Birmingham News

U.S. Justice Department probes Alabama court translation practices

Alabama Live - Sat Nov 07

Some courts in Alabama allow people without legal vocabulary or knowledge of court procedures to interA pret, said Mavi Figueres, an interpreter who was interA viewed by the Justice Department.

Birmingham public housing residents show talents and skills at festival

Birmingham News Online - Sat Nov 07

James Lewis from the Collegeville Housing Project dances and does his best James Brown impersonation as public housing residents displayed and sold their crafts and performed at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham on Saturday.

Speed, dexterity revealed in Hubbard Street 2's Birmingham performance

Alabama Live - Sat Nov 07

Four stars out of five HUBBARD STREET 2 Friday Alys Stephens Center Final performances Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at ASC Kids' Club event By PHILLIP RATLIFF Hubbard Street 2, the training company of the famed Hubbard Street Dance based in Chicago, consists of six dancers whose ages range from 17 to 24.

Natalee Holloway added to Alabama Department of Public Safety missing children list

The Mobile Register Online - Fri Nov 06

Natalee Holloway On Thursday, more than four years after the Mountain Brook teen disappeared while on a senior trip in Aruba, Natalee Holloway was added to a list of missing children on the Alabama Department of Public Safety Web site .

Birmingham teachers lose suit over coaching jobs

WIAT-TV Birmingham - Fri Nov 06

Seven teachers had sued the Birmingham Board of Education because they were dropped from non-teaching supplemental positions, such as coaching and other sports-related activities, after the school year ended.

Two US child sex tourists jailed for six years

New Straits Times - Fri Nov 06

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: Two Americans who traveled to Thailand on three occasions to prey on young boys in sex sessions they filmed and photographed were yesterday each sentenced to more than six years in jail.

Man killed at Ensley car wash was likely committing a robbery

The Mobile Register Online - Thu Nov 05

A 22-year-old man shot to death last Friday at a car wash in the 800 block of 20th Street Ensley was likely committing a robbery when he was killed, Birmingham police said Thursday.

Orange Beach mayor to negotiate sewage treatment deal with private utility

Alabama Live - Thu Nov 05

After months of discussion, the City Council voted unanimously this week to allow Mayor Tony Kennon to negotiate a contract with Integra Water, a private utility that wants to send sewage to the municipal wastewater plant for treatment.

Man Killed after Birmingham Shooting; Suspect Surrenders

ABC 33/40 - Thu Nov 05

Birmingham police say a fight led to a shooting death in the Montevallo Gardens Apartments.

Police ID body found in abandoned Birmingham ...

WIAT-TV Birmingham - Wed Nov 04

Authorities said Wednesday that the body is that of 42-year-old Jacqueline Callen.