BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Birmingham nonprofit renovating abandoned tennis courts at Fountain Heights Park says a skid steer worth about $60,000 was stolen from the job site, slowing work on the organization’s first major park project.

Athletic Alabama said the machine, a 2019 Kubota skid steer, had been borrowed from a family friend and was being used to dig a trench fo...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham is set to devote $2 million to an interstate-lighting project aimed at brightening long-standing dark stretches on two of the city’s most heavily traveled highways, including Interstate 20/59 and Interstate 59 near the interchange with Interstate 459.

The Birmingham City Council approved Mayor Randall L. Woodfin’s $31.8 million spending...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — A Walker County jury has awarded more than $70 million to an Alabama man who said a Tyson Farms wastewater spill caused a flesh-eating bacterial infection, turning a local pollution case into a multimillion-dollar verdict with statewide attention.

The jury returned the verdict Friday, March 27, in favor of Mark Griffin, a boat repairman who was ho...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Conservative outlets criticized a Birmingham television anchor for closing a newscast with a quote attributed to the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, calling it inappropriate amid ongoing national debates over extremism.

Ashonti Ford, an evening anchor at ABC 33/40, ended a recent broadcast by saying, “Before we go, a quote from the founder of t...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A juvenile male suffered life-threatening injuries after a shooting Sunday evening in Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood, police said. Officers responded at 6:21 p.m. to the 200 block of 4th Court West following reports of gunfire, marking another violent incident in a city grappling with a spike in shootings early this year.

The Black male juvenile...