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City Council votes to purchase former Ensley HS for $50K
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday for the city to purchase for $50,000 the former Ensley High School, which has...
Meet Marcus Fetch: The Man Behind Some Of Birmingham’s Notable Murals
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
When Marcus Fetch arrived in Birmingham in 2012 with $50 to his name, he saw the city as another stop...
100 Black Men of Birmingham holds 1st Mentoring Awards Program
The Birmingham Times
100 Black Men of Metro Birmingham held its First Annual Mentoring Awards Program last week at Oxmoor Valley Elementary School.
Nine students were...
Sherman Industries unlikely to relocate in Five Points West
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
After fierce neighborhood opposition, the Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) will not issue a permit for Sherman Industries, LLC...
Keeping score: Manual scoreboard at Birmingham’s Rickwood Classic keeps it old...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama Newscenter
When teams score 13 runs in a baseball game, you might say they are lighting up the scoreboard.
Unless you’re talking...
The Local Group of Moms That Bring Awareness and Benefits of...
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Sacorya Adams, a 28-year-old McCalla resident and mother of two daughters, is passionate about breastfeeding.
“Breastfeeding has helped my...
Area Women Celebrate Joys Of Motherhood And Sisterly Affection
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
On a recent Friday evening, members of Unicorns R’ Us gathered outside Good People Brewing Company in downtown...
After Tough First Labor, Jennifer Miller Now Guides Other Women During...
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Given what she faced during the birth of her first child, Jennifer Miller said she wants to make...
Rauslyn Davis: Helping Moms Succeed Beyond Breastfeeding
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
For Rauslyn Myree-Davis, a Birmingham resident and social worker by training, joining a group that helps mothers was...
At 81, Birmingham’s Maralyn Mosley still goes toe-to-toe with the political...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
She’s known simply as “Mrs. Mosley.”
Elected officials, corporate titans, civic leaders, neighborhood officers all know the blunt Maralyn Mosley, who,...