Jefferson County News

Jefferson County police officials say the homicide rate in unincorporated portions of the county is on pace to decline this year.

Jefferson County deputies stop an SUV believed to be smuggling ICE to the northeast USA.

Jefferson County Commissioner William Bell wants to return to Birmingham city government by winning Dec.

Jefferson County has withdrawn its request for a $25 million line of credit from Regions Bank, Commission President Bettye Fine Collins said this morning.

The person shot and killed while in a car in Birmingham has been identified. According to the Birmingham Police Department, the victim was found in the 7700 block of 4th Avenue South about 5:30pm CT Monday, November 16, 2009.

Seventeen deputies graduated Friday, November 20, 2009, from the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office Law Enforcement Academy.

Jefferson County still has $3.2 billion in sewer debt that it cannot repay and still lacks a plan to raise the money needed to fully repay bondholders.

Richard "Richie Rich" Johnston boasted to a fellow inmate about a 2005 double-homicide, not realizing the other inmate was a long-time friend of the victim, a Birmingham police detective testified today.

Jefferson County jurors convicted a Fairview teen of capital murder and armed robbery and his co-defendant pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge for killing a woman walking her dog in a Hoover apartment complex after they robbed another person.

A lawsuit contended the council discussed issues June 25 at a closed meeting not allowed under the open meetings law and that it failed to give proper notice for a July 6 meeting.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tom King has been appointed to hear a lawsuit filed by an Alabama legislative oversight committee trying to block a $13 million no-bid contract.

Jefferson County officials say what they first thought was a hit & run accident was a double fatal, with two bodies found in a vehicle believed to have left the scene.

Jefferson County authorities today announced formal charges against three teens nabbed moments after a convenience store robbery thanks to a Good Samaritan who followed them until authorities arrived and took over.

Overshadowed by the news of last week's lawsuit by Jefferson County against convicted former Commission President Larry Langford and the financiers who cashed in on sewer bond deals gone bad is a suit filed more than a year ago on behalf of sewer customers.

Alabama should use a sales tax for schools in troubled Jefferson County to start paying off the county's massive debt, local business leaders said on Tuesday.

Jefferson County authorities are trying to piece together the events that led to a fatal crash in Pinson on Tuesday night, leaving two people dead.

Three teens face robbery charges after authorities say they held up a Jefferson County convenience store Monday night.

Jefferson County emergency management officials are monitoring creeks this morning as the area remains under a flood watch because Tropical Storm Ida is expected to dump up to 6 inches of rain on the area today.

A Friday decision from the Alabama Supreme Court was the first topic of discussion today in a Jefferson County courtroom, where a judge was set to hear arguments about the definition of bingo.

One can't help but wonder what the members of the Birmingham Board of Education would have done this week if somebody hadn't noticed one of the agenda items included electing officers for the next term.