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A Birmingham man is defending his wife. She's a cop and accused of being drunk when she showed up in court to testify this week.?

While we're all running out trying to get our hands on the right gear to safely view Monday's solar eclipse, what about our pets?

Inside a plastic pool play five adorable puppies. At just a few weeks old, they’ve already had a hard life.

We know looking at the eclipse with the naked eye can do long lasting damage.  So it stands to reason it would likely cause harm to your camera which also uses a lens.

The battle over the Confederate memorial in downtown Birmingham is expected to expand to more courts and the legislature.

Authorities confirm an investigation is underway after a shooting Thursday evening in West Blocton.

The teen acquitted of murdering Hoover veteran Mike Gilotti has been charged with rape.

Two men are under arrest after traffic stop in McCalla led to the discovery of methamphetamine.

Bessemer police are investigating a deadly shooting at a gas station. 

A cold front is poised to push through our area today, but it's not bringing much of a chance of rain.  

A lot of people traveling to see the total solar eclipse but what about if you get caught traveling during the eclipse.

A sea of emotions are flowing from all sides in the battle over a Confederate monument in Birmingham's Linn Park.

Larry Younger and Johnny Chandler are already behind bars in Georgia. But they now face charges in Alabama.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall was in Trussville Thursday defending his decision to file a lawsuit against the city of Birmingham and Mayor William Bell.

The Cullman County Sheriff's Office arrested former Cullman County Commissioner James Donald Graves Thursday on charges he tampered with a witness related to an earlier arrest on sexual abuse charges.

Our world may seem more divided and fractured than ever, but Coco, a Labrador that lives on a farm in Fayette, doesn't see things that way. 

Bessemer police are searching for a burglary suspect who got away in handcuffs. 

From Kingston to Woodlawn to Ensley and Avondale, no community can escape the violence.

They're still around, but the head lice from your school days have mutated to a stronger form now known as super lice.

The Hoover school system is considering partnering with the YMCA to provide after-school care.

Chilton County Sheriff's Office deputies successfully captured a man following a manhunt in Clanton on Tuesday night.

City crews arrived at the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument late Tuesday evening with supplies after Birmingham Mayor William Bell ordered the Linn Park structure covered earlier in the day.

Two crimes, two children, two adults -- shot just hours apart.  

Last call may be coming soon for gastropubs in Tuscaloosa.  

Investigators believe a dispute over sneakers led to a stabbing in Jefferson County. 

We begin our morning with clouds mainly north of the I-20/59 corridor and clearer skies north of that line.

 We're learning the rest of the Northern Beltline is on hold until the state can get more funding.  

 A small volunteer fire department mourning the loss of one of its own. Clint Hardemon loved helping his community.  

Officials with the Oxford Fire Department responded to the Honeywell Aerospace plant in Oxford Monday afternoon before 3 p.m. after reports of a partial roof collapse.

 Frank Matthews, a long-time Birmingham activist and current candidate for mayor, doesn’t hold back when it comes to his thoughts about the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the city’s Linn Park.  

It has been a particularly violent stretch in the city of Birmingham recently.   

Tarrant police have charged a man with murder in the death of a teenager. Daniel Lee Jelks, 25, was arrested and charged Sunday.  

A federal judge Monday sentenced a Pell City contractor responsible for the botched demolition of the Avondale Mills smokestack to 24 months probation on 2 federal explosives charges.

A man's body was recovered from Lay Lake Monday morning. 

Tarrant police have charged a man with the murder in the death of a teenager. Daniel Lee Jelks, 25, was arrested and charged Sunday. T

Birmingham police and fire are investigating after two 18-wheelers caught fire early Monday morning.

One person is dead and another is in custody after a shooting Saturday in the 300 block of Highway 437 in Shelby County.

  A man suffered multiple gunshot wounds in Birmingham Saturday afternoon.

Birmingham police are on the scene of a fatal shooting in the 1800 block of Bessemer Road. 

The company is one of the state's largest fuel operators. But now there's some uncertainty about its future. The company now in talks of selling its assets to two companies.

 A man was shot in the lower body in the 5100 block of 9th Ave. North Friday night in Birmingham.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Cullman County Sheriff's Office are collectively offering $5,000 for information that leads to arrests in a theft at a Cullman gun store. 

People know Hollywood Imports in Vestavia Hills for its fast cars and high-end brands, but since a July flash flood it has been anything, but that for the owner.

The Gardendale Board of Education has filed its legal argument with a federal appeals court in Atlanta in hopes of starting school as a city system in 2018.

Thirty-seven-years ago, when Harry and Billie's Lounge opened in Bessemer, the owners never imagined it would never be a part of Hollywood magic. 

  Birmingham police are asking for help finding a missing 83-year-old man.

A colonoscopy is the most comprehensive way to screen for colon cancer. The disease usually affects those age 50 and older

  Doug Jones landed his biggest endorsement yet Thursday night in his pursuit of the U.S. Senate seat.

A Morgan County judge has ruled Alabama’s teacher-student sex law unconstitutional.

The daughter of a 57-year-old woman fatally stabbed in July has a message for the man identified as a person of interest in the case.?

Hoover police say two people stole a woman's credit cards and then used them to purchase more than $23,000 worth of gift cards at the Target located at The Grove Shopping Center.

We're less than a week away from the primary election and a poll by Cygnal and L2 shows Judge Roy Moore ahead of incumbent Senator Luther Strange with a lead of more than 8 points.

A Jemison police officer helped calm one student's back-to-school nerves.

Vestavia Hills Police Department Special Investigations Unit and Vestavia Hills Police Department SWAT served a search warrant in the 400 block of Gray Street in Bessemer. 

A woman in Hoover fed up over issues with her apartment. A leaky ceiling is turning into mold.

Neighbors around Central Park Elementary are begging Birmingham's city government to protect their children as they return to school.

On the third and final day of trial on challenges to Brighton’s mayoral election, Judge Eugene Verin addressed the parties.  “This isn’t about voter fraud,” he said.  

Sen. Luther Strange, in a heated battle to keep the Senate seat he was appointed to in February, received a call from the White House while traveling to Hoover Tuesday.

  Deputies arrested a registered sex offender for volunteering at school.

A Florida couple is now behind bars for sex abuse charges after a tip from a north Alabama grandmother.

An attorney for a Birmingham man plans to appeal a 40- year sentence for a murder at a convenience store in 2015.

William Merriweather has been sentenced to three consecutive life terms following a bank robbery in Bessemer 10 years ago.

Trial in the challenge to Brighton’s 2016 mayoral election resumed Tuesday.  

Fairfield police are searching for carjacking two suspects caught on surveillance footage at a gas station.

A shooting occurred on Red Cliff Road Tuesday night.  

United Soccer League is coming to Birmingham.