BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham City Council has approved zoning changes to build 64 rental cottages and townhomes on the former Carraway Hospital site, marking a key step in redeveloping the long-vacant 50-acre campus along Carraway Boulevard in the Northside neighborhood. Construction by Star Uptown developers is slated to begin in early 2026, with units…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A blistering new state audit of the former Birmingham Water Works Board has laid bare a culture of loose oversight, questionable payouts and weak financial controls that customers say tracks with years of sky‑high bills, bad service and little accountability. The findings land on a utility already dogged by ethics scandals, warehouse…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A new partnership between the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has led to 82 truck drivers being detained over immigration issues in less than six weeks, prompting fresh concerns from immigrant advocates and civil rights groups about racial profiling and the criminalization of work. The effort, announced…

TILLMAN’S CORNER, Ala. — Crime scene tape cordoned off a quiet residential street Wednesday as federal agents and animal welfare officials swarmed a Tillman’s Corner home, turning a neighborhood known for golf carts into ground zero for what locals describe as a primate parade gone awry. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigators, joined by personnel…

HOOVER, Ala. — Hoover planning officials recommended denying a Muslim school’s bid to repurpose a sprawling office building into classrooms and a prayer space after residents packed a hearing with dire warnings of gridlock on Highway 280, spotlighting a stark contrast to the city’s history of greenlighting similar pleas from Christian churches despite parallel traffic…