Birmingham News

The big snowstorm for the northeastern states is underway with as much as 3 inches already accumulating in Washington DC.

The remains of a US Air Force major killed when an earthquake struck the Haitian hotel where he was staying have been found.

Gerald Freund's body was found in Cullman County, but a Jefferson County Circuit Court jury convicted Michael Keith Winchester of capital murder today after prosecutors convinced jurors the crime was launched in Jefferson County.

Nick Saban has been named the recipient of the inaugural Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, which commemorates Bowden's outstanding coaching career.

WHEN CORPORATE LEADERS spearheaded the merger of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Development Board , the result was a business group with powerful political clout.

A Calera man charged with robbing a bank on U.S. 280 will spend more than three years in jail after he was found guilty of the crime in a U.S. District Court.

A Birmingham-based natural gas firm is partnering with a Canadian company to tap into the Ontario natural gas market.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - After years without an open meetings challenge in Alabama courts, three lawsuits in six months have been filed against government agencies, claiming violations of the 2005 Open Meetings Act.

From Birmingham Police News Release: The Birmingham Police Department reports today that the victim in homicide #3 of 2010 has been identified.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue officials on Sunday will launch Burn Awareness Week as part of a national effort to cut down on burn injuries, authorities said.

Mayor William A. Bell. Sr. will host a roundtable discussion today with area young professionals as part of his "One Voice.

A judge decided that a 67-year-old man who robbed two banks doesn't deserve a softer sentence.

In the arts, romance has little to do with romantic love. It's more pedantic than that, scholars generally narrowing the romantic era to the 19th century.

Are you looking for some good food to eat on St. Patrick's Day in Birmingham, Alabama.

Low clouds will continue into tonight with some patchy drizzle. I doubt there will be enough rain to measure, but it will feel damp all day.

Rain that began pelting metro Birmingham on Thursday should fade out today, according to the National Weather Service .

Birmingham's new mayor, William Bell, is asking officials analyzing the city's finances to speed up the process because he wants to start with some cost-cutting. Birmingham Mayor William Bell is not yet ready to talk about remedies for the city's budget shortfall and financial outlook, but he has begun evaluating some cost-saving possibilities.

Thursday's soaking rain is gone now, but it has not been replaced by drier air in the lower layers of the atmosphere.

Faifield police in a patrol car at a bingo hall parking lot watch today, Feb. 5, 2010, as customers and employees leave as bingo operations closed.

Published: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 6:24 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 6:24 a.m. A fire official in Birmingham says a smoke alarm was not working in a house that caught fire, killing a 96-year-old woman and her daughter.