The Birmingham City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday to ban smoking in a portion of downtown Birmingham. The designated “health district” includes much of UAB’s campus, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Cooper Green Mercy Health Services, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Jefferson County Department of Health. Under the new ordinance, smoking will be prohibited […]

The former AT&T City Center, a vacant skyscraper in downtown Birmingham, will have a property tax bill about half a million dollars more than last year's. It's one of many properties, including homes, that can expect to pay more in taxes this year.

For people who have a communicative disorder such as autism, run-ins with police can escalate quickly. To tackle the issue, a local nonprofit recently developed a training program for police and kids, using horses.

Tens of thousands of fans are expected to pour into the Talladega Superspeedway for the big stock car race this weekend. It will also be a celebration of the iconic track’s 50th anniversary.

One Birmingham City Council seat will be up for a runoff after none of the candidates won more than 50 percent of the votes in Tuesday’s balloting.

Special elections for three Birmingham City Council seats, plus renewals for three ad valorem taxes, will not have results declared until Wednesday morning because of an error in the handling of electronic machine memory cards at three different precincts.