Marilyn James-Johnson, visiting Kelly Ingram Park, is running for mayor of Birmingham in the 2025 municipal election. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Marilyn James-Johnson sat on her walker with a ...

The Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism is suspending publication of BirminghamWatch until at least early September ...

The water works board may ask for an AG’s opinion after lawyers said a law restructuring the board bars it from giving money ...

Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom for the City Built to Change the South. Donate today to help Birmingham stay informed. A new report from an Alabama nonpartisan research organization ...

Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom for the City Built to Change the South. Donate today to help Birmingham stay informed. Read about our potential suspension of publication, effective ...

Alumni of West End High School used to gather for an annual picnic after the school closed in 2008, and that event grew to a week-long celebration every year.