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By Joseph D. Bryant | jbryant@al.com The Birmingham Water Works Board has selected a new general manager, and it is a figure well-known to the agency. Mac Underwood, a former longtime general manager who abruptly left his role more than six years ago, was rehired for his old job this afternoon. Officials at the Water […]

By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com This is another installment in AL.com’s series “Beyond the Violence,” which explores solutions that could make Birmingham safer, healthier and happier. It has been four years since Sheree Kennon’s son was shot and killed. She is “turning her pain into a purpose,” she says, by helping other mothers. Kennon founded What […]

By Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY Consumers are preparing for a 24-hour economic blackout on Friday, one of several boycotts planned by groups of consumers or activists to protest what they call corporate greed, companies that have rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and President Donald Trump’s efforts to eliminate federal DEI programs since taking office. On Friday, […]

This article is the last one in the 2025 safety series on how education influenced safety in the African American community especially during the turn of the last century. Mr. Malachi Wilkerson is this week’s focus. The former Wilkerson Elementary School opened in 1957 and now Wilkerson Middle School is named for in his honor.  […]

JUDGE CAROLE SMITHERMAN ON BEING RECOGNIZED BY LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE LEGAL FIELD; BIRMINGHAMTIMES.COM, FEB.22.