Tag: birmingham
Ensley Native Lost Son to Gun Violence. How He Found Strength...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Ensley neighborhood native Ernest Brown, compliance officer and dean of academics at Maranathan Academy in Birmingham, goes above and...
Birmingham Urban League to temporarily suspend COVID rental assistance
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Urban League announced this week that it will temporarily suspend application submissions for the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP),...
Birmingham City Councilors: Deadly Exhibition Driving Costing Innocent Lives
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
With two teenagers recently killed in connection with exhibition driving incidents in the city, members of the Birmingham City Council’s...
Meet the Parker High School Coach Inducted into Grambling State Hall...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Robert Taylor Jr. never thought about someday possibly being inducted to the Grambling State University Hall of Fame.
In...
Mayor Woodfin Vows to End ‘Public Menace’ Which Led to Shooting...
The Birmingham Times
In a strongly worded statement issued late Sunday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said “exhibition driving” is out of control in the city...
Homeless and Transitional Housing Center To Open in Smithfield
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
A ribbon cutting for a new homeless shelter for youth that will serve as a “safe haven” and offer services...
Mayor Woodfin on How Smart Technology Can Help Curb Increase in...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
With Birmingham’s homicide rate up nearly 22 percent, due in part to 13 people killed in the first 26 days...
Artist Rico Gatson brings Rev. Shuttlesworth to life at the BMA
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Rico Gatson, a multidisciplinary artist working from Brooklyn, New York, is familiar with Birmingham’s Civil Rights history. Now he’s found a...
‘I Was Overwhelmed To Be Engaged To The Man I Fell...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
“You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to...
Jeffco Commissioner Sheila Tyson caught in shootout driving through Bessemer
WBRC Staff
BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - Bessemer Police are looking for witness information or video after a Jefferson County commissioner was caught in the middle...