Birmingham City are on the rise and, ahead of their 150th anniversary season, focus now shifts to the next big target: promotion back to the Premier League.

During Jim Crow, city leaders created a system of small, separate parks to enforce racial division, ensuring that Black and white residents did not share public recreational spaces, often duplicating facilities.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — An arrest was made in connection to the deadly shooting of a teen in east Birmingham last week. The Birmingham Police Department said a juvenile, who it is not identifying due to their age, was charged with reckless manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old Reginald Pope.

Costco currently has five warehouse locations in Hoover, Huntsville, Madison, Mobile and Montgomery. This will be the second in the Birmingham metro area, and Irondale will be the smallest city in the state with a Costco location. The Hoover location opened in 2003 and the newest location in Madison opened in 2024.

A convicted Birmingham felon was sentenced to more than five years in prison for possessing a firearm, according to U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona on Tuesday.

The mobile business is owned by a lifelong Birmingham resident and entertainment enthusiast.

Two organizations will host a forum for Birmingham mayoral candidates on Thursday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge, 2988 Winewood Road. “We’re a group of citizens that find solutions for problems in our community,