Reggie Jackson says Bear Bryant once told him “This is just the kind of n…. we need …” AL.com 2024-06-25 | ...
Reggie Jackson shares story of Bear Bryant call him a n.... boy AL.com 2024-06-25 | During a luncheon at Regions Field in Birmingham on June 20, 2024 Reggie Jackson talked to Roy S. Johnson about his memories of Rickwood Field, including a time that Bear Bryant called him a "n..... boy."
Chick-fil-A delivered by boat to boats at Crab Island AL.com 2024-06-25 | Who knew you could get fresh chicken sandwich delivered to your boat! #destinflorida #chickfila #crabisland
Sea level threatens Nigerian community AL.com 2024-06-23 | The coastal Nigerian community of Ayetoro was founded decades ago and nicknamed “Happy City,” meant to be a Christian utopia that would be sinless and classless.
Take a look at how Rickwood Field transformed over the years to host its first MLB game in 2024. AL.com 2024-06-21 | ...
99-yr old Bill Greason/Negro League players honored by Jon Batiste at Rickwood AL.com 2024-06-21 | 99-yr old Bill Greason, who pitched for the Birmingham Black Barons from 1948-50, takes the field at Rickwood as Jon Batiste performs. Greason is the oldest living Negro League player and fought in Iwo Jima. 🎥 Patrick Greenfield AL.com
Iconic Budweiser Clydesdales visit Alabama this Summer AL.com 2024-06-20 | The famous Budweiser Clydesdales have returned to the Birmingham, Alabama area this month as part of its national tour celebrating Budweiser’s 14-year partnership with nonprofit organization Folds of Honor.Folds of Honor provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of military service members and first responders who have fallen or been disabled while serving.The Budweiser Clydesdales will have a single-horse appearance at Trussville Social from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on June 21.Watch the video and learn more about the legendary Clydesdales, specifically Patriot, who was kind enough to stand in on an interview.Produced by Amanda Khorramabadi and Sydney Batten
Baldwin County Beach Express toll plaza demolition AL.com 2024-06-20 | Going to the beach is now a little cheaper. The Beach Express Bridge to get from Foley to Orange Beach is toll-free. And all traces of the toll plaza are being eliminated. Toll booths and the plaza were demolished and permanent striping and pavement markers should be in place by July 2.
Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, A-Rod & David Ortiz among superstars at Rickwood field in Birmingham ⚾️ AL.com 2024-06-20 | ...
Derek Jeter just made this young fans day at Rickwood field in Birmingham 🖊️⚾️ AL.com 2024-06-20 | ...
West Mobile home attacked by unknown man AL.com 2024-06-18 | An unknown man has been targeting a west Mobile house with attacks, terrorizing a family. The man was recorded throwing a wrench through the glass door of the house causing it to shatter. #Mobile #Alabama #vandalism
Rishard Densmore Homicide AL.com 2024-06-18 | Donnietha Densmore talks about the June 17, 2023, fatal shooting of her son, 21-year-old Rishard Densmore.
99-year-old Bill Greason one of last living links to Rickwood Field’s glory days AL.com 2024-06-14 | Bill Greason pitched for the Birmingham Black Barons from 1948-50 and for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954. He is the second-oldest living former major-leaguer, and with Willie Mays one of two surviving members of the 1948 Black Barons championship team. Now 99, Greason has been pastor of Birmingham's Bethel Baptist Church since 1971. AL.com media coverage presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
University of Alabama at Birmingham Ends Prison Autopsies amid Organ Theft Allegations AL.com 2024-06-10 | The families of five dead Alabama prisoners are saying that the state's biggest hospital, specifically its pathology department, has been stealing organs from inmates after autopsies.UAB Hospital has decided to stop performing autopsies on deceased state inmates following lawsuits filed a few months ago. The five inmates who died while serving time had autopsies conducted by UAB. Allegedly, the university took, and kept, inmates’ organs without the consent of next-of-kin.Produced by: Amanda Khorramabadi
Are there bodies buried underneath the Birmingham Zoo? AL.com 2024-06-09 | We look at a Birmingham legend that's actually based in truth. Why are there bodies buried underneath The Birmingham Z00.
Birmingham Southern keeps dream alive with walk-off two-run home run #alabama #baseball #birmingham AL.com 2024-06-02 | Birmingham Southern’s Jackson Webster hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to keep the dream alive in the Division III College Baseball World Series. Birmingham-Southern College officially shut down May 31st, but the school’s spirit remains alive through its baseball team. (📹: Joe Goodman/Al.com)
Janice Irvin AL.com 2024-05-30 | Janice Irvin, 63, talks about the murders of her two sons that happened one year, 18 days apart in Birmingham.
Yvette Carter Homicide AL.com 2024-05-29 | Yvette Carter was killed in February 2023 in Montgomery. Police are still trying to find the suspects.
Memorial Day at the beach AL.com 2024-05-27 | Memorial Day is more than just a day at the beach. Today we pause and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country and their families. #MemorialDay
The Quest Homicide May 24, 2024 AL.com 2024-05-24 | One person was killed and another injured in a shootout inside The Quest nightclub in Birmingham.
Road to Rickwood: Comedian Roy Wood Jr. hosts a podcast telling the story of Rickwood Field AL.com 2024-05-24 | A new podcast about Rickwood Field, called “Road to Rickwood,” will explore the history of the Negro Leagues in Birmingham with Roy Wood Jr. hosting the new narrative series from National Public Radio and Major League Baseball. The Birmingham-raised comedian has interviewed people all across the city who grew up going to Rickwood Field, played there as part of the Black Barons baseball team, or felt the impact of the legendary baseball stadium.Rick Woodward III and Bob Woodward, the grandsons of Allen “Rick” Woodward, the constructor and original owner of Rickwood Field, met with Wood to discuss their memories of going to baseball games at the historic stadium with their grandfather. During the interview, Bob Woodward said he remembers the first integrated game at Rickwood.“The first integrated game that I saw was an exhibition game with the Atlanta Braves,” he told Wood. “And I can’t remember who the player was, but he hit a home run, and as he was running around the bases, all I could think about was that guy is nothing but legs!”
911 calls of the shooting of Auburn RB Brian Battie and his brother have been released AL.com 2024-05-23 | Sensitive audio: New videos and 911 calls of the shooting of Auburn RB Brian Battie and his brother have been released. A suspect has been charged with murder in that shooting that killed Battie’s older brother, Tommie Battie IV, and injured Battie and three others in Sarasota. Battie remains critically injured.
Fixing Americas child care crisis: Virtual event with Sens. Katie Britt and Patty Murray AL.com 2024-05-23 | Live discussion with Alabama U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, Washington U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Lisa Hamilton, CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, to talk about child care problems and solutions in a livestream public forum co-presented by AL.com and The Seattle Times.You can read recent coverage about the issue, with contributions from reporters across the country: al.com/news/2024/04/child-care-crisis-holds-back-moms-without-college-degrees-i-really-didnt-want-to-quit-my-job.html
Footage shows people fleeing during shooting of Auburn Running Back Brian Battie AL.com 2024-05-23 | Details of the shooting that critically injured Auburn running back Brian Battie and killed his older brother, Tommie Battie IV, came into focus on Wednesday with news reports gathered from Florida court records, 911 calls and newly released videos from the scene.A report from the Tampa Bay Times, referencing a probable cause affidavit against suspect Darryl Bernard Brookins, 28, claims Brian Battie was shot in the head and transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, while Tommie Battie IV suffered a fatal gunshot to the chest.On Wednesday, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested Brookins, who was booked into the Sarasota County Correctional Facility on charges of murder, attempted murder, and as a felon in possession of a firearm.According to the Times’ report, video from surrounding businesses showed Brookins leaning against a window of the Tallywood Centre Plaza in Sarasota around 3:30 a.m. Saturday when the Battie brothers approached him.Brookins went on to draw a firearm and began shooting at the brothers, who both returned gunfire before falling to the ground, The Times’ report, citing the affidavit, continued.
The debate where Alabama politicians banned DEI AL.com 2024-05-22 | After days of lengthy debate, an effort to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Alabama state institutions has succeeded. The new Alabama law banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices, programming and training in public colleges and other state agencies will go into effect this fall.The bill, SB129, authored by Sen. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, asked for sweeping changes or cancellations to state agencies and public colleges that fund DEI offices and programming.On March 20, Governor Kay Ivey signed SB129, known as the “divisive concepts” bill, into law. The law will become effective on October 1, 2024.Video footage courtesy of The Alabama Channel. "The Alabama Channel is a video resource library for Alabamians to view live, recorded and indexed footage of Alabama's Legislative meetings.”
Mobiles Temple Downtown envisioned as luxury condotel AL.com 2024-05-22 | The sale and redevelopment of Mobile's Temple Downtown “would represent a significant investment in the revitalization of downtown Mobile, breathing new life into a cherished historic landmark,” says listing agent Bryan J. Olson. To make it easier for prospective buyers to see the temple's potential, he enlisted the help of an architect to envision it as a sophisticated condotel.
Michael Phillip Coleman Vigil AL.com 2024-05-21 | Friends and family gathered to honor 62-year-old Michael Phillip Coleman who was shot to death May 14, 2024, while in his wheelchair visiting with friends outside his east Birmingham apartment.
UAW President speaks after Mercedes union vote loss in Alabama AL.com 2024-05-17 | Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers speaks after the 44% - 56% Mercedes union vote loss.
Birmingham Water Works Board buys up $79K cabin for $450K #alabama #birmingham AL.com 2024-05-10 | The Birmingham Water Works Board just bought the cabin in this blurry photo for $450,000, even though the county only values it at $79,000.The Board has been doing this kind of thing for decades, slowly buying up property around Inland Lake, the Board’s biggest water supply.Over 20 years the BWWB has spent more than $4 million to purchase 15 properties.The Board says the goal is to maintain the quality of the water supply by protecting the lake from old septic systems.For the latest headlines go to AL.com
Body cam captures Florida law enforcement officer fatally shooting a U.S. Airmen AL.com 2024-05-09 | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENTBody cam footage released Thursday by the Okaloosa County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office shows a deputy shooting 23-year-old Air Force Airman Roger Fortson at a Fort Walton Beach-area apartment complex last Friday, who later died from his wounds at an area hospital.
North Alabama tornado and storm damage AL.com 2024-05-09 | Multiple severe and tornado-warned storms rolled across north Alabama Wednesday night. The overnight storms were confined to north-central and northeast Alabama. There were multiple tornado warnings for the city of Huntsville and a tornado emergency for DeKalb County. The extent of the damage across north Alabama was not known before sunrise, but emergency managers early this morning reported major damage in the DeKalb County town of Henagar. The weather service in Huntsville said it will conduct storm surveys today for the areas near Huntsville in Madison.
Emotional speech Alabama student gives to UN about unfairly being kicked out of Tuscaloosa School. AL.com 2024-05-09 | A young man who was kicked out of school in Alabama will tell his story on the world stage this week as he meets with leaders at the United Nations in Geneva.CJ was a senior at Paul Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa when officials kicked him out of school for a marijuana crime he says he did not commit.AL.com reported on CJ’s experience last year and found that in Alabama, Black students are nearly twice as likely to face every type of classroom removal as compared to their white peers, although they only make up 32% of the student population. AL.com did not use CJ’s last name because he was a minor at the time and was not charged with a crime.
AL lawmakers debate new limits on Pride flags, LGBTQ content in schools AL.com 2024-05-08 | The Alabama House of Representatives recently debated and passed HB130, which extends prohibitions on teachers talking about LGBTQ content or displaying Pride flags to state K-8 schools. There are only a few days left in the legislative session for senators to consider whether or not to make the bill law.Credit: The Alabama Channel
Great White Shark off the coast of Alabama AL.com 2024-05-08 | Researchers from the University of South Alabama captured this footage of a juvenile Great White shark off the Alabama coast in mid-April.
This Alabama mansion is now on the market for $5 million! AL.com 2024-05-05 | A mansion in Dothan, Al has become available for purchase on the market for $5 million, and if it sells it would become the most expensive home ever sold in Dothan!
Birmingham Homicide May 5, 2024 AL.com 2024-05-05 | One person was killed and five injured when more than 150 shots rang out May 5, 2024, on Birmingham's Third Avenue West.
Vestavia Hills City Schools Board votes to transfer principal over parents objections AL.com 2024-05-03 | Video provided by a livestream of the Vestavia Hills Schools Board of Education.Despite protests from a packed crowd, Vestavia Hills City Schools officials voted unanimously May 2 to transfer principal Lauren Dressback to a local alternative school.Dressback is still listed as a principal on Cahaba Heights Elementary’s website. But according to parents and a series of social media posts that emerged this weekend, she hasn’t set foot in the school since February.District officials have yet to disclose a reason for Dressback’s absence. Instead, they called a special meeting Thursday to reassign her to the district’s alternative school. Kim Polson, the school’s assistant principal, will take her place.At a board meeting Monday, residents and school alumni claimed Dressback was placed on administrative leave shortly after she discussed her sexual orientation with school staff.“This is not a promotion, this is not glorifying her, you are sending her a message that in Vestavia Hills it is not OK to be LGBTQ,” Rev. Julie Conrady of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham, told board members Thursday evening.Dressback became the school’s principal in 2022. Her contract was renewed in 2023. She has more than 20 years of experience in education.Many other community members packed the board room Thursday, with some holding signs and many wearing green in support of Dressback. Several questioned the board about why they would not share any reasoning for the decision – and why they wouldn’t hear out concerns before making a vote.Lifelong educators spoke to Dressback’s legacy as a teacher and school leader, and pressed the board to give more details. One said homophobia had pushed her out of a nearby school district, too.Rep. Neil Rafferty, D-Birmingham, also made an appearance. The state’s only openly gay legislator said he drove straight from Montgomery to attend the meeting.“You’re not just signaling to your other teachers, your other principals, your other staff here,” he said. “You’re signaling to your students who might be LGBTQ-identified that they don’t matter.”An attorney for Dressback declined to comment on the vote.
Do you know your Alabama snakes? AL.com 2024-05-03 | Take this Alabama snake quiz to see if you know your way around the woods in our great state!
Texas or Bama?: The role Alabama played in Beyoncés career AL.com 2024-05-02 | We’ve all heard Beyoncé reference the places she calls home: Houston, Texas by way of Louisiana being the main references she’s made over the course of her career. But Beyoncé’s connections to Alabama actually run a lot deeper than people might expect.
Watch Two Fox Kits Frolic and Nurse in Birmingham City Park AL.com 2024-05-01 | A mother fox and her two kits frolic and play in Glen Iris Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Video courtesy of Mark Taylor.Read more on AL.com - al.com/news/2024/05/watch-a-family-of-foxes-mother-and-two-kits-frolic-in-birminghams-glen-iris-neighborhood.html#foxes #naturelovers #birmingham #gleniris #alabama #naturevideos #wildlife #animalvideos
The FTC bans noncompete clauses in employment contracts. What does it mean? AL.com 2024-05-01 | Last week the Federal Trade Commission issued a sweeping ruling that would ban companies from using noncompete clauses in employment contracts almost across the board. Noncompete clauses are put in contracts to keep employees who leave from working for competitors or starting their own competing company.
$15 million land purchase in Alabamas Amazon AL.com 2024-04-30 | Patagonia, The Nature Conservancy in Alabama, and an undisclosed donor just bought 8,000 acres of Alabama's Amazon to protect the land and wildlife.
Cortez Thomas and Teshonda Means Missing AL.com 2024-04-28 | Cortez Thomas, 31, and Teshonda Means, 26, disappeared April 26. Means was found injured, and Thomas found dead, on April 28, 2024.
Person of interest in Birmingham homicide AL.com 2024-04-26 | Police are trying to identify and locate this person of interest in the death of 41-year-old Birmingham resident Christopher Deandre Coleman, who was found shot to death beside his tow truck April 13 on Maple Avenue Southwest.
How high school football coach Rush Propst survived a vote to fire him AL.com 2024-04-25 | AL.com reporters Ike Morgan and Ben Thomas break down what happened at a school board meeting in Pell City, Alabama where a vote was planned to fire Pell City High School football coach Rush Propst. Propst survived the vote, likely due to the massive support at the meeting.
Wawa launches its first Alabama location! AL.com 2024-04-25 | Wawa has officialy launched its first location in Alabama in Fairhope! Check out what this famous chain has to offer!
The emotional plea for Rush Propst to remain as Pell City football coach at schoolboard meeting AL.com 2024-04-24 | Norman Wilder a Pell City Schoolboard member asks for the resignation of the school district's Superintendent rather than the high school's football coach Rush Propst.
Second Alabama woman gives birth to babies from RARE double uterus AL.com 2024-04-22 | An Alabama woman gave birth to twins at UAB Hospital, becoming the second woman with a double uterus to birth one baby from each uterus at the state’s largest hospital in recent months.Shellie Pascoe gave birth to Kaylee and Kamden Pascoe, on March 6, during a scheduled Caesarian section at 39 weeks. She and her husband, John, then spent three days in the hospital before driving their babies home to Dothan in their minivan.For the couple, it was a difficult path to become parents. Pascoe had two miscarriages in the past two years, which is how she first learned that she has a rare condition, called uterus didelphys or double uterus.
Homewood Chase and Shooting AL.com 2024-04-22 | A man fleeing police shot himself as police closed in on Monday, April 22, 2024.
Tyler Reddick celebrates winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway AL.com 2024-04-22 | Tyler Reddick celebrates winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, April 21st.
