Birmingham News

The chain co-founded in 1985 by Jim Pihakis and his son, Nick Pihakis, in mid-July is opening a pork processing facility in Eva, 60 miles north of Birmingham.

Barhopping has a bad reputation as the walk of shame for rejects who struck out at their first pub, but hopping more than just a reset button for the dating impaired.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The unsung heroes of baseball reunite in the Magic City this week.

After a weekend of sunny skies and no sprinkles, rain could possibly sneak back into the Birmingham area starting tonight and Tuesday.

A bus-fire caused traffic backup on I-59 southbound has now been cleared. Police reported around 7:30 traffic is flowing again.

Spending for the District Court Place 6 seat is nearly $38,000 so far. The incumbent judge, Katrina Ross, has spent only about half of her cash as the campaign enters the summer.

Jerry "The Snake" Schnader lands a right hook on Former Governor Don Siegelman "The Governator" at a fundraiser event for heart disease in Birmingham, Ala on May 17, 2012.

ALDOT is planning on replacing two 15,000 feet long bridges that run north and south past the BJCC, through the heart of the city center shown here Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in Birmingham, Ala.

Watch With Wade: Everybody cries. 1"House" may be one of my all-time favorite shows.

A remembrance program was held at the Alabama Veterans Memorial Park in Birmingham.

This event has become one of the most popular social events in Birmingham for young professionals to benefit the Healthy Happy Kids program June 1, local corporate, media and advocate celebrities raise funds for UAB's MHRC Healthy Happy Kids program BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

City officials hope that building a new Church Street from Monroe Street to Oakwood Avenue will open the area for redevelopment and will offer another convenient route from north Huntsville to downtown.

One person was killed and two injured when a car ran off a road and struck the side of a vacant house early this morning in southwestern Birmingham.

The Pooch Parade has become one of the biggest draws to the Magnolia Festival in Gardendale.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office this morning released the name of the Birmingham boy who drowned in a Forestdale apartment complex pool Saturday night.

Just before 1 a.m. Sunday, Birmingham police reponded to reports gunfire in the 2300 block of 9th Avenue South.

Dora and Diego, are taking a summer vacation to the Magic City. The popular Nickelodeon characters can be found at the McWane Center, for kids of all ages.

A new, more accurate way of calculating Alabama's graduation rate shows that fewer students are leaving high school on time and with a diploma than previously claimed.

Rev. Anthony Johnson chats with boys at Epic Elementary. Epic is among several Birmingham schools that hosted male mentoring programs designed to lead youth down the right path.

Birmingham police today charged a security guard with murder in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred outside a Huffman motel late Friday .