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9 people shot, 1 killed outside Birmingham’s Legion Field after Magic City Classic (AL.com)
A mass shooting outside of Birmingham’s Legion Field shortly after the end of the 85th annual Magic City Classic Saturday night left one person dead and eight others suffering gunshot wounds.
Doug Jones and Tommy Tuberville: Our profiles of Alabama’s gubernatorial candidates (Alabama Reflector)
Voters on Tuesday will elect hundreds of federal and state officeholders in Alabama, including a new governor. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Doug Jones, a former U.S. senator, faces Republican nominee Tommy Tuberville, the state’s current senior U.S. senator. Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, is term-limited. Alabama Reflector profiled both candidates in the lead-up to the election.
A “crackdown” on crime in Alabama’s capital city could be just months away if U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is elected Tuesday as the state’s next top executive. Tuberville sat down for the latest episode of “1819 News: The Podcast” the week before the election.
New sign goes up at The Yeilding, a historic redevelopment in Birmingham (Photos) (Bham Now)
Contractors on the redevelopment of the historic Yeilding’s Building in downtown Birmingham installed a new decorative sign on The Yeilding, a residential and commercial space set to open later this year.
CAW considers biggest rate hike in a decade, admits call-center wait times ‘intolerable’ (WBHM)
Central Alabama Water’s board of directors is considering the biggest rate increase in a decade, and its customer service phone lines have been overwhelmed for more than a month as the utility changed to a new payment vendor, the board was told during a recent meeting.
Phillip Ensler, John Wahl meet in lieutenant governor debate (Alabama Reflector)
The state’s Democratic and Republican nominees for lieutenant governor took the stage Wednesday night in Huntsville in a debate that included questions about education, affordability and data centers.
Alabama’s population has changed. Its electorate less so (WBHM)
Alabama’s population has changed notably in the past 15 years, but its electorate is changing more slowly and in different ways. That’s the headline from an analysis by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama. A Q&A.
What Alabama Republican candidates, voters say are key issues before Election Day (AL.com)
In the final days before the Nov. 3 election, Alabama Republican candidates highlighted what they hope to accomplish in the state if the GOP maintains its grip on state offices. Candidates during a forum with talk radio host J.T. Nysewander discussed ideas for improving public safety, workforce development and elections.
‘A governor who builds bridges’: Jones makes his pitch for Alabama’s top office (WBHM)
In a speech laden with statistics, former U.S. sSenator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones said while Alabama has had success in attracting business and federal projects, it lags behind other states on measures of poverty, education and health and that “it doesn’t have to be the same way.” Jones spoke to the Rotary Club of Birmingham on Wednesday, two weeks after his Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, addressed the same group.
‘We’ve been doing the hard work’: Sewell asks voters for a 9th term (WBHM)
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell spoke with WBHM’s Andrew Yeager as she seeks reelection to the 7th Congressional District seat she has represented since 2010.
