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Birmingham, AL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police are investigating a homicide on the city’s southwest side. Police responded to the scene in the 500 block of 12th Street Southwest around 9:40 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities found an adult male on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound. BFRS arrived on scene...

Birmingham Police investigating homicide on city’s southwest side

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police say two men were found shot March 28 in east Birmingham. It’s believed the shootings started in the 300 block of 81st Street North due to Shot Spotter data showing at least 10 rounds of gunfire. One man was found around 12:40 p.m....

Double shooting investigation underway in east Birmingham

Calera, AL

CALERA, Ala. (WBRC) - A child believed to have been kidnapped several states away was rescued in Calera March 27. Calera Police say its tag reader cameras notified them of a vehicle suspected to be involved with an abducted child. Officers responded and recovered the child and arrested the suspect.

Calera PD: Tag reader cameras lead to rescue of kidnapped child

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The city of Birmingham is seeing a burst in violence, with more than 20 homicides so far this year, and 3 since Sunday, March 26. One of those victims was Caleb Whitt, a 17-year-old senior at Jackson Olin High School. Whitt is just one of over...

With more than 20 homicides so far this year, Birmingham PD calling on community for help

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police need your help finding a missing man. Steven Randolph, 37, was last seen January 15, 2023 around the 5400 block of Lewisburg Street. He is described as 5′10″ and 120 pounds. Anyone with information on this investigation is asked to call contact...

Birmingham Police looking for man missing since January

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Jefferson County, AL

Bessemer, AL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating the families of two dead men. The coroner’s office says 72-year-old Douglas Joseph Pendleton was found unresponsive inside his Gardendale residence on March 14 by police performing a welfare check at the request of a concerned neighbor and friend.

JCCO searching for families of 2 men found dead

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Birmingham Police Department is investigating a shooting that killed a Jackson-Olin senior at noon Sunday, Mar. 26. The victim is 17-year-old Caleb Whitt, according to Birmingham City Schools. Police were called to the area around the 200 block of 3rd Avenue Southwest Sunday afternoon after...

Jackson-Olin HS senior shot, killed in Birmingham

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Birmingham Police holding community walk

Indiana State

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - La’Quaylin Mack made history in 2021 by becoming the first female assistant chief of the Birmingham Police Department and she hasn’t stopped there. Her goal is to leave the department better than she found it and open doors for the next generation of women...

Birmingham Police Department’s first female assistant police chief opening doors for the next generation of women in law enforcement

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police are getting out and about this week in an effort to build relationships and trust in the community. On Tuesday, they completed walks in Ensley, near the Kimbrough Homes Housing Facility and near the site of another deadly homicide. Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond...

Birmingham Police participate in community walks to build relationships in the Magic City

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - If you live downtown, you know the issue of exhibition driving plagues Birmingham. The city is still working on ways to combat the deadly driving and that includes portable speed strips. You have likely driven over some of the old ones down on 3rd Avenue and at City Walk.

City of Birmingham placing more speed strips to counter exhibition driving

Vestavia Hills, AL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - For the first time, we’re hearing from the man who took down the shooter at St. Stephen’s Episcopal church last year in Vestavia Hills. “Bang, bang, bang. One second apart,” Jim Musgrove said as he recalled what he heard during a potluck dinner inside St. Stephen’s Episcopal church last year.

EXCLUSIVE: Man who took down shooter at St. Stephen’s Episcopal recounts the incident

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Birmingham Police Department is investigating a homicide they say happened at a gas station on Tallapoosa Street Sunday evening. Authorities confirmed Monday morning the victim was 25-year-old Demetrius Antwan Davis, Jr. of Birmingham. Davis was a former UAB football player. Police were called to the...

Police: Man shot dead in B’ham gas station parking lot early Sunday evening

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - A piece of Tuscaloosa history has been sold. The crescent moon sign at the Moon Winx Lodge is gone. Tuscaloosa City Council president Kip Tyner confirmed to WBRC the property owner sold it. About a week ago city officials shut the lodge down after what they...

Tuscaloosa’s Moon Winx Lodge sign sold

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - A west Alabama charity made sure first responders are well equipped during times when they find young children who are in distress. The National Exchange Club adopted child abuse prevention as its national project back in 1979. Today, kids in the Tuscaloosa area will have something to hold onto if they’re scared or hurting.

Tuscaloosa Exchange Club donates 500 trauma bears to first responders

ENSLEY, Ala. (WBRC) - A house fire in the early hours of Monday morning left one person in the hospital. Birmingham Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the 1000 block of 45th Street in Ensley just before 1 a.m. When crews arrived, a fire in the kitchen of the residence...

Woman in critical condition following early morning fire in Ensley

Mississippi State

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Greater Birmingham Humane Society announced on Facebook that they are collecting donations for South Delta Animal Rescue and the Amory Humane Society in response to the tornadoes that devastated the area. GBHS is taking supplies to the shelters in Mississippi on Thursday or Friday this...

Greater Birmingham Humane Society collecting donations for Mississippi shelters

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Many local animal clinics and dog facilities are now requiring you to get your dog a flu vaccine before they can stay the night or be treated. This comes after a deadly dog flu outbreak in Birmingham last year. Local dog parks, like Birmingham’s The Barkery,...

Dog parks and animal clinics now requiring flu shot for dogs

Hoover, AL

HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - Hoover 911 dispatchers are getting some 4-legged therapy to help them deal with their daily stress. The department has welcomed their emotional support dog named Willow. Willow is a 2-year-old Bernedoodle who is gentle, loving and playful. Willow’s owner Shea Hess had the bright idea to...

Hoover 911 Dispatch welcomes their Emotional Support Dog

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham city leaders are working with Lawson State to help city employees get their commercial driver license for free. City leaders hope the move will not only help them keep employees, but hire more drivers. Something they, like so many other Birmingham companies desperately need. Public...

Lawson State partnering with Birmingham to provide CDL class for city employees

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Stillman College wants students to put more emphasis on addressing their physical and mental healthcare needs. Administrators hope to help achieve that through a health fair happening on Tuesday. The Denzel Davis Memorial Health Fair, named in honor of a former student who died from viral...

Stillman College hosting annual health fair

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Plan for a much colder start to our Wednesday, with lows in the upper 30s. I’m not expecting widespread frost impacts, but you may want to play it safe over far northern areas and bring in the sensitive plants. After the chilly start, temperatures will rebound into the 60s, with a mostly sunny sky. We will have more cold temperatures Wednesday night, with lows in the 40s. However, you can expect beautiful weather for Thursday, with sunshine, and highs in the 70s.

First Alert Weather: Colder mornings & another severe threat on the horizon

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - We know that what we eat makes a big difference in our health, but we might not always eat what’s best for us. College students at UAB want to change that, thanks to a new major called Bio Behavioral Nutrition and Wellness. Community health improvement is a big reason this major was created.

UAB’s new nutrition major gaining speed

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Homeless man charged with burglary, per Tuscaloosa Police

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Tuscaloosa police say they’ve charged a homeless man for breaking into apartments at Riverfront Village. According...

Homeless man charged with burglary, per Tuscaloosa Police

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