By Warren Kulo | [email protected] President Joe Biden has nominated Miranda Holloway-Baggett to become the next U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, according to a release from the White House. Holloway-Baggett, a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service, is the current Chief Inspector/Discipline Deciding Official for the service, working out of the […]
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Jamilah Page learned early on her love for helping others through her dad. “I wanted to be a psychologist I remember one day my dad let me act like a therapist. It was a very pivotal moment for me. It definitely inspired us, especially me, to be […]
By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Birmingham’s Elias Hendricks III will be one of the featured tenors during next week’s Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits, which will include the Opera Birmingham Chorus, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and several other artists. The show will be held at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at […]
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times When asked about her dream music collaboration, rising singer-songwriter Tiera Kennedy would always respond, “Beyonce and Dolly Parton.” That dream has become a reality. “Technically, I have collaborated with both now,” Kennedy told The Birmingham Times during a recent interview. “[Beyoncé gave] an up-and-coming artist like me such […]
MATTHEW NORRIS, A SENIOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR AT UAB, WHO GRADUATES THIS MONTH, ON FINDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION SCARCE WHILE HE WAS GROWING UP IN UGANDA; UAB.EDU, APRIL 15.
Thunderstorms are another type of natural disaster that is unfortunately normal for our region of the country this time of year. This is why it is important you don’t let this severe weather pattern catch you off guard. It is essential you understand the severity of these types of weather systems. Being prepared is crucial, […]
BY GWEN DERU | THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES ENJOY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!! TODAY READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Catch up on the news! THE JOE LOCKETT SHOW Live Podcast with NEPHEW CLIFF and MS. DENISE, Monday-Friday at 4 p.m. ALABAMA BLAZIN BINGO, 6 p.m. at Overtime Grill and Bar. FILM – 7 p.m. at the Sidewalk Film. […]
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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times The City of Birmingham on Tuesday unveiled its first-ever “sensory room” at the Boutwell Auditorium in downtown for children and adults who experience sensory sensitivities – which often produce adverse reactions to loud noises or sounds, loud smells, bright lights or even large crowd gatherings. The room […]
The Birmingham Times Six hopefuls on Tuesday qualified for the June 18 special primary election to fill John Rogers’s vacant Alabama House District 52 seat. Rogers, D-Birmingham, officially resigned from his elected office in March after pleading guilty to federal felony charges. The qualifiers are Dedra Campbell; Kelvin Datcher; Eric Major; LaTanya Millhouse; Eyrika L. […]
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times DELOIS AND DONALD MASON Sr. Live: McCalla Married: June 15, 1974 Met: June 1970, in Roosevelt City, a Birmingham area neighborhood. Delois had just graduated from George Washington Carver High School and had moved in with her father. To pass time, she would sit on the […]
Alabama NewsCenter An iconic Alabama brand may no longer be locally owned, but the place where countless Golden Flake potato chips were once cooked up and shipped out is about to be reborn as a mixed-use development. The former Golden Flake manufacturing plant, just west of downtown Birmingham, is in the hands of new owners […]