The Vestavia Hills City Council will consider a resolution in support of the Alabama Financially Distressed Counties Relief Act, a bill that would authorize the Jefferson County Commission to reinstate its occupational tax to right itself financially.
New Woman All Women Healthcare Clinic — once bombed by Eric Robert Rudolph — may soon be under new management.
The Alabama State Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday morning to begin an investigation into the operations of the Birmingham Board of Education and schools.
Two organizations focused on driving economic development in the Birmingham city center and its neighborhoods have decided to merge. The boards of the two organizations, Main Street Birmingham and Operation New Birmingham, approved an intent to combine their efforts.
Supporters of Birmingham Schools Superintendent Craig Witherspoon rallied Friday afternoon in Linn Park to support a contract extension for Witherspoon and oppose a move by some members of the Birmingham Board of Education to discuss his contract in a hastily-called meeting on a holiday weekend.
This week on WBHM, Jefferson County defaults on more than $15 million in general obligation bonds and more information trickles out about Cooper Green Mercy Hospital’s financial hole.
This week on WBHM, we talk about Cooper Green’s deep dive into the red and the political craziness quotient of Graysville RFD.
On Thursday, Morris-resident, Daniel Stone will plead guilty to federal charges related to illegal gambling operations, according to court filings. On Sunday, the Birmingham News reported that Kimberly Mayor Craig Harris had been cooperating with the FBI after he was offered bribes by gambling hall operators.
Traces of mercury have been found in at least two homes of students who attend Putnam Middle School. The school was closed last week after a mercury spill in a science classroom, NBC 13 reports. The Jefferson County Health Department has been conducting free tests for families whose children might have been exposed at the school.
WARNING: According to the editors at The Birmingham News, this week’s storyline of Doonesbury comic strips could cause canceled subscriptions, angry letters and maybe even liberalism.
