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Alabama Library Board Keeps Funding Freeze on Fairhope Over ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ Other Books
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s state library board has again refused to restore funding to the Fairhope Public Library, extending a nearly yearlong freeze tied to the library’s refusal to move books including “The Handmaid’s Tale” out of the teen section and into the adult stacks. The clash has turned the Eastern Shore library into a…
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Woman Shot on Oak Grove Road Near Lakeshore Parkway, Birmingham Police Investigating
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham police are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting that left a woman wounded off Lakeshore Parkway. Officers responded to the 1200 block of Oak Grove Road after reports of gunfire in the area, which sits just off the busy Lakeshore commercial corridor on Birmingham’s southwest side. Police confirmed a woman was shot,…
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Alabama Bill to Arm Local Police with Immigration Powers Draws Federal Echoes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A bill prefiled by Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, R-Trinity, would hand Alabama sheriffs and police broad new authority to arrest and detain people they suspect are undocumented immigrants, thrusting local forces deeper into federal immigration enforcement amid a national push under President Donald Trump. The measure, introduced Monday ahead of the 2026 legislative…
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Dead Dogs Found in Backyard Lead to Animal Cruelty Arrests in Lee County
BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Three people are in the Lee County Jail after deputies say they found 29 dead dogs piled in a backyard and more than two dozen others emaciated inside a Beauregard home. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office opened the investigation shortly before 11 a.m. Monday after a concerned citizen reported possible animal cruelty…
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Teen Killed, Classmate Wounded in West Birmingham Shooting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Pleasant Grove High School senior was killed and a classmate wounded in a Saturday night shooting that underscored lingering gun violence in Birmingham even as the city begins a new year with sharply reduced homicide numbers. Birmingham police said officers were called about 10:47 p.m. Jan. 10 to reports of two…
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Jefferson County Shuts Down Bid to Expand Zoning at Infamous ‘Boobie Trap’ Site
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. — One of Alabama’s most notorious strip clubs may be gone, but the fight over what comes next at the former Wesley’s Boobie Trap property is very much alive. The Jefferson County Commission on Thursday denied a request to expand commercial zoning on the U.S. 78 site in Dora, ending — at…
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