The $215.6 million budget doesn’t include automated meters, constricts work on Lake Purdy Dam and reduces pipe replacements.

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to extend a $1.7 million agreement with a nonprofit group that provides homeless ...

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The Birmingham City Council approved rezoning the property adjacent to the old Carraway Hospital site for the construction.

Samford University selected former Jacksonville State coach John Grass to succeed Chris Hatcher, and Auburn University tabbed ...

What Williams is building feels old and new, as it carries the lineage of Birmingham’s alt press and still feels like ...

CEO Jeffrey Thompson placed all the utility’s senior managers on paid administrative leave Nov. 20, the day he was hired. He ...

Wanda Hallmark figured she had tornadoes figured out. A Mount Olive resident for more than 40 years, she figured her ...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved $885,000 in incentives in the hopes of attracting a grocery store to the ...

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Former Jefferson County Commissioner Steve Ammons shares a laugh with Deputy County Attorney Shawnna Smith and County Manager Cal Markert during the Dec. 5, 2025, commission meeting. (Photo by Solomon ...