Jefferson County News

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a 25-year-old man found this afternoon in his grandparents' driveway in Graysville.

Now hardly seems the right time for Jefferson County to fire its negotiating team in the sewer debt crisis.

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies are looking for a 22-year-old man in connection with a stabbing Monday night in Center Point's Civitan Park.

Authorities in Jefferson County have identified a homicide victim who was found outside of apartments on Amberwood Drive as 40-year-old Luis Dagoberto Hernandez Lopez.

The Birmingham Regional Planning Commission has issued an Orange Air Quality Alert for Jefferson and Shelby counties.

A body found in May floating in Valley Creek near Toadvine Road in west Jefferson County has been identified as that of James Richmond Jr., 71, of Birmingham.

It is there on the Birmingham News website that Butler County superintendent Mike Looney 'will replace Jerry Mitchell as Superintendent of Instruction.' Jefferson County school superintendent Phil Hammonds told ...

A Birmingham police officer who shot one of two robbery suspects last week after a brief foot chase in east Birmingham was justified in doing so, authorities said today.

Mayor Larry Langford joined with an investment banker and a political friend Monday in asking a court to throw out a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing them of a sweetheart scheme involving ...

The Alabama Supreme Court today ruled that Jefferson County Commissioner George Bowman can serve in the District One seat until November, when he can run for election.

Separate homicides in Jefferson County are under investigation. Birmingham Police say 26-year-old Antonio Vidal of Hoover was found shot to death on 3rd Avenue North.

Jefferson County homicide investigators are on the scene of an apparent homicide in Center Point.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has bought the building that houses the Pita Stop restaurant for $450,000. The school had an option to buy the restaurant building on 12th Avenue South when it bought ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department has arrested John Dale Stevens on drug charges.

A FEMALE teacher has been accused of having sex with at least eight teenage boys she met through the school baseball team.

BIRMINGHAM -- Grady Roland Pugh Jr. has paid a $2 million fine for his role in the Jefferson County sewer scandal, U.S. Attorney Alice Martin announced Tuesday.

Another Code Orange ozone alert has been issued for Jefferson and Shelby counties for Tuesday.

Two men died after being shot inside a Bessemer nightclub Sunday morning, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

A Jefferson County judge has sentenced Alfonzo Morris, 47, to die by lethal injection for killing a woman in her home in 1997.

A former special education teacher in Jefferson County is facing sex charges for allegedly having inappropriate relationships with several male high school students.