferson County’s G. Ross Bell Youth Detention Center since October 2017, has resigned. But ...

On Oct. 12, the University of Alabama at Birmingham fired Trent Dilfer as its head coach, naming offensive coordinator Alex ...

Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin on Monday announced some of the primary leaders of his executive team for the upcoming ...

The 63-year-old heating and air company owner envisioned using his property along Pocahontas Road near Bessemer to install ...

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As the government shutdown halts SNAP funding, the Birmingham City Council partners with United Way to provide relief for thousands of local residents struggling to put food on the table.

“Alabama History for Schools,” by Charles Grayson Summersell, was an early history school textbook that glorified the Confederacy and slavery. Slaves in Alabama could thank their masters for providing ...

As the Freedom Riders crossed the South in their fight for civil rights, schoolchildren in Alabama were reading about the bright side of slavery and the contributions of the Ku Klux Klan. They were ...

The nation’s oldest Veterans Day parade will mark its 78 th year Tuesday when it winds its way through the heart of downtown Birmingham.