Jefferson County News

This week's Birmingham Business Journal lists the area's most notable tourist attractions, listed alphabetically.

Time for the weekend unplug. Recently I took the kids over to Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in North Jefferson County near Pinson.

Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors Policy Committee - Fairfield Community School District Administration/Curriculum/Technolgy Center, 9-11 a.m.: building level policies and procedures; review of policies-500s; adjourn.

A Jefferson County woman who fatally shot a man while she was walking her dog in the early-morning hours will not face criminal charges, authorities said today.

IRONDALE , Alabama -- Lacking the consent of the full city council -- which was necessary to have the measure voted up or down Thursday night -- Irondale officials will likely once again consider a 3 percent lodging tax rate increase at a meeting on June 4. The increase will give Irondale a 20 percent lodging tax, when combined with state and ... (more)

With the separation between Alabaster and Shelby County school systems completed under an agreement approved tonight, the city district's interim superintendent is ready to step down to let the new leader take charge.

The sheriff's office - short staffed for both man and beast - has turned to the U.S. Marine Corps for canine help.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jack Self said two suspects entered the store in the 6500 block of Deerfoot Parkway with handguns and demanded cash from the employees.

Authorities today released the identity of a man electrocuted Wednesday i n the Forest Park and South Avondale area of Birmingham.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A lawsuit filed last week alleges that the owner of a downtown Birmingham event center where an East Lake man was fatally stabbed in 2011 was negligent in hiring security personnel.

A woman found on a Pleasant Grove roadside Tuesday with a Walmart bag over her head has been criminally charged after authorities found she made up the ordeal.

ADOC officials report that Anthony Jones, 54, was stabbed during a fight with another inmate at the Donaldson Correctional Facility.

Rescue teams from Jefferson County are gearing up for the next disaster. They're bringing out all the tools, all the teams and every ounce of effort to make this search-and-rescue simulation as authentic asa More A CBS 42's Melissa Crabtree talks to concerned parents in Chilton County about a pre-K program that may be changing.

A 71-year-old convicted sex offender is back in jail today after authorities say he's up to his old tricks.

The Alabama Incident Management Team holds a joint exercise with Jefferson County EMA, Fire Departments in Jefferson County and Homeland Security.

CLAY , Alabama -- The doctors told Joseph Walter's parents he likely would not live to see his second birthday, but on Thursday night they will watch as the 18-year-old graduates from Clay-Chalkville High School, 20th out a class of 296 students.

The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority building on Morris Avenue will be leveled to make way for a new intermodal center.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Lawmen swept through Jefferson County today, arresting eight men in a large-scale drug probe that brought about $5 million worth of heroin and cocaine into the Birmingham area in less than a year, authorities said.

Police Chief Corky Knight said a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy spotted the woman about 5 a.m. She was discovered on Fifth Avenue near Pleasant Grove cemetery.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - An inmate at William E. Donaldson Correction facility was stabbed to death Sunday night during a fight inside a cell block.