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“It is only right for people with criminal histories to have fair opportunity to secure jobs to reach their full potential to become self-sufficient, productive citizens.”

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-Jefferson County DA Danny Carr, on the Second Chance Hiring Fair, at the Boutwell Auditorium; birminghamtimes.com, Oct. 10.

Birmingham’s Second Chance Hiring Fair Attracts Hundreds of Job Seekers, Employers 

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(Photo, Barnett Wright, The Birmingham Times)

By Sym Posey

The Birmingham Times

City of Birmingham Unveils Mural Celebrating Breast Cancer Fighters and Survivors

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From left: Erica Reasor, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center; Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson; Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin; Deidre Green, founder of V.I.R.T.U.E. Inc., Pastor Steve Green, More Than Conquerors Faith Church. (Keisa Sharp-Jefferson, The Birmingham Times)

By Kesia Sharp-Jefferson

The Birmingham Times

“I Was Supposed to be With Him … I Can’t Even Describe the Feeling’ of Love

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BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY

Special to the Birmingham Times

Ron Mims, Birmingham Water Works Board Member and Former Chairman, dies at 67

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Ron Mims spent over 30 years as a Birmingham Water Works employee starting after high school working all the way up to chairman of the utility’s Board of Directors. (FILE)

By Barnett Wright

The Birmingham Times

How Educator Nathalie Nelson Parker Helps Students Read by Celebrating HBCUs

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Author and educator Nathalie Nelson Parker has partnered with Birmingham City Schools (BCS) to launch the “I Love My Future HBCU” initiative inspired in part by Parker’s children’s book of the same title. (Ta-Ron Williams, For The Birmingham Times)

By Javacia Harris Bowser

For The Birmingham Times

Jeffco Sheriff, County Commission Spar Over Recent Budget Change

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By Barnett Wright

The Birmingham Times