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  • Birmingham Police Investigate a Homicide in Ensley

    ENSLEY - AL - Birmingham Police are conducting a homicide investigation in Ensley. The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at approximately 7:45 p.m., in the 1800 block of Avenue T.The victim has been identified as 27 year old Lederious Peoples of Birmingham, Alabama.West Precinct officers responded to the incident location to investigate a report of a person shot. Upon arrival, ...

  • Mysterious respiratory illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday. Seven people have been admitted to hospitals with a fever, cough and shortness of breath in recent weeks, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Mary McIntyre said in a statement. Two of the seven have died. The Alabama ...

  • Schools add storm shelters OK tornadoes serve as reminder to Alabamians

    Oklahoma's devastating tornados brought back memories to the people who survived Alabama's 2011 storms and some local schools are focused on making sure children stay safe during a ...

  • Singer Kellie Pickler named new Dancing champ

    LOS ANGELES -- Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first.The 26-year-old country singer won the show's mirrorball trophy Tuesday.Pickler and her professional partner, Derek Hough, earned two sets of perfect scores Monday night and another on Tuesday. Judges' scores combined with viewer votes determine the ...

  • Mystery illness strikes south Alabama

    In a statement, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Mary McIntyre says seven people have been admitted to hospitals with a fever, cough and shortness of breath. Two of the seven have died and McIntyre says the department and the Centers for Disease Control Respiratory Laboratory are analyzing lab tests from all ...


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  • Community forum focuses on Cooper Green concerns

    People continue to raise concerns over the changes at Cooper Green. Some say the new Cooper Green Indigent Health Care system isn't working. Ronnie Williams, Public Health Network President says "The elected officials are saying everything is okay and we're going to make it better. The doctors, 2,200 of them are saying what you have is a failure." Cooper Green patient, ...

  • Ala. Baptist State Convention works to help with OK tornado recovery

    Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular ...

  • Roy Moore says courts must have more money

    Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says the court system needs more money or it will be forced to make more layoffs. Moore says he's grateful that the General Fund signed by the governor on Monday increases the court system's appropriation by $5.6 million to $108 million, but he says that is $8.5 million short of what's needed to maintain the current staff. Moore expects to lay off ...

  • Tuscaloosa Academys versatile Torrence Brown collecting offers SEC interest

    The versatile athlete plays running back, linebacker, defensive end, tight end and wide receiver for the Knights, but is being recruited as a tight end or linebacker in ...

  • Alabama State to host Voting Rights Center

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The board of the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation has authorized $1.2 million in bond money for a landmark voting rights center in the capitol ...

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