Homicides in Birmingham are down 46 percent in the first five months of 2025 after the city ended last year with a homicide total that broke a record set in 1933. The city’s mayor on Friday credited ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - Birmingham police and city leaders are reporting a major drop in violence this year, with ...

Commissioner Lashunda Scales, a well-known Birmingham politician, launches a mayoral campaign focused on crime, economic ...

The East Lake Branch of the Birmingham Public Library is set to reopen its doors on Monday, June 2, 2025, following extensive ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - The East Lake Library will reopen Monday, June 2 after being closed for four years due to a problem with the HVAC system. There will be a ceremony at 10 a.m. at 5 Oporto ...

They now include Kamau Afrika, lawmaker Juandalyn Givan, Jerimy Littlepage, Scales, Mayor Randall Woodfin and Frank Woodson. Four years ago, Scales received the second most votes in the mayor's race, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WIAT) — Four years after being closed due to a defunct HVAC system, East Lake Library will soon reopen. The library, which closed its doors “indefinitely” back in the summer of 2021 ...

Birmingham native Jason Hamric, a former guitarist for the indie rock band Three Finger Cowboy and founder of Substrate Radio, has died. He was 53. Hamric died on Wednesday morning, May 28, after an ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - Jefferson County Commissioner Lashunda Scales announced Tuesday she is running for Mayor of ...

Jefferson County Commissioner Lashunda Scales has officially announced her candidacy for Mayor of Birmingham. Scales made the announcement during a gathering at ...

Urban Alchemy recently helped some homeless people living at an encampment find shelter. Jimmie Hale Mission wants to expand and buy 100 more emergency beds.