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Dead roaches, gnats, ‘black grime’: Jefferson County’s worst restaurant health inspection scores
Summer has been sizzling in Alabama, with recent temperatures as high as the upper 90s and the heat index expected to reach as high as 110 degrees. These Jefferson County establishments wish their county health inspection scores could match the temperature. Eight restaurants, gas stations, conveniences stores and food trucks...
Meet Shelby: Up close and personal with a bald eagle at Alabama Wildlife Center
PELHAM, Ala. — Have you ever wanted to get up close with an eagle?. Alabama Wildlife Center hosted two events for people to get up close and personal with the national bird, named Shelby. Shelby is an education bird at the wildlife center. She was rescued after being hit...
Crews gear up for Thunder on the Mountain 2024
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - It’s not easy to put together, but it’s the Fourth of July so it’s time for the 2024 Thunder On The Mountain fireworks show. Crews have been out working 14 hours a day for 3 days to get everything ready. It’s a fun...
Celebrating 75 years: A look back at ‘What’s Right With Our Schools’
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - What’s Right With Our Schools has been a passion for Sarah Verser for more than 25 years. If you want to see her light up, just give her five minutes in a classroom of children with great teaching and learning going on, but we also know you see the value in putting a spotlight on the amazing teachers and students across our state.
Alabama’s nationally acclaimed food and culture festival returns
A four-day celebration of Birmingham’s rich history of cuisine and culture returns this fall with some of the city’s top chefs and cooks, from food icon Frank Stitt to the Greek restaurateurs who had fed the city throughout its history. Early-bird tickets go on sale July 10 for...
Music Teacher Joe Jenkins Sr. and the Transformation of Young Lives in Birmingham’s Ensley Community
Joe Jenkins Sr., founder of the Magic City Music Academy in Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood, still remembers being mesmerized the first time he saw a boys’ choir perform. “There were only about eight members, and I was amazed at the sound they produced when they opened their mouths and started singing,” he recalled.
Homewood’s CheerPro Training honored for “best day camp”
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) – A local, private gym is celebrating a unique honor. CheerPro Training in Homewood was recently chosen as favorite day camp by more than 40,000 Birmingham Parent Magazine readers. Crissy Jo Carson is the owner and founder of CheerPro Training. She joined the CBS 42 Morning News on Saturday to talk about […]
“My Yoke is Easy and My Burden is Light” Gallery Hours
How much will she be asked to carry? Always more. Buoyed by our predecessors’ paths to joy and liberation, we transmute pain into progress and become a beacon. Illumination is our charge and our destiny. The dual exhibition, “My Yoke is Easy and My Burden is Light”, features the...
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