On Friday, May 20, around 4:46 p.m. 62-year-old Rory Calhoun’s truck left the road, hitting another vehicle, a pedestrian on a bike and Noble Bank on Main Street in Piedmont, according to Piedmont Police.
Alabama’s unemployment rate has dropped to an all-time low of 2.8%, according to the Alabama Department of Labor. The state says the rate in April was down slightly from a month earlier and well below the national rate.
The six-month construction project on 20th Street in Downtown Birmingham is officially complete. A huge celebration Friday marked the grand opening of the refreshed streetscape.
It’s been six months since demolition began, but Birmingham’s Southtown Court started with 43 housing buildings and so far, they have demolished 29. Officials said it is all in an effort to revamp the area and turn it into housing and shopping.
The City of Birmingham has more money now to assist those needing help making rent and utility payments approving millions of dollars in additional funds for its emergency rental assistance program. The Birmingham City Council approved the allocation of $6.6 million for the ERA with the majority of that money being used to fulfill outstanding approved applications.
While the primary purpose of school is to educate young children, another benefit is the fact that it provides two square meals a day. During the summer months, many kids miss those meals.
The Tuscaloosa Fire Department will be hosting one event for the first time, one that will be both entertaining and educational for you and your family.
Birmingham residents whose rental assistance applications were put on hold earlier this year now have renewed hope after the city secured additional funding for the program.
A Lauderdale County judge didn’t cite a reason why the sample was needed from Casey White. But records show she approved the state’s request in an order.
A small, illegal device that’s been used in mass shootings in the U.S., is now surfacing in cities across Alabama. It’s called an auto sear, but most commonly known as a Glock switch. It converts a Glock handgun, a popular semi-automatic weapon, into a machine gun.
Benjamin McManus told WBRC that the state’s crash fatalities of 987 in 2021 is the highest since 2016 (1,083) and 2nd highest fatality count between 2008-2021.
The Alabama Education Association plans to sue Chilton County Schools Superintendent Jason Griffin for demanding payment of more than $50,000 from employees who were allegedly overpaid by the district.
In late 2022, Birmingham Fire and Rescue will move from the National Guard facility on the north end of the airport, into a new facility in the middle of the field, right next to the terminal.
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