Tag: crime
Birmingham Makes Arrests for Exhibition Driving, Seizes Guns; More Enforcement to...
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Tuesday that a Birmingham Police Department operation launched earlier this month aimed at...
Miranda Holloway-Baggett Could be Alabama’s First Black Woman U.S. Marshal
By Warren Kulo | wkulo@al.com
President Joe Biden has nominated Miranda Holloway-Baggett to become the next U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, according...
Birmingham Lawmaker John Rogers to Resign, Plead Guilty in Federal Corruption...
By Hannah Denham | hdenham@al.com
After serving more than 40 years in the Alabama legislature, Rep. John Rogers will resign and plead guilty to federal...
With Homicides Down in Birmingham; Mothers Against Gun Violence Still Working
By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com
Angela Walker, CEO of Mothers United Against Gun Violence, is providing a new opportunity for Birmingham residents to support each other...
Using Forklifts, Vandals Break Through Walls at Goodwill Outlet in Birmingham
BY PAT BYINGTON
bhamnow.com
A popular Goodwill Outlet in Birmingham on Green Springs Highway was vandalized late Wednesday evening, causing more than $150,000 in damage.
According to Goodwill, the...
What Birmingham Leaders Are Saying About the 2023 Drop in Homicide...
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham officials are cautiously optimistic after the city’s homicide rate dropped in 2023, which they hope is a step in...
Birmingham’s Drop In 2023 Homicides Mirrors National Trend
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com
Birmingham’s homicide tally in 2023 dropped for the first time in five years after years of steady increases brought the deadly...
After 4 of His Players Died From Gunshots, Alabama Football Coach...
Alaina Bookman
AL.com
This is another installment in The Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: What can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.”
Timothy Vakakes has seen...
After 5 Years Free, Alabama Inmate Says ‘It Feels Like a...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
During a trip to William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, a prison located near Bessemer, AL, Eric Buchannon, evangelist, entrepreneur,...
The Black Cherry Tree Project to Host 2nd Annual Art Exhibition...
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
When a diverse group of creative minds gathered this spring in various locations throughout the Birmingham metro area to highlight...