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An investigation is underway after a decomposed body was found in a western Birmingham neighborhood. The discovery was made shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday near an alley off the 1500 block of Tuscaloosa Avenue. The location where the body was found is behind houses in the 500 block of 16th Street S.W.

A 30-year-old man who traveled from Texas to engage in sexual activity with a teenager has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. De’Airo DeShawn Bryant, 30, pleaded guilty this week to electronic solicitation of a child. The victim was 15 years old at the time and had met...

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office is asking for the public's help locating family of a man that was struck and killed by a vehicle the evening of September 26.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - More than 50 bingo operations in Jefferson County will be forced to close their doors starting Sunday, because the county won’t renew business licenses for those operations that expire on Saturday night. Jefferson County Manager Cal Markert confirms the county has decided not to renew...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The housing authority here in Birmingham sees an alarming amount of residents on the waitlist for Section 8 housing. Officials say they're now working with city leaders to continue allocating more funding so they can provide more vouchers. The current waitlist for their Section 8 program...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — Authorities in Alabama are asking the public to help them solve a year-old murder case. The Birmingham Police Department said 25-year-old Asia Johnson died on Sept. 30, 2022. She was found unresponsive in Birmingham. An autopsy uncovered that Johnson had been shot with a pellet...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One man is dead, two others are injured after a triple shooting in Birmingham Wednesday. Officer Truman Fitzgerald with the Birmingham Police Department said the shooting happened just before midnight on Fulton Avenue Southwest. Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13. But officers...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police responded to a shooting at Club Empire on Friday, Sept. 29, around 12:20 a.m. Officers arrived on the scene and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and Rescue crews arrived and transported the victim to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Thursday was the first Jefferson County School board meeting since Minor High School band director Johnny Mims was tased then arrested by police. Since the incident, Birmingham Police have released body camera footage that shows Mims did not comply with officers’ requests to stop the...

CENTER POINT, Ala. (WBRC) - The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office have arrested an 18-year-old they believe robbed a man at gunpoint in broad daylight at the Summit Ridge Apartments in Center Point. JCSO said Omarion Patrick is charged with two counts of robbery 1st degree and unlawful breaking into...

HOOVER, Ala. - The judge in the Carlee Russell false statements' case will not be allowing cameras in the courtroom. Russell is scheduled to appear in Hoover municipal court next month charged with filing a false police report and filing a false statement to law enforcement, both Class A misdemeanors.

Earlier this month Birmingham City Council unanimously approved updated towing and commercial lot ordinances following more than a decade’s worth of public complaints about downtown towing practices. Below are five things that drivers need to know about the new ordinances:. Updated uniform signage will be required in private lots...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A nine-year-old Birmingham boy is in the hospital after a dog attacked him on Monday. Kyreon Spencer was walking home from Inglenook Elementary when the dog attacked. His mother Kayla Spencer says he was bit three times and that a school employee actually told her son...

Alabama BBQ Landmark Calls It Quits: Legendary Restaurant Shuts Down After 86-Year Run. A popular barbecue restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama, has announced it will permanently close next month.

A Sylacauga man has been indicted in a 2021 distracted driving crash that killed a 29-year-old woman in Shelby County. A grand jury indicted 25-year-old Allen Montel Barefield on a felony charge of manslaughter. The indictment was made public Friday. The crash happened on Aug. 5, 2021, on U.S. 280...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Friday, Sept. 29 marked the last day for Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson. Dr. Wilson began his tenure as Jefferson County’s lead doctor in 2011. Since then, he’s promoted health equity and worked to combat infant mortality. Dr. Wilson also a...

STILL DRY: Today will be the 13th consecutive day with no rain for Birmingham, and the dry spell continues through early next week with mostly sunny warm days and fair pleasant nights. Highs will be in the 86-91 degree range through Monday. We continue to see good evidence of the...

When Birmingham City Councilor J.T. Moore first moved into the South Woodlawn neighborhood with his wife, Alycia, in 2013, he was already known in the community. Vanessa Jones, a neighbor, knew Moore from his time volunteering at Woodlawn High School and urged the Moores to participate in the neighborhood association (NA). Soon thereafter, Moore and his wife attended their first neighborhood meeting—and immediately saw the value of the group.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama Representative John Rogers (D) of the 52nd district has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of obstruction of justice in the case involving a scheme to defraud the Jefferson County Community Service Fund. This indictment is part of the same investigation...

On Wednesday, Sept. 20th, Samford’s International Justice Mission Chapter held its first meeting of the 2023-2024 school year. During the meeting, President Alison Middendorf and Vice President Bethany Waters gave a moving and informative presentation on human trafficking and how IJM plans to stop it. “Once I learned about...