Brighton News

Taylor Ross leads her first-grade students into a classroom at Brighton Elementary School in Brighton, Ala., Friday, Oct.

Firefighters from Brighton, Lipscomb, and Birmingham fought a fire that started at 919 Palmer Ave.

Jim Stevens represents the V.F.W. electronic bingo hall on Bessemer Superhighway.

A killing in Brighton is under investigation. Authorities say 24-year old Jose Garcia-Huerta was shot to death outside a trailer park along Bessemer Superhighway Tuesday night.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a murder committed at Bessemer Superhighway mobile home park around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

The search for fugitive and capital murder suspect Lakendall Sims continues this morning after authorities believe he broke into a Lipscomb woman's home.

Barry McCulley is out. The three-term Homewood mayor was trounced by council member Scott McBrayer by nearly a 3-to-1 margin in today's municipal elections.

Voters in dozens of municipalities apparently want new faces running city hall. It was evident in Tuesday's vote in Jefferson County where seven incumbent mayors were ousted.

At least seven incumbent mayors in Jefferson County lost their bids for re-election Tuesday, including Homewood's three-term executive, Barry McCulley.

There will be at least two newcomers and two veterans on the Lipscomb City Council this fall.

A judge today revoked a Lipscomb police officer's probation, sending him back to the Jefferson County Jail.

A 13-year-old girl injured in a head-on collision on Ensley/Pleasant Grove Road Sunday afternoon has died of her injuries, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

Lipscomb police officer Antonio Allums was released from the Jefferson County Jail this morning after posting bail on a new harassment charge.

Citing Roosevelt City, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford told the City Council he would like to see the Brighton, and Lipscomb decide to annex into the city.

In the coming weeks, Jefferson County Commissioners expect to approve a contractor to start construction and renovations on two West Jefferson County fire stations.

The city of Brighton is turning to the public for help in solving a string of vacant house fires. via NBC13.com

Posted by The Birmingham News Carol Robinson May 04, 2008 6:06 PM Fire gutted an abandoned house in Brighton today, sending a plume of black smoke over the area. via The Mobile Register Online

Last week Jefferson County District 3 Commissioner Bobbye Humphryes was enraged when a community sports park was killed for McCalla after Commissioners Shelia Smoot and George Bowman cried foul. via WIAT-TV Birmingham

“I'm looking for God to do a miracle tonight”

Under a red-and-white striped tent with an organ sounding like a calliope and a preacher jumping off the stage and racing down the aisle, a neighborhood church meeting this past week had the atmosphere of an ... via Birmingham News Online

“The thugs also rely on the fact that many of the Hispanics are here illegally and will not report being a crime victim. Those two things I believe are making them sitting ducks for these criminals.”

Hispanic immigrants who enter the American job market are often targets for criminals because they carry large amounts of cash and are less inclined to put their money in a bank or go to the police, law ... via Birmingham News Online