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Woodfin reveals Birmingham police staffing shortfall details and how he plans to address it
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin revealed details of the police department staffing Tuesday morning to correct what he said is inaccurate information about how many officers short the department has been. “There’s a lot of numbers out there that are just false,” Woodfin told the Birmingham City Council. The...
Body found near Center Point HS identified
From Tribune staff reports BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–The identity of the man whose decomposing body was found in a wooded area in East Birmingham last week was released this morning. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as 40-year-old Dempsey Chevoit Smith of Birmingham. The coroner’s office positively identified the victim by fingerprint comparison and […]
Man whose body was found near Center Point HS died of gunshot wound
From Tribune staff reports BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has determined that the man whose decomposing body was found in a wooded area in East Birmingham last week died after sustaining a gunshot wound. The Birmingham Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide, according to BPD Officer Truman Fitzgerald. The coroner’s office […]
Who will replace John Rogers? Polls open Tuesday for Birmingham area House seat election
Voters in parts of Birmingham will go to the polls on Tuesday in the final matchup to decide who will claim the Alabama House seat held for more than 40 years by John Rogers. Kelvin Datcher for Alabama District 52, a senior aide to Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodin faces Erskine Brown Jr., a lesser-known Republican in the race to represent the heavily Democratic district.
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