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  • Local school official weigh in failing schools list

    Birmingham Superintendent Craig Witherspoon and Jefferson County Superintendent Stephen Nowlin say they would rather not have a single school on this list. But they are looking at the glass half full. nThey say, even though some schools are considered failing, many of the them have made gains. They say they want that to be the focus. "Schools that have made twenty point gains in the last ...

  • Ala. synthetic marijuana manufacturing ring busted

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Birmingham say they've busted a multimillion dollar drug operation that was being run out of an apartment near UAB. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Capt. Hal Taylor told WBRC-TV Tuesday that ...

  • Ala. massage parlor closed after pair of raids

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Birmingham's city council has voted unanimously to shut down a massage parlor that has been the target of 2 prostitution raids. WBRC-TV ...

  • Mother and grandmother of missing baby speak to ABC 3340

    A desperate search is underway for a 10-month-old baby taken from his Birmingham home. Investigators believe 14 year old Dor'Sayde Gathright abducted De'Anthony Kelly early Monday morning from his ...

  • Superintendent Birmingham City Schools on states failing list should be recognized for progress

    The Alabama Department of Education just released a list of 78 failing schools under the Alabama Accountability Act. Of those, 29 are in Central Alabama- 11 within the Birmingham City Schools ...


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Movie Review

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

"Enemy of the State," Tony Scott's new paranoid government conspiracy thriller, could have just as easily been titled "The Conversation II" if they'd simply purchased the rights from Francis Ford Coppola. This movie plays like a 90's updating of Coppola's 1974 classic that dealt with surveillance, the erosion of privacy, and the escalating paranoia that you can never completely be alone because so ... ...

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  • Royal wants more help for Pratt City tornado aftermath

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Birmingham City Council President, Roderick Royal, says he has a problem with the ongoing tornado aftermath cleanup in Pratt City. Royal says vacant lots continue to be ignored and the city has to do a better job of cleaning and cutting those properties. Many of the lots are from people who used to live there, but have moved away since the 2011 tornado. Royal says Mayor ...

  • Royal says Bell handled All-America City poorly

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Birmingham City Council President, Roderick Royal, says he has a problem with how Mayor William Bell handled the recent All-America City award. The award was given to the city by the National Civic League. It was the first time in four decades the Magic City has gotten the recognition. Royal says the council was left in the dark when it came to what the mayor was trying to ...

  • UA in the News June 18 2013

    UA in the News In the spotlight PE Magazine (National Society of Professional Engineers) - May 2013 Students in the University of Alabama's College of Engineering take a unique approach to dispelling the stereotype that engineers are dry and boring wallflowers by taking the stage. Since 2007, a student-led theater troupe called COE Does ART (The College of Engineering Does Amateur ...

  • Tuscaloosa City Schools consider background checks for visitors

    TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC)- Tuesday night, the Tuscaloosa City Schools board of education expects to vote on a measure that could require background checks for all visitors to their shools. They want to make sure it's safe for kids to be around any visitors to a Tuscaloosa City school. Currently, some schools require you sign in and others may take your picture. In Tuesday's meeting the ...

  • US 378 Ga.-SC bridge delayed while cracks studied

    MCCORMICK, S.C. - Construction on the U.S. 378 bridge linking McCormick with Lincolnton, Ga., is on hold while officials study cracks along the foundation of the structure at the bottom of Lake Thurmond.Part of the foundation lies beneath 80 feet of water, and anchors support columns that rise above the water. Georgia Department of Transportation spokesman David Spear told the Index-Journal of ...

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