Local news

Birmingham receives $4.2 million grant secured by Sen. Britt for Real Time Crime Center

The city of Birmingham will use these funds to purchase additional cameras and install them in high-crime areas.

August 20, 2024

Ozark Library reopening after policy change, book review

No books were removed due to being obscene, sexually explicit or inappropriate for minors.

Jacob Holmes

August 19, 2024

Former Homewood finance director charged with embezzlement

Robert Winston Burgett, 64, of Hueytown, has been charged with three counts of wire fraud.

August 19, 2024

Food Bank of North Alabama announces Capital Campaign on 40th anniversary

They also announced their campaign, "Food is the Focus. People are the Why."

August 16, 2024

Embrace Mothers’ pilot boosts financial stability, childcare and education goals

The program, which provided $375 monthly to 110 single-mother households over 12 months, revealed significant improvements.

August 13, 2024

Chicken plant buses in Albertville stir misconceptions about immigrants

Politicians used the situation to opine about illegal immigration despite no indications of a connection.

Jacob Holmes

August 12, 2024

Mobile DA announces decrease in truancy, chronic absentee rates in Mobile County schools

District Attorney Keith Blackwood launched the Helping Families Initiative, designed to address chronic school truancy.

August 8, 2024

Prattville Library board invites fringe pediatrician to back up policy

Dr. David Perry is part of a small conservative group of pediatricians that advocates against transgender care, abortion rights and adoption by gay couples.

Jacob Holmes

August 2, 2024

New Safe Haven Baby Box installed in Jasper

The state's seventh baby box continues to ensure that parents have secure options for surrendering infants.

Mary Claire Wooten

August 1, 2024

Huntsville-Madison Library board weighs new state aid requirements

Board Chair Kevin Gray said the board must consider any new policy's impact on the community and not just achieving state funding.

Jacob Holmes

July 31, 2024