Jefferson County News

Alabamaa s most populous county will cut as many as 200 employees, amounting to almost 7 percent of the workforce, after the state Supreme Court rejected its bid to spend occupational taxes while it appeals a lower-court ruling striking down the levy.

Police Chief A.C. Roper says two Birmingham police supervisors have been suspended in connection with the 2008 police beating of an already-unconscious suspect that was captured on videotape.

Joyce White Vance, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, Charles E. Regan, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Reginael McDaniel, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announce that a federal jury returned a verdict finding GREGORY JOHN KATOPODIS ...

State Rep. Priscilla Dunn of Bessemer is the Alabama Senate's newest member. She defeated state Rep.

A former Jefferson County commissioner and Birmingham City Council member has been convicted on multiple charges linked to a computer charity he headed.

State Rep. Merika Coleman volunteer Erika Walker sits in the shade outside Fairfield City Hall this afternoon waiting to hand out information on her candidate.

Lawyers who successfully challenged Jefferson County's occupational tax are offering a settlement.

With Jefferson County employs already working on reduced hours, and the future still uncertain, many have few places left to turn for answers.

Deputy Coroner Chris Moore photographs the scene of a wreck in Grayson Valley, where a woman was killed on Friday.

Jefferson County Commissioner Bobby Humphryes said he is looking for a way to cut his pay, while not making the cut permanent.

Cooper Green Mercy Hospital officials say the hospital is not a drain on Jefferson County's diminished general fund because they are operating off patient revenues and a fund that can be used only for indigent health care.

Financial problems are getting worse and threatening critical medical care in Alabama's most populous county, which was barred by the state Supreme Court from spending revenues from a tax that provides a big part of its budget.

A second air quality alert in 2 days for the Birmingham metro area. The Alabama Partners for Clean Air announced a CODE ORANGE air quality alert for higher levels of ozone for Thursday, June 25, 2009.

Regions Bank debit card operations manager Jeff Taylor continued on the stand in the federal fraud trial against Katopodis.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is looking into an early morning crash that left one man dead.

A former Birmingham-area politician is set to go on trial Monday for allegedly misusing thousands of dollars intended for a charity providing computers to needy children.

A Jefferson County Sheriff's deputy was taken to UAB Hospital after a crash in Walker County.

Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Smoot received both a county car and more than $5,500 in vehicle expense allowance for 11 months, mostly in 2006, a new state audit of county finances says.

Attorneys have asked an Alabama judge to freeze the assets of former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy so they can begin collecting a nearly $2.9 billion judgment against him.

The mother of a 43-year-old man who died after being zapped by police with a stun gun has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Jefferson County Circuit Court.