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Halloween Week at Sidewalk: Carpenter, The Devils, and a Free Halloween Ball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, 1821 2nd Ave. N., has a full Halloween week on its screens, from John Carpenter’s Halloween to Ken Russell’s The Devils, capped by a free Halloween Ball on Saturday night. Halloween plays Wednesday at 2:30 and 9:15 p.m., Thursday at 2:15, 4:30 and 9:15 p.m., Friday at…
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Nine Men Arrested in Vestavia Hills Child Sex Sting
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Nine men were arrested during a two-day undercover operation targeting people accused of arranging online to meet children for sex, authorities announced Monday. Each man was charged with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act and child solicitation, according to the Vestavia Hills Police Department. The operation took…
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Kennedy Takes UAB Back to Oxford for Ole Miss Exhibition
OXFORD, Miss. — UAB men’s basketball travels to Ole Miss on Tuesday night for an exhibition game that brings head coach Andy Kennedy back to the school where he became its all-time winningest coach. The Blazers and Rebels meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday inside the SJB Pavilion in Oxford. Admission is free, and the game…
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Charlotte Spoils UAB Women’s Soccer Senior Day, 2-0
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Charlotte clinched a spot in the American Conference Championships with a 2-0 win over UAB on Sunday night at PNC Field, spoiling the Blazers’ Senior Day. Penelope Rich opened the scoring just seven minutes into the match, knocking home her second goal of the season after UAB could not clear the ball…
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Man Killed, Woman Wounded in Ensley Shooting; Two Suspects Detained
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A man died and a woman was wounded in a shooting Saturday night in Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood, and police detained two suspects, authorities said. Officers responded to the 2400 block of Avenue B about 9:14 p.m. Oct. 24 after a ShotSpotter gunfire detection alert and a report of a person shot, according…
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Off the Track: A Barrel Coach, a Scratch Cat, and Charles M. Payne
Charles M. Payne was one of the busiest cartoonists of the early newspaper age, and one of the most practical. He spent almost seventy years in the business, hopping from paper to paper, and he had a trick no one else tried twice: he sold nearly identical strips to two different newspapers at the same…
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