Marilyn James-Johnson, visiting Kelly Ingram Park, is running for mayor of Birmingham in the 2025 municipal election. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Marilyn James-Johnson sat on her walker with a ...

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The Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism is suspending publication of BirminghamWatch until at least early September ...

The city is catching up after unusually heavy rainfall this summer hampered work to cut overgrowth on nuisance properties.

David Russell can often be found at local seats of government. It is rare that the 74-year-old retired insurance salesman is ...

Alumni of West End High School used to gather for an annual picnic after the school closed in 2008, and that event grew to a ...

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City of Birmingham Regional Water Works board member Sheila Tyson makes a point during the July 31, 2025, meeting as board Vice Chairman Phillip Wiedmeyer looks on. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey) ...

The Birmingham Youth and Young Adult Fellowship Choir, which earned the golden buzzer from judge Simon Cowell to send it to ...