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Birmingham police chief faces call to resign: ‘Time to rally around’ law enforcement, Woodfin’s office says
A Birmingham community activist is calling for the removal or resignation of Police Chief Scott Thurmond, citing an “unprecedented” rise in homicides and low morale among officers. Eric Hall, the co-founder of the Birmingham Black Lives Matter chapter who previously sought a seat on the Birmingham City Council,...
Trial in fatal shooting Bessemer police say stemmed from Alabama football game ends in mistrial
A Jefferson County judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury could not agree on a verdict in a 2021 Bessemer killing police said stemmed from an argument over an Alabama football game. Emanuel Tolbert III is charged with murder in the October 2021 shooting death of 27-year-old Kealend Amad...
Man shot to death over the weekend in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A man died over the weekend in a case that Birmingham police believe was a homicide. Johndarius Decareious Ward, 26, was found shot to death on the 800 block of 3rd Avenue West at 3:10 a.m. Saturday. By 3:20 a.m., Ward was pronounced dead. The Birmingham Police Department is investigating the […]
Hurricane Milton evacuees seek shelter at RV and state parks throughout Alabama
HOOVER, Ala. (WIAT) — Residents are evacuating as Florida’s Tampa Bay area braces for the impact of Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall Wednesday. This latest severe weather watch comes not even two weeks after the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Many RV parks and campgrounds in Alabama are open and taking reservations from […]
It's Been Five Years Since the Abduction and Murder of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney
The 3-year-old little girl who brought an entire city together. Content warning: Includes discussions of child abuse and sexual abuse. Cupcake was what friends and family called 3-year-old Kamille McKinney. Her father said that he gave her this nickname when she was born.
3 wounded by gunfire in Birmingham’s popular Lakeview District
Three people were wounded when gunfire erupted early Sunday in Birmingham’s Lakeview District. The shooting happened at 3:27 a.m. in the 3000 block of Seventh Avenue South. Police blocked off a portion of Seventh Avenue where there were shell casings in the roadway and a white sedan with its flashers on.
Birmingham pastor: Violence puts our intercession on trial; we must not be guilty of silence: op-ed
The devil makes fun of us and does it in plain sight. We just don’t always see it. A shooting in Birmingham outside a place called Hush mocks us. It challenges us to stay silent. To hush. The opposite of being hushed is to intercede. Our intercession is on...
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