BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The city of Birmingham has awarded $200,000 in microgrants to 14 local organizations working to prevent youth violence and support at-risk families through the RESTORE program, officials announced. The money comes from a 2023 U.S. Department of Justice Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative grant and is intended to expand wraparound services…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A confrontation at Birmingham’s Greyhound bus station ended in gunfire Sunday evening, leaving a Georgia man dead and putting a downtown security guard at the center of a homicide investigation. Police said the shooting happened in the 1800 block of Morris Avenue near the bus station, a busy corridor just north of…

OPELIKA, Ala. — Terrence Johnson, a Democratic candidate for Alabama House District 82, was arrested Tuesday on two counts of second-degree arson linked to fires at two Opelika daycare centers in January, authorities announced. The Opelika Police Department said the investigation began after a fire Jan. 13 at By His Grace Daycare & Learning Center…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham’s air quality worsened in the American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report, which gave the greater metro area an F for ozone pollution and a C for short-term particle pollution, according to a report released in late April. The group said the report uses air quality data from 2022…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge has threatened sanctions against top Alabama Department of Corrections officials and the state attorney general’s office after finding they made false statements about equipment used in nitrogen gas executions, the latest episode highlighting deep flaws in the state’s troubled death penalty system. U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks ruled…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An elevator at Baptist Health Princeton Hospital malfunctioned Wednesday morning with several team members aboard, prompting medical evaluations and an urgent hospital advisory, hospital officials said. A woman aboard the elevator told WBRC-TV FOX 6 that the cab dropped six floors in a terrifying sequence, though Princeton Baptist described only a malfunction…