The City of Birmingham is poised to see significant change over the next three years, according to one city leader, if the city council takes action on Tuesday.
Around 2:20 Monday afternoon, JCSO was notified by family members of 34-year-old Richard Douglass Fields that he had not returned from a kayaking trip he took on Saturday.
The WBRC First Alert Weather team says potential wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour Tuesday into Wednesday could push the smoke from the landfill fire in Moody to other areas.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies are urging parents to double check all of their weapons for safety. This comes after a the death of a 12-year-old boy earlier this week from a gunshot wound.
The St. Clair County Commissioners met during their regular meeting Tuesday morning, and they say they are pleased with the progress the Environmental Protection Agency is making at the landfill.
Officials with Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama said they saw a big response in anonymous tips over the weekend about different shootings in Jefferson County. Organizers said they are happy to see these tips coming in.
A 9-year-old girl and a 31-year-old father were both shot Friday evening at a motel in the western part of the city, according to officials from the Birmingham Police Department and Birmingham Fire & Rescue.
EPA officials are now set to come in and start putting out the Moody landfill fire. This comes after Governor Kay Ivy’s declaration of a State of Emergency on January 18 after nearly two months of the fire burning.
On Wednesday, Jan. 18, Governor Kay Ivey issued a limited State of Emergency to give officials in St. Clair County all possible legal authorities for use in dealing with the ongoing fire.
Environmental nonprofits like the Cahaba Riverkeeper and the Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollutions say they’ve been working around the clock to see how this landfill fire impacts our air, water and public health.
The fire has been burning since November and many are concerned about the long term health impacts of breathing in this smoke, causing some to evacuate or separate their family.
The city held an information session for non-profits, churches and other entities who are interested in providing a space for the 8-foot by 8-foot shelters.
It happened around 4:30 a.m. The crash sent one vehicle flying, where it caught the top end of a utility pole and hung there until Birmingham Fire and rescue was able to remove it.