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James-Johnson Dares To Dream "The Impossible Dream" of Being City's First Elected Black Female Mayor - BirminghamWatch The candidate says she knows what it is to be among the ‘least of them’ and wants to help fix the communities.

Marilyn James-Johnson Dreams The Impossible Dream of Being First Black Woman Elected Mayor of @cityofbhamhc.bsky.social

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Golden-Buzzer Choir Shows JeffCo Commission Why It Was Lifted to the Top - BirminghamWatch The Birmingham Youth and Young Adult Fellowship Choir, which earned the golden buzzer from judge Simon Cowell to send it to the live telecasts for the “America’s Got Talent” competition show, dropped ...

Golden-Buzzer Choir Shows JeffCo Commission Why It Was Lifted to the Top - BirminghamWatch
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Mayoral Candidate Brian K. Rice Wants Resources for Neglected Neighborhoods - BirminghamWatch Rice said his goal as mayor would be to make Ensley and other Birmingham neighborhoods as safe and comfortable as Highland Park.

Birmingham (AL) Mayoral Candidate Brian K Rice Wants Resources For Neglected Neighborhoods
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Remembering Rubin - Over the Mountain Journal Rubin Earl Grant 1957-2025 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Rubin Earl Grant was ...

Several memorials have been posted online about my dear friend and colleague, Rubin Grant. Read my story about an unquestioned legend that's posted by Over the Mountain Journal.

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Seems more like Frogger to me.

More Than 8,500 First Responders Arrive in Birmingham for the 2025 World Police and Fire Games By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. |The Birmingham Times For many Birmingham-area first responders, this week’s 2025 World Police and Fire Games (BHM 2025 WPFG) is about more than competing against peers from…

First Responders From Around the Globe Arrive in Birmingham for the 2025 World Police and Fire Games
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Real Life Heroes Descend on Central Alabama for World Police & Fire Games - BirminghamWatch Eight thousand first responders from nearly 80 countries are participating in the 10-day sports competition that begins Friday at the BJCC.

Real Life Heroes Descend on Central Alabama for World Police & Fire Games
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‘It's a gut punch,’ Panelist Says of Tariffs’ Effect on Small Businesses - BirminghamWatch U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell organized a small business roundtable Tuesday at Innovation Depot on the impact of tariffs ordered by the Trump administration.

'It's A Gut Punch,' Panelist Says Of Tariffs' Effect Small Businesses
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Sheriff's Spokesman Recalls the Day He Could Have Been Killed - BirminghamWatch Wayne Rogers, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, was a 17-year-old bank teller when his branch was robbed.

Jefferson County (AL) Sheriff's Spokesman Recalls the Day He Could Have Been Killed
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Flipping the Page: East Lake Library Reopens After Being Closed for Years - BirminghamWatch Residents of the East Lake Community became reacquainted with an old friend Monday morning as the library branch at Oporto-Madrid Boulevard and Division Avenue reopened after being closed for about fo...

Flipping The Page: East Lake Library Reopens After Being Closed for Years
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'Stop settling for mediocrity,' Lashunda Scales Says as She Announces a Second Run for Birmingham Mayor - BirminghamWatch Lashunda Scales, current Jefferson County commissioner and former Birmingham City councilor, said Tuesday she is running for mayor to turn around the trend of Birmingham being passed over for other ci...

‘Stop settling for mediocrity,’ Lashunda Scales Says as She Announces a Second Run for @bhamala.bsky.social Mayor
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ADA Upgrades Mean More Is in Store for Birmingham's Rickwood Field - BirminghamWatch Making improvements to Rickwood will help pull in even higher-profile events, supports say.

ADA Upgrades Mean More Is in Store for Birmingham’s Rickwood Field

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JeffCo Approves Collection of Storm Debris - BirminghamWatch Jefferson County will pick up vegetative storm debris in unincorporated areas.

Jefferson County (AL) Approves Collection of Storm Debris
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Indict or Charge: JeffCo Commissioners Say Either Way, It’s Not Their Lane - BirminghamWatch A visitor passing time sat in a commission meeting and then thrust upon them the idea they might be party to violating the constitutional rights of capital murder suspects.

Not Us: Jefferson County, Alabama Commissioners Say Unindicted Persons Charged With Capital Murder Is Outside Their Lane
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You Can Ring My Bell: Commission President Completes Cancer Treatment - BirminghamWatch Jimmie Stephens opened Tuesday’s County Commission meeting by saying he had finished his last radiation treatment for carcinoma that had spread to his lymph nodes.

You Can Ring My Bell: Commission President Completes Cancer Treatment
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Family and Colleagues Memorialize Juvenile Detention Officer Lost to Domestic Violence - BirminghamWatch Mickese J. Bostic was remembered as light-hearted and big-hearted during his memorial Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.)

Family and Colleagues Memorialize Juvenile Detention Officer Lost to Domestic Violence
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Mayoral Candidate Frank Woodson Says He's the Leader Birmingham Needs Now - BirminghamWatch Woodson has thrown his hat into the ring to run for Birmingham mayor.

Mayoral Candidate Frank Woodson Says He’s the Leader Birmingham Needs Now
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Magic City Diamond Classic resumes with Alabama A&M facing Miles at Regions Field
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Use It or Lose It: JeffCo Set To Help Residents Rather Than Let Money Go Back to the Feds - BirminghamWatch County commissioners learned they had about $500K in unspent Emergency Rental Assistance funds and assigned it to Bridge Ministries to help people with rent and utility payments.

Use It Or Lose It: Jefferson County, Alabama Set To Help Residents Rather Than Let Money Go Back To The Feds
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Juandalynn Givan Rallies Her Supporters in Her Bid for Mayor - BirminghamWatch The candidate said Birmingham cannot continue for another four years on the same path it’s been on.

Juandalynn Givan Rallies Her Supporters in Her Bid for @bhamala.bsky.social Mayor
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Kamau Afrika Says His Mayoral Campaign Is ‘a Labor of Love’ - BirminghamWatch Afrika is taking on another political campaign to push for changes in Birmingham communities.

Kamau Afrika Says His @bhamala.bsky.social Mayoral Campaign Is ‘a Labor of Love’ -
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Bare Hands Buys Old Church for Its New Home in Woodlawn - BirminghamWatch The nonprofit arts organization has bought and will be renovating an old church across from Woodlawn High to become the new Bare Hands Community Arts Center.

Bare Hands Buys Old Church for Its New Home in Woodlawn
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Do the math: Years added up for 50-year veteran Alabama scientist Brenda Perkins - Alabama News Center Brenda Perkins, a pioneering Black female scientist, celebrated 50 years of working in Birmingham, Alabama, laboratories.

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Personal Focus: Former Southern Living photographers show their favorite images at Aldridge Gardens - Over the Mountain Journal By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Photos by Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Aldridge Gardens was the site of a reunion and an introduction. Former photographers from Southern Living magazine assembled in the Eddie and Kay...

Personal Focus: Former Southern Living photographers show their favorite images at Aldridge Gardens

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Naftel Praised by Former Probate Judge as 'the Best' - BirminghamWatch The Jefferson County Commission presented Probate Judge Jim Naftel II, who will step down next month, with a proclamation that recognized and thanked him for his service.

Jim Naftel Praised By Former Probate Judge As 'The Best'
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Commissioners of Jefferson County AL Dole Out Econ Development Funds But Two Say Stockings Aren’t Being Filled Fairly
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16th Street Baptist Fund Drive for Visitor and Education Center Gains Steam - BirminghamWatch Pastor says a planned Education and Visitor Center on Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church campus is a way to help people remember the church’s history and its place in the Civil Rights Moveme...

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Fund Drive for Visitor and Education Center Gains Steam
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‘Give It My All’: Vestavia Man Pivots From Constructing Buildings to Reconstructing Lives - Over the Mountain Journal By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Jim McFarland is a little like Old Testament Jonah, except it didn’t take a ride in the belly of a fish for him to do what God wanted him to do. The Vestavia Hills resident was...

‘Give It My All’: Vestavia Man Pivots From Constructing Buildings to Reconstructing Lives
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Birmingham’s A.H. Parker High School Captures Its First-Ever State Football Championship By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. | For The Birmingham Times For the first time in the storied history of Arthur Harold Parker High School, the Thundering Herd football program is now known by a new title – …

Birmingham’s A.H. Parker High School Captures Its First-Ever State Football Championship
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