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Birmingham Launches Citizen Review Board To Oversee Public Safety
The City of Birmingham announced the creation of the Civilian Review Board to improve trust between the Birmingham police and residents.

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The City of Birmingham announced the creation of the Civilian Review Board to improve trust between the Birmingham police and residents.

Birmingham police arrested a man in connection with the deadly shooting March 19 at the Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center.
Students wishing to catch up after a difficult year amid the coronavirus pandemic can attend a free summer program.
Several students were inducted into The University of Alabama's Blue Key Honor Society during the Tapping on the Mound ceremony on April 9.
Several students were inducted into The University of Alabama's Blue Key Honor Society during the Tapping on the Mound ceremony on April 9.
Several students were inducted into The University of Alabama's Blue Key Honor Society during the Tapping on the Mound ceremony on April 9.
The University of Alabama honored a Hoover resident recently at its Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Conference.
A couple of Mountain Brook alumni were tapped into the Anderson Society at the University of Alabama.
Several local residents were included among the 24 University of Alabama students inducted into the Anderson Society.
The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to add lanes to U.S. 280 between Doug Baker Blvd. and Red Mountain Expressway.
A local private equity real estate investment firm has bought property in Crestline Village for its new headquarters.
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union has filed objections to the Amazon union vote in Bessemer.
Two people are dead and one is hospitalized after a collision Friday night in west Jefferson County.
A woman was arrested and charged with murder after deputies say she killed a man by repeatedly driving her car over him.
A man serving five years for assault has escaped the Childersburg Community Work Center.
In what police say was a domestic dispute in east Birmingham Sunday, a person was shot and killed.
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Police have made an arrest after a woman was struck and killed by a vehicle in Bessemer Wednesday morning.
A California firm has purchased part of the former Bruno's distribution center building.
Ferus Artisan Ales is expanding to Birmingham's Avondale neighborhood.