Patrick Phillips

The agency’s goal is to reduce the amount of sun exposure that kids get to prevent cancer development. Hawes says if you take the time to tackle overexposure at a young age, you can possibly prevent skin cancer later on.

Chilton County Sheriff John Shearon says sometimes, the big things that break open a case or help law enforcement officers find they’re looking for are actually the small things.

One of the biggest entertainment events in Alabama, the beachfront Hangout Festival, is back after a two-year break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

A new charter school is looking to open doors in Birmingham after winning an appeal by the Alabama Public Charter Schools Commission.

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.

A McAdory student is beating the odds crossing the stage at his high school graduation after a car accident nearly ended his life.

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.

There had been a threat to temporarily suspend the ambulance service on May 20, but not so, according to the Greene County EMS board chairman.