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By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times When it comes to chasing down bad guys and making arrests, Michael Pickett, named Birmingham Chief of Police on Tuesday, knows what it takes. Literally. Earlier this year, Pickett then interim chief was returning from a family outing when a man was shot and killed on an Interstate […]

By  MIKE CATALINI and STEPHEN GROVES | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions. Booker took […]

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times TIMOTHY & ALLYSON PERRY Live: Pelham Married: Aug. 17, 2002 Met: December 1999, at Timothy’s parent’s home in Trussville. Allyson was coworkers with Timothy’s ex-sister-in-law, when Allyson asked him to ride along with her to drop something off at his parent’s home. Timothy had recently finished […]

Gina Spivey-Brown will be the first female president of the Adventist university in Huntsville, Alabama. NEWS RELEASE The Board of Trustees of Oakwood University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gina Spivey-Brown, Ph.D., […]

United Way of Madison County Community Champions Step Up to Serve at 2025 Designer Bag Bingo United Way of Madison County proudly announces Kenny Anderson and Joe Martin as local leaders ralllying 50 male servers […]