Polling Place Info for Birmingham Mayoral Special Election

ABC 33/40 - Mon Nov 30

Birmingham, AL - It's campaign crunch-time for Birmingham mayoral candidates. The special election will be held Tuesday, December 8th and the Jefferson County Board of Registrars wants to make sure all Birmingham voters know exactly where they need to go to cast their ballots.

Traffic accidents claim 2 lives in metro Birmingham

Birmingham News Online - Mon Nov 30

Two people died in traffic accidents in the Birmingham area over the long holiday weekend, authorities said today.

Jefferson County sheriff wants Collins overruled

Alabama Live - Mon Nov 30

Sheriff Mike Hale is lobbying Jefferson County commissioners to override a decision by President Bettye Fine Collins.

Dogs Straying to Wrong Shelter

ABC 33/40 - Sun Nov 29

The adoptable dogs are packed in by twos and threes at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society to make room for six tagless dogs.

Voters in other counties deciding fate of occupational taxes

The Mobile Register Online - Sun Nov 29

Jefferson County voters likely will decide in June 2012 whether to keep or phase out the county's occupaA tional tax, but voters in two counties beat them to the polls and decided last year to ban such taxes in their counties.

Apathy, hope voiced before Birmingham mayoral vote

The Mobile Register Online - Sun Nov 29

George Winston, a 69-year-old retired schoolteacher who lives in Forest Park, says he votes in every Birmingham city elec tion.

Jefferson County to reopen 2 satellite courthouses

WLOX-TV Biloxi - Sat Nov 28

Jefferson County plans to reopen satellite courthouses in Gardendale and Forestdale next month.

Jeffco homicides on pace to decline

WVTM - Sat Nov 28

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

U.S. probes Alabama's funding for court interpreters

Birmingham News Online - Sat Nov 28

Court interpreter Mavi' Figueres helps a prisoner during a Jefferson County Circuit Court session.

Radar Closes Transaction to Create US Coal Mining Company

Market Wire - Fri Nov 27

Further to a press release dated September 23, 2009, Radar Acquisitions Corp. is pleased to announce that Radar has closed the transaction to create a US coal mining company in partnership with a group of private investors in Alabama.