The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved an agreement that will use $1 million in federal grant money to consolidate two bus routes and expand the city’s microtransit services in two areas. It also gave official approval to the mayor’s budget and laid out its legislative agenda for next year. Read more.
UPDATED — The Rev. Arthur Price, pastor of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, said a planned Education and Visitor Center on the church’s campus is a way to help people remember the church’s history and its place in the Civil Rights Movement. Read more.
Birmingham Water Works employees who expressed no confidence in the utility's senior management last year now say they have a voice in processes and decisions related to salaries, promotions and disciplinary actions, and they believe all their issues will be resolved. Read more.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference is bringing the baseball championship tournaments to Birmingham for 2025-2029, continuing its track and field championships here and adding another as-yet unnamed championship in an expansion of its decades-long relationship with the Magic City. Read more.
The move expands the program to serve 3,700 more students in western-area city schools. Read more.
Jimmie Stephens said he has begun treatment for cancer. Read more.
A developer that had wanted to develop patio garden homes reduced the number of residences and now will rethink its entrance plan before returning to the Jefferson County Commission in February. Read more.
Councilors on Tuesday approved changes to streamline the application process for food trucks and expand the locations where the businesses may operate. Read more.
Those without enough heat or without shelter can stay overnight at the Jimmie Hale Mission. Read more.
The pilot program placed barriers at intersections hoping to limit crime and traffic calming devices throughout the community. Read more.
