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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Folks in the Cahaba Valley Fire District voted Tuesday to increase fire dues by $125 per year, but were split on items related to other fees. Four different items were being voted on with the main item being the $125 increase in dues a year. Here’s...

Residents in Cahaba Valley Fire District approve increase in fire dues

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Getting a handle on exhibition driving is going to be a big topic this legislative session. It was the main focus of a town hall Tuesday in downtown Birmingham. People attending the meeting found out about two bills making their way through the state legislature that...

State, local leaders discuss exhibition driving legislation during town hall

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Southern’s future remains in doubt. As reported earlier this week, the city council is delaying conversations centered around a resolution of support and the Governor said on Tuesday that the state has no plans on using tax money to bail out a private college.

Birmingham Southern’s supporters still fighting for funding aid

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - State Representative Jim Carns (R-Vestavia Hills) introduced a bill Tuesday to change the composition, terms, and qualifications of the Birmingham Water Works Board by converting the utility into a regional board. HB-177 would end the terms of the current 9 board members on the day the...

Rep. Carns introduces bill to change makeup of Birmingham Water Works Board

Homewood, AL

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WBRC) - Anyone needing sensitive documents destroyed and old electronics recycled will have the opportunity to do so next month. The Homewood Public Library will be hosting document shredding and electronics recycling on April 14. The event will take place in the back lot of the library from...

Homewood Public Library hosting document shredding and electronics recycling

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond is calling the five murders this week alone unacceptable. “People are engaging in activities they shouldn’t be engaging in. Illegal activities with people they shouldn’t be hanging out with and often times these result in violence. All of these occurred in residential areas. Three occurred inside a residence which is very hard for law enforcement to prevent..things that occur inside a private residence,” Chief Thurmond said.

Birmingham Police Chief responds to five murders in the city this week alone

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Residents in Ensley are working to remove white supremacists’ graffiti and messaging painted on the old Holy Family Community Hospital. The abandoned building is privately owned, so city leaders tell WBRC that they can’t step in and remove the images. “The city has been...

Residents, property owner in Ensley working to remove white supremacists’ messaging from abandoned hospital

Anniston, AL

ANNISTON, Ala. (WBRC) - Anniston’s Regional Medical Center Health System hosted their first ever system wide hiring event on Wednesday for positions in various departments throughout the hospital. RMC is looking for employees in areas like nursing, admissions, environmental services and more. “We need nurses. Everyone needs nurses. We...

Anniston Regional Medical Center hiring event addressing critical needs in healthcare

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Leaders with Birmingham City Schools say they got their highest-ever score from an international accrediting agency this week. Cognia, an education improvement organization, completed a review of the school district and scored them a 335 out of 400. Leaders say five years ago, BCS received a 219. The district experienced a 116-point improvement.

Birmingham City Schools awarded highest-ever accreditation score

Tuscaloosa, AL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham city leaders say they are looking at some ways to deal with Birmingham’s parking ordinance. Several people have called or emailed us recently complaining about parking and getting towed downtown, and we’re on your side trying to get answers. City leaders are aware...

The downtown towing issue and what to do if you have been impacted

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Life in prison with no chance of parole. That’s the sentence Koran Lewis received this week in court in Tuscaloosa County. Lewis was the third and final suspect found guilty in the shooting death of Jennifer Nevin in 2017. Nevin’s body was found on a...

Third suspect in 2017 Tuscaloosa murder sentenced

Shelby County, AL

Oxford, AL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Wednesday’s deputy-involved shooting in Shelby County all stems from a wellness check gone wrong. The shooting led to two Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies visiting UAB Hospital. Oxford Police Chief Bill Partridge stresses that while you may perceive wellness checks as routine, often times the...

Wellness checks are far from routine for law enforcement agents

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Thousands of Birmingham City School students are in the classroom this week, even though they aren’t required to be there. This is the second year Birmingham City Schools has incorporated intersession weeks into their academic calendar. The superintendent says last year, 2,000 students attended intersession and this week, 6,000 are in the classroom.

Thousands of students learning in BCS classrooms during intersession week

Bessemer, AL

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Bessemer BOE meeting on possible interim superintendent

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Hundreds of dollars from the state could soon be in your wallet. Governor Kay Ivey is asking lawmakers to approve a one-time $400 rebate for Alabamians to help with rising inflation costs. If Governor Ivey’s budget proposal makes it through the legislature, eligible adults will get...

Financial experts offer tips for potential $400 one-time rebate from the state

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HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WBRC) - A Homewood woman is frustrated because someone stole about a dozen guns and more than a year later she feels like she can’t get anyone in law enforcement interested in the case. The ordeal started for Tiffany Morrow when her dad passed away and she...

Homewood woman frustrated no one will help her find stolen guns

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Gustavo Garcia Perez, a senior and drum major at Carver High School in Birmingham, was recently awarded the Princeton Prize in Race Relations in Alabama for 2023. Perez was selected among several applicants in the state. He will receive a $1,000 award and an invitation to...

Carver H.S. student wins award from Princeton University

ANNISTON, Ala. (WBRC) - A student was injured after a gun went off in Anniston High School on Wednesday afternoon, March 22. Anniston police say one student was grazed and has a superficial wound. It appears to be a negligent discharge by another student, according to police. An Anniston School...

Police say student injured by unintentional gunfire at Anniston High School

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police are investigating a homicide that happened during a home invasion. The deadly shooting happened just after 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 3600 block of Hemlock Avenue Southwest. West Precinct Officers found 44-year-old Fredrick Carnell Sykes dead from a gunshot wound inside the home. Police...

Birmingham’s 5th homicide this week under investigation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Birmingham Zoo has welcomed two new family members; eastern black rhinos named Moyo and Kesi. Female Kesi was born on March 15, 2017, and comes from from the Pittsburgh Zoo. “Kesi loves splashing in the water, eating willow branches, and spending time being brushed by her keepers,” said Annie Kaspar, Zoo Manager of Trails of Africa. Moyo was born on May 17, 2017, and is from the St. Louis Zoo.

Birmingham Zoo adds 2 rhinos

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - UPDATE: Detectives with the Birmingham Police Department received a ruling in connection to the homicide investigation of Marquis Kantrell Drakes Jr. that occurred February 22. Investigators presented the case information gathered to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office for review, and they ruled the actions justifiable....

Shooting death in west Birmingham ruled justifiable

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Residents taking Moody landfill fire concerns to state capitol next week

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (WBRC) - People living near the landfill fire in Moody are calling for change when it comes to environmental protection in Alabama. They plan...

Residents taking Moody landfill fire concerns to state capitol next week

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