Birmingham Times

Times staff report  The Jefferson County Board of Education on Thursday appointed Walter Gonsoulin Jr., Ph.D. to lead the school system, the first African American...

By Donald Hunt For The Birmingham Times  Miles College has spent this week preparing for their playoff run. The Golden Bears, a No. 7 seed, will...

By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart For the Birmingham Times Three years ago, Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School had the kind of grades you wouldn’t want to show...

By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart For the Birmingham Times On a recent morning at Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School, Principal Tikki Hines walked down the hall with...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times For the first time in three years, A.H. Parker High School is off of the state’s failing-schools list. When the...

By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart For the Birmingham Times The success and progress at Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School and A.H. Parker High School are just part...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith said recently he was alarmed at the number of black males being killed in the...

By Ameera Steward For the Birmingham Times Welcome to Third Thursdays! This series—published in the Birmingham Times on the third Thursday of every month—highlights area citizens...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times UAB leaders on Tuesday launched Live HealthSmart Alabama, a partnership between the institution, community, government, business and education agencies to...

Times staff report Despite voting against an amended agreement to establish a University Healthcare Authority with UAB Health Systems, Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson said...