Alabama Birth Coalition is hosting a “Walk for Midwives.”

Jefferson County Department of Public Health told mayor’s office that closing was unnecessary.

FY 2010 would bring back all employees, but full-time status up in air.

Three commissioners want to bring employees back, but can they pay them?

“Billy Cox was very front-burner.”
“Billy was a magnet.”
“Billy was a leader.”
“His finesse made everyone comfortable, [...]

LaPierre plea deal says he, Larry Langford and Bill Blount forged documents to cover bribery tracks.

U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler has denied a defense motion to delay the trial of Birmingham [...]

Jefferson County is bleeding cash and without drastic cuts could be broke by August 7, [...]

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has refused a city council request to reduce spending in his 2010 [...]

Former County Commissioner John Katopodis will remain behind bars until his October sentencing. Defense lawyers [...]

Former Birmingham City Councilor and Jefferson County Commissioner John Katopodis was convicted today on federal fraud charges relating to his involvement with a local charity, Computer Help for Kids.

Federal prosecutors concluded their case today against former Jefferson County Commissioner John Katopodis and the [...]

Katopodis acted as middle man in Langford car deal, tried to trade $4,000 Corvair for $350 guitar. Also, Council President Smitherman says she didn’t trust Katopodis.

Computer Help for Kids paid for myriad political activities, including autodialers for candidates and a campaign manager for former Birmingham City Councilor Jimmy Blake. Collins takes stand.

Three former executive directors of Computer Help for Kids testified Tuesday afternoon that they were kept out of the loop with the charity’s finances and that the organization’s hierarchy was confusing.

While Jefferson County was paying more than $800,000 of taxpayers’ money to the non-profit Computer Help for Kids, those funds were being withdrawn at casino ATMs and being used to pay personal credit card debts, an official from Regions bank testified in U.S. District Court Tuesday. One check from Computer Help for Kids made out to “Hudson’s” for $4,800 bore the notation “TV Langford.”

While serving on the county commission, Larry Langford arranged for Computer Help for Kids to receive nearly $800,000 in county money and frequently had the checks delivered directly to him, a county administrator testified today in the trial of former County Commissioner John Katopodis.

At the end of one of the few remaining court battles in the HealthSouth saga, a [...]

Jefferson County has identified more than $50 million in budget cuts, but those reductions could [...]

Employees at The Birmingham News will be subject to graduated pay cuts, management there told [...]