Brighton News

Trieu Duong was killed Thursday afternoon during a robbery at his Fairfield jewelry store.

State Rep. Priscilla Dunn of Bessemer raised more money and spent more on her campaign for state Senate District 19 seat than her opponent, state Rep.

Voters in west Jefferson County will go to the polls Tuesday in a special Democratic runoff election to fill the state Senate District 19 seat vacated by the federal conviction of former Sen.

Some of the Jefferson County teachers let go were non-tenured and paid out of local tax revenue.

A 22-year-old Birmingham man charged with murder in a Friday morning Irondale shooting death has been a Brighton police officer for about a year, Brighton Mayor Angelo Hinkle said tonight.

Acting on five search warrants at houses in Huffman, Brighton and Mulga, vice and narcotics officers seized a grenade launcher, a .45 Thompson Machine Gun, an AK-47 assault rifle, a Bushmaster, a shotgun, four pistols and enough ammo to supply a small army.

Jefferson County's School Board will tour three high schools: Corner, Plesant Grove and Hueytown; Brighton k through 8 and Minor Community Elementary School.

Neither cold nor rain kept dozens of people in Brighton from remembering a beloved fixture in the community.

A man who led Midfield police on a chase that ended with the death of a Brighton grandmother has been charged with murder, authorities said today.

Why join? Listen Live A police chase in Brighton Wednesday night ends with a woman dead and her grandson injured.

A police chase that claimed the life of an elderly woman in Brighton has the community concerned.

A police pursuit that started in Midfield and ended in Brighton killed a grandmother Wednesday evening.

A Jefferson County deputy takes measurements at the scene of a fatal accident in the 4700 block of Huntsville Avenue in Brighton on Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

Deputies say three men are posing as FBI agents and preying on older victims, some of whom may suffer from dementia.

Lipscomb fire fighter John Lawrence is being honored with the 2008 Fire Fighter of the Year Award.

A series of raids in Jefferson County during the last eight days has yielded seven arrests, the confiscation of drugs, weapons, vehicles, and money and led to four children being taken into protective custody, ...

A petition asking Birmingham to annex a small west Jefferson County town awaits action from city officials after being certified by the probate office.

"What is the cost of a life," Brighton mayor Angelo Hinkle asks. "You can't put a value on that." Strapped for resources and struggling to protect its citizens, the Brighton Fire Department says it needs to ...