This past year for education has been more for the record books, but Bessemer City Schools Superintendent Dr. Autumm Jeter says they have a lot of summer reading programs to help students stay on track.
Combating the summer slide is one thing, but school districts are also trying to tackle the “Corona” slide. Birmingham City school leaders are keeping that top of mind.
A new Birmingham “No Snitch Culture” initiative in response to crimes against children drew praise and criticism from some who called for more to be done to prevent gun violence.
For the past month, a National Guard strike team has been working with the Jefferson County Department of Health and its partners to educate businesses and provide information about the vaccine at different community events.
People at the Jefferson County Department of Health are scaling back, but they are still looking forward to normalcy so they can go after treating healthcare needs they believe may have been ignored or delayed over the last year or so.
The Minor High School Baseball program says they are in need, after baseballs, a lawn mower, a pitching machine and more were stolen from their facility.
WBRC talked with 3 former Birmingham police officers who all recently left the department involuntarily, and all agreed to speak with WBRC FOX6 on the condition they remain anonymous.
The coroner said Kristy Lynn Enos-Cantalupo, 30, of Jefferson County was found lying unresponsive at the entrance to a pedestrian tunnel that runs underneath Messer Airport Hwy Monday, May 31.
Officials said over the course of four days on a stretch of road in eastern Birmingham in late May, people in four different vehicles illegally dumped items onto the road that has a “No Dumping” sign clearly posted.
The Hurricane Center is expecting another above average the hurricane season with possibly six to 10 hurricanes, and at least three of them potentially reaching a category three.
Monday marked one year since chaos erupted in downtown Birmingham following the death of George Floyd. WBRC sat down with the man accused of starting the riot and looks back at that night’s impact.
A 37-year-old woman, two young children and an 18-year-old recent high school graduate were all killed when their car veered off the road and into Logan Martin Lake in St. Clair County late Saturday night.
Jemison police officers were dispatched to a residence on County 954 of a report of a man with a gun who was threatening to shoot two men in the front yard.
Many parents continue to watch the latest research information to see if there is a connection between the vaccine and a heart condition called myocarditis.
Mayor Woodfin said as part of the Magic City Recovery Plan, which is funded through the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan of 2021, he will recommend full time employees with the City of Birmingham receive a one-time premium payment of $5,000.
Building Hope: 21 Days of Kindness is a surge of 1021 planned and random acts of kindness throughout Birmingham and Central Alabama for 21 days to mitigate and ease the emotional, physical, and financial losses experienced during the pandemic.
Following Wednesday’s vote of no-confidence in Birmingham’s police chief by the Fraternal Order of Police board, some members of the body responded Thursday evening with a letter to the board questioning their actions.
The time has come to follow my other passion. It is a rare opportunity to have two careers you love. This summer I will leave WBRC and become a full-time corporate pilot flying a Gulfstream IV.
