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By Pay Byington bhamnow.com On Wednesday, the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama accepted a special pre-Thanksgiving delivery from representatives and mascots of Birmingham’s five professional sports franchises. After...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times The Rev. Frank Dukes, a legend of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement whose Selective Buying Campaign helped dismantle segregation in...

BY PAT BYINGTON bhamnow.com Main Street, Inc. unveiled this week their new interactive mural called Steel Magnolias. The mural—which spans 260 feet in width and 20 feet in height—features...

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times Birmingham City Schools leaders took another step Monday to get all third graders reading on grade level or proficiency by...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times The Rev. Frank Dukes, an influential Birmingham Civil Rights Movement leader and President of Miles College's trailblazing student body in...

prosperbham.com Corey Bishop is not your average entrepreneur. That’s evident immediately upon entrance to his vibrant and inviting Five Points West flagship Refresh Clothing2 location at 2247...

By Alaina Bookman AL.com Alaina Bookman reports for the “Beyond the Violence” collaborative, a partnership between AL.com, The Birmingham Times and CBS42. Support her work here. Members of the...

Associated Press The City of Birmingham’s first Black police officer, Leroy Stover, has died. He was 90. Birmingham Police on Friday posted about Stover’s death on...

miles.edu Miles College on Saturday renamed the Center for Economic and Social Justice in honor of retired federal Judge U.W. Clemon, a 1965 graduate of...

By Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin This is a guest opinion column By now, everyone has heard that State Treasurer Young J. Boozer III has now declined...