Residents of 28 cities and towns in Jefferson County will decide Tuesday, Aug. 25, on their leadership for the next four years.
Mayors and city council members will be on the ballots for most of the municipalities. Runoff elections will be held Oct. 6 for any races in which no candidate gets a majority of the ballots cast.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in each of the municipalities.
Birmingham and Bessemer do not hold elections this month.
For information about how to vote, check out BirminghamWatch’s
Following is a list of cities and towns with elections. Click on the name of a municipality for a list of candidates on the ballot; click on the name of a mayoral candidate for information about that person.
The Drummond Company will now be required to follow a leak detection and repair program for the rest of the plant’s existence.
Legion Field has been operating as a testing site for COVID-19. Now officials want to expand the operation to include coronavirus vaccinations.
The Jefferson County Commission unanimously approved funding this week that will help pay county employees for time off related to COVID-19.
Jefferson County residents 75 and older started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine this week.
The mayor discussed continued neighborhood revitalization, the rise in homicides, and encouraging economic development projects on the horizon.
The county commissioner would be the first elected female mayor of the city.