FOOD & DRINK

Trail advocates throughout Jefferson County gathered in Brookside, Alabama today to celebrate the extension of the Five Mile Creek Greenway. The new two-mile path makes the now 8.25 mile greenway the longest existing trail in the Red Rock Trail System. A shaded, off-road gravel trail, the Five Mile Creek Greenway...

Would-be barbecue specialists - here’s your big chance. The owner of a well-loved Jefferson County stopover is looking to sell his restaurant. Cliff Mortimer, 58, the owner of Barbecue Stop at 6633 Old Springville Rd. in Clay, is considering retiring. He’s been in business in Clay for 10 years, after years in restaurants in Georgia and Ohio.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - If you’ve ever had a bad case of food poisoning, turns out it might not actually be from bad food, but from employees coming in while sick. CDC officials say more than 40% of foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants are caused by sick workers. The CDC looked directly at outbreaks from 2017 to 2019 in 25 different states, finding about 41% of the time, the outbreaks were cause by food contamination by a contagious worker.

ADAMSVILLE, Ala. (WBRC) - An Adamsville neighborhood is dealing with some unwanted guests causing some serious headaches on their property. Several wild hogs have taken over Casonya McClammy’s yard just off Hannah Court. She posted a video on Facebook showing the hogs making themselves at home. “These are not...