By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Mayor Randall Woodfin used his State of the City address at the downtown Kiwanis Club on Tuesday today to call on Birmingham’s business, civic and community leaders to unite around a shared economic vision, emphasizing education, equitable growth and long-term investment in the city’s next generation. “Central Alabama […]
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By Kimberly Chandler | Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death was announced Tuesday by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation. Ashley D. Roseboro of the organization […]
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By Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com Bruce Ayers, owner of The Comedy Club Stardome in Hoover, is retiring from the business he founded about 42 years ago. Ayers, a beloved figure on Birmingham’s entertainment scene, announced his retirement Tuesday morning via social media, telling fans the venue at 1818 Data Drive has been sold. “I am stepping into […]
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BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times ARRIKA & CHARLES MCCAULEY II Live: Center Point Married: Dec. 22, 2018 Met: March 2017, at the ‘Four Seasons’ bar/lounge in Birmingham. Arrika was there with a mutual friend of theirs, Candyce Curry, who had invited Charles. “I’m pretty sure it was a set up,” Arrika […]
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