Midfield News

A cameraman with A&E's First 48 films a conversation between Sgt. Scott Thurmond and Lt.

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford arrives at the Federal Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Monday, Oct.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to seize the home and two vehicles of former state Sen.

Joy Knight yells out her daughter's name at the 12th Annual Southeast Regional Battle of the Bands is being held at Legion Field.

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.

People who live in low areas or near waterways got just what they didn't need today- more rain.

Midfield and Birmingham public safety teams and an FBI emergency response team are at the Midfield City Hall, where a clerk opened an evelope today that contained a suspicious substance.

All of the 13 school systems in Jefferson and Shelby counties met their federal accountability goals for 2008-2009, but 26 schools in those systems did not, according to data released by the state Monday morning.

Posted by Tom Gordon and Toraine Norris -- Birmingham News July 28, 2009 1:31 PM Categories: Breaking News Birmingham News file Bessemer will receive more than $700,000 in federal grant money to pay for five police officers for three years, and Mayor Ed May said the federal funds should enable the city to use local money for other pressing ...

About two dozen municipalities and nine fire departments in Jefferson County are scrambling to adjust their budgets.

A Cooper Green Mercy Hospital patient has asked a Jefferson County judge to restore funds to the hospital that the County Commission cut, as well as to stop commissioners from imposing any additional cuts and closing the hospital altogether.

A community is still reeling from the murder of a well-known jewelry shop owner in Fairfield.

Our view: Strong field of candidates in Democratic race to fill Senate 19 vacancy in Alabama Legislature The special Democratic priA mary for state Senate District 19 will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.

Tami Shelton McCarver and her family learned to thrive after a tragedy changed their lives.

Birmingham, Ala. - The Jefferson County Commission cutting road maintenance is more than just a roadblock for several local cities.

Jefferson county Commissioner Bobby Humphryes says forcing cities to pay for the upkeep of some county roads is the way the county has to do business from now on.

Crime Stoppers will take your call anytime, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 254-7777. Callers are given private code numbers so they never have to give their names.

Sunday storms caused some damage throughout the area. High winds and heavy rain ripped through Central Alabama flooding roads and knocking trees into homes.

NUNEATON Town boss Kevin Wilkin has missed out on two transfer targets to a Southern League Premier Division rival after they flashed the cash.

One Jefferson County city may be ready to dissolve its police department. Midfield's mayor says he believes his city can save hundreds of thousands of dollars by letting the county provide protection police officers do now.