Lipscomb News

This may come as a surprise, but there is an election Tuesday. Actually, it's a runoff election to fill a vacant seat in the state House of Representatives.

Lakendall Sims was convicted today of two counts of capital murder in the May 2007 death of 21-year-old Gabriel Alaniz.

At midnight Friday Sheriff Mike Hale closed the Bessemer jail and gave those near four dozen deputies their walking papers.

They include closing the Bessemer Jail and placing 45 deputies and 27 civilians on unpaid leave.

Why join? Listen Live A man was injured last night on the Southside of Birmingham around 9:30. According to authorities the man injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Police are not sure of the motive behind the shooting.

Voters in Bessemer, Lipscomb, North Johns and parts of western Birmingham and western Jefferson County will vote in a special Democratic primary Tuesday to choose a state representative.

News release from Norfolk Southern: To expedite the movement of freight trains through Birmingham, Midfield, Fairfield, Lipscomb, and Bessemer, Ala., Norfolk Southern Railway will increase maximum track speed at 27 highway-rail grade crossings beginning Monday, Sept.

The Birmingham City Council Tuesday approved a resolution declaring one pumper truck and six police cars as surplus and authorizing the mayor to sell the vehicles to Lipscomb for $1 each.

Wanted for: all of the above, plus assault, escape, robbery, kidnapping, burglary and theft.

Some familiar names are among the qualifiers for next month's House District 56 Democratic primary election.

Close to 100 people lined up this morning outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Bessemer before the doors opened at 8 a.m. in hopes of getting an early start on getting a driver's license, motor vehicle title or license plate.

Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls weighed in recently on the legality of electronic gambling in Birmingham, so we know he's doing more than just prosecuting street crimes.

Go back, back, back in time, and put yourself in a grammar school class of, say, 25 students.