Tag: recent stories
Birmingham inks $61.3 million deal with Trane U.S. Inc. for energy...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a $61.3 million agreement with Trane U.S. Inc. to upgrade lighting, air-conditioners, roofs...
Maryland Woman Shot By Police, Child Injured after Standoff
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
A 23-year-old woman was killed in a Randallstown, MD apartment complex Monday. Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson said in a...
Memorial to 1st Black Marines Dedicated at Camp Lejeune
By Martha Waggoner
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. -- At the dedication of a memorial Friday honoring the first black U.S. Marines, John Spencer imagined his mind...
Hillary Clinton gives optimistic view of America during acceptance speech
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
In Hillary Clinton's speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, she used Republicans' most favorite president against them. " taken...
The Dannon Project: Helping at-risk individuals thrive and survive
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Kenneth Whitehead didn’t even get his bus ticket.
By Alabama state law, a convicted felon released from prison is...
Nationally recognized program ensures that young man did not die in...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Sunday dinners weren’t the same after Danon Pruitt was shot and killed in 1997.
“When he died, the way...
Mayor Bell to request Presidential Executive Order to create civil rights...
Times staff report
Birmingham Mayor William Bell will next week request a Presidential Executive Order to designate the AG Gaston Freedom Center and the Civil...
Families outraged that convicted church bomber could be paroled
By Reginald Greene
Special to The Times
I remember so vividly that day back in 2001 when the decision was handed down in Jefferson County Circuit Court,...
Faith leaders at BCRI discuss ways to reduce racial tension
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
With everyone voicing opinions about racial tension in the United States a group of diverse faith leaders were invited to...
Birmingham Community Service Officer Heather Campbell offers plenty of compassion, courtesy
By Karim Shamsi-Basha
Alabama NewsCenter
Twenty-year-old Tony Harris walked into the Shell station on Third Avenue West in Ensley looking defeated, sweat dripping from his chin....
