An art exhibit honoring Frank Stitt is among the new events being planned for this year’s Birmingham Restaurant Week.

That story previously was named a runner-up in the feature story online publication category by Alabama Media Professionals, ...

More of Alabama’s students graduated high school last year designated as ready for the next step into college or the workplace, according to a new PARCA analysis.

Wayne Rogers, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, spoke to the County Commission. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Wayne Rogers, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s ...

Under the authority’s 70/30 plan, it is adjusting its fixed-route coverage from 100% of the city to 70% and then serving the ...

Jefferson County School Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin with Gertrudis A. Hunter, executive director of the Jefferson County Schools Education Foundation. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Joe Knight ...

The organizer of a local protest asked the big newspaper in town if it planned to cover the event. The answer was no. The organizer paused. “Then maybe we won’t do it.” ...

Birmingham officials touted decreased homicides and increased police recruitment Tuesday as the City Council and mayor proclaimed June Gun Violence Awareness month in the Magic City. “I just want to ...

Jenn Gray with Birmingham Indivisible speaks during a town hall on cuts in the proposed federal budget. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey) If a federal budget bill in Congress becomes law, food assistance for ...

Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Someone may break out in a chorus of Auld Lang Syne Thursday as the Jefferson County Commission is expected to ratify ...

A handful of Birmingham residents spoke at the City Council’s public budget hearing, urging city officials to invest more in ...

Mark Parnell had been serving as an attorney for the Birmingham Water Works Board. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey) The Birmingham Water Works Board voted Monday to void a May 6 contract that made its ...