A portion of First Avenue South in Birmingham will soon read, "Black Lives Matter," ideally just in time for Juneteenth on Friday.

Sorrel, a female red panda at the Birmingham Zoo, has had a tough time of it over the last year.

Ervin “Jock” Allen spent 32 days at UAB Hospital battling COVID-19, including 24 of those days on a ventilator. Today, Allen breathes on his own. And he went home this week to continue his recovery. The 28-year-old Jasper native is lead technician for Steve Johnson Racing, a Birmingham-based National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) team. Allen has captured the […]

Many travelers along Interstate 65 in southwest Alabama recognize Atmore as home of the Wind Creek Casino, but travel just five more miles to find the pride of the community – the historic downtown district. On June 6, Main Street Alabama announced that Atmore had been selected as a new Main Street Alabama Designated Community. […]

Jeff and Bethany Meadows are opposites when it comes to their taste in hot sauce. But they agree on one thing: No family dinner is complete without it. Jeff is what his wife calls a “serious chili head.” “I’ve always loved hot sauce, and over the years I’ve built up a tolerance for a lot […]

Ron Brown has gone viral -- multiple times. Now, he wants to go serve the residents of Hoover as their newest councilman.

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday weighed into the controversy surrounding the Church of the Highlands and Pastor Chris Hodges

The president’s eldest son on Tuesday weighed in after the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) board of commissioners the previous day voted to stop receiving assistance from the Church of the Highlands, Alabama’s largest church. The Church of the Highlands has reportedly since 2017 had a memorandum of understanding with HABD for resident […]

KBC are the initials of Kelsey Bernard Clark, the winner of the 16th season of Bravo’s “Top Chef” and the chef and owner of KBC restaurant in Dothan. What began as a butcher shop and grocery evolved into a restaurant based largely on the popularity of the sandwiches Clark started serving customers. “Some of the sandwiches on our menu are […]

A mom’s reaction to being reunited with her lost child – found by Küsse, a German Shepherd rescue dog – was to smother both with kisses and hugs. Indeed, the name Küsse – German for “kisses” – fits Corey Speegle’s rescue dog to a “T.” With her innate ability to find lost people, Küsse has earned huge praise during her […]

Due to concerns about the weather, country music legend Alan Jackson is postponing his two Alabama drive-in concerts to next week. The Cullman performance will now occur on Friday, June 12, and the Baldwin County concert will be on Saturday, June 13. The news was announced on the official Alan Jackson Facebook page on Wednesday […]

Sgt. Parnell Guyton, a 47-year-old UAB police officer, has been discharged from UAB Hospital after 59 days of in-patient care.

What was a stain upon Birmingham on Sunday night ended up showing the best of Alabama -- and humanity -- on Wednesday.

Birmingham pastor Mike McClure, Jr.’s recent album spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Gospel chart, and he is now using some of the proceeds to help those around him. He partnered with RIP Medical Debt, a charity that buys large bundles of medical debt hospitals are not sure they can collect on for a small […]

A Birmingham comedian and actor is leading an effort to help clean up his city the morning after looters damaged more than two dozen businesses. Roy Wood, Jr. first posted about his plan to try and help clean up black businesses in the city at 2:27 on Monday morning. By 10:00 a.m., more than 50 […]

Bake sales for financial fixes have been a Southern go-to for decades, so Alabama’s culinary community is using it as a way of helping a favorite institution. The Birmingham Bake Sale at the Market at Pepper Place on Saturday is raising money for Jones Valley Teaching Farm. It’s the brainchild of this week’s featured chef at the market, Kristen Hall, […]

Those who ordered Rodney Scott’s barbecue at the Market at Pepper Place Memorial Day weekend may not have realized it was the James Beard Award-winning chef and Barbecue Hall of Fame semifinalist himself loading their cars with ribs and pulled pork. Scott would be more recognizable if not for the face mask – though it was well-branded with the Rodney Scott’s […]

Country music legend Alan Jackson will be performing two drive-in shows in Alabama next month where concert-goers will remain in spaces designated for their vehicle, similar to old-fashioned drive-in movie theaters. Jackson will perform in Cullman on June 5 and Fairhope on June 6. Tickets begin at $99.99 and go on sale May 27. Members […]

One Alabama high school is using social media to make every day Memorial Day. The Auburn High School Veterans Project uses its popular Facebook Page to highlight a Vietnam War veteran from Alabama every day – either on that service member’s birthday or on the day of their death. History teacher and the program’s director Blake Busbin said the Veterans […]

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin says he hopes churches in his city remain closed for the near future to protect against the transmission of coronavirus.

It will be a different kind of Memorial Day for those who want to honor the men and women who died while defending the nation. With the COVID-19 pandemic still threatening, and the health risks of holding large gatherings continuing, many Memorial Day observances and ceremonies across the state have been canceled or postponed. The […]

Taylor Wilson, a 2019 ADA scholarship recipient, studies aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, plays soccer and volunteers each summer. Taylor Wilson turned 21 during the COVID-19 crisis, but that didn’t get her spirits down. Her family made sure to mark the occasion in their hometown of Panama City, Florida, with a […]

Tommy Merrick has spent his life looking for ways to serve others. As a youngster growing up in Prattville, his dream was to be a disk jockey. He loved music and, being an only child, his mother encouraged him to sing along to songs. His dad played a little guitar and his uncle was an […]

A Mobile man rescued an elderly woman from a burning apartment building on Wednesday. The blaze, and Quinn Parrish’s heroics, were first reported by MyNBC15. Parrish described the moments before rushing to his aged neighbor’s aid, saying, “I felt the heat on the side of my face, I felt the heat on my arm.” Video […]