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  • Community Forum to Discuss the New Cooper Green Indigent Healthcare System

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - The leader of Jefferson County's largest physicians group will speak at a community forum about why the new indigent healthcare system at Cooper Green is failing poor patients and how it could increase everyone's healthcare costs. The forum is set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at the Five Points West Public Library (4812 Avenue W, Birmingham, AL 35208), ...

  • Several drop spots set up for Oklahoma tornado survivors

    Birmingham, Alabama - Toomer's for Tuscaloosa and 95.3 The Bear in Tuscaloosa will collect gift cards and much needed items at the Wal-Mart and Chick Fil A in Northport. Other areas in the area will also have drop spots set up for Oklahoma survivors. See list below: BIRMINGHAM- Jefferson State Junior College on Carson Road in the George Layton Building Room 123. NORTH SHELBY COUNTY: ...

  • Alabama Legislature lifts limit on corporate campaign donations

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers have agreed to a litany of changes to state election law, including eliminating the cap on corporate political contributions, The compromise version of Senate Bill 445 emerged on the session's final day Monday .The Senate approved the final version 27-4 and the House 90-3. The bill now goes to Gov. Robert Bentley for his consideration. The bill ...

  • Annual Shroud Award given to Rep. Todd

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The annual light-hearted humorous jab known as the Shroud Award was presented in the Alabama House of Representatives Monday night. The award, replete with runners up and less honorable mentions, is given yearly to the state representative who proposed a law that had little, if any, chance of passage. The empty suit mounted in an open cardboard box accompanied by a ...

  • Alabama Senate and House pass Accountability Act without amendment

    State legislators end their session at midnight. School security and a gun bill were on the table and a disagreement put the Governor and the Legislature at odds on the Alabama Accountability Act. Today, it passed both the House and Senate without Governor Robert Bentley's executive ...


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Movie Review

Jeepers Creepers II

Jeepers Creepers II

Even in its best moments, Victor Salvas Jeepers Creepers II comes nowhere close to matching the thrilling creepiness of the opening half-hour of the original, 2001s modest hit Jeepers Creepers. That movie worked incredibly well when Salva spent more time suggesting horror rather than directly showing it, and perhaps it is because of the increased budget that Jeepers Creepers II ...

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  • American Cancer Society celebrates 100 years

    BIRMINGHAM– On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the American Cancer Society will mark its milestone of 100 years of medical breakthroughs and saving lives. In fact, experts with the organization, credited as the largest volunteer health group in the U.S., say ACS is the reason for hundreds of birthdays. "The American Cancer Society has played a role in nearly every cancer research ...

  • Ala. House approves legislative consolidation bill

    The consolidation measure passed the House on a 72-26 vote Monday night. The bill returned to the Senate to sort out differences between House and Senate versions of the legislation with slightly more than two hours left in the legislative ...

  • Real estate investors sentenced in Ala. fraud case

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Two real estate investors have been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bid rigging at public foreclosure auctions and mail fraud.Department of Justice officials said Monday that Jason Brannon, of Mobile, and his father, Robert Brannon, of Laurel, Miss., were each sentenced to 20 months in prison.Authorities say the two conspired with others to fraudulently purchase ...

  • Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado

    OKLAHOMA CITY -; Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma ...

  • Congresswoman Sewell to hold town halls

    On Friday, May 24th, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) will launch a "Congress in Your Community" town hall meeting tour through Jefferson County to provide an opportunity for residents of the 7th Congressional District to share their concerns and hear updates on the latest activity in Congress. The Jefferson County town halls are a continuation of the "Congress In Your ...

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