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Posted on August 6th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

A mass in remembrance of Father James Coyle

A mass in remembrance of Father James Coyle

On Aug. 11, 1921, Father James E. Coyle presided over the marriage between Ruth Stephenson [...]

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Posted on January 15th, 2009 by Jesse Chambers

RIP Miss Jennings

RIP Miss Jennings

The brutally cold December air kept most of the revelers off the large front porch, but inside the funky, two-story house in Southside, Rebecca Jennings’ annual solstice party was going strong.

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Posted on November 13th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

RIP Rev. Abraham Woods

RIP Rev. Abraham Woods

A Civil Rights leader remembered

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Posted on October 8th, 2008 by Jesse Chambers

Jazz great Al Gallodoro, who grew up in Birmingham, dies

A legendary jazz musician with a deep connection to Birmingham has died. Alfred J. (Al) [...]

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Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Favorite ‘graph – Vol. 11, Issue 13

I hate to play favorites among the many talented writers at Birmingham Weekly, but in [...]

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Posted on November 5th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Who let the dogs out?

Who indeed? You might have missed the news last week that Birmingham’s longest-running football franchise [...]

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Posted on November 1st, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Nov. 1-8, 2007

DEAD BUT NOT GONE: That’s the best way to think of your dearly departed, particularly [...]

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Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Molly Folse

Another Birmingham homicide

Kayla Nicole Fanaei, a 20-year-old University of Alabama at Birmingham student, was voted class clown [...]

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Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Aug. 2 – 9, 2007

Some weeks are full of history and music, and so are some weeklies, particularly this [...]

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Posted on June 21st, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

RIP: Mona the Elephant

After 59 years on her toes, Mona, the Birmingham Zoo’s Asian elephant, died early this [...]

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Posted on May 15th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

RIP: Jerry Falwell

Yes, this is in bad taste. Taste? Did we say taste? Don’t know what that [...]

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Posted on April 12th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

RIP: Kurt Vonnegut

Don’t let anyone tell you any different, Kurt Vonnegut said. We’re all just here to [...]

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