A train rumbles through the sunset in Birmingham’s Railroad Park. People are out jogging and riding their bikes, and drivers at the edge of the urban green space bump music and playfully rev their ...

For weeks, ABC 33/40 has requested interviews with Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin regarding several recent high-profile shootings.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Mayor Randall Woodfin released Monday morning the Birmingham Crime Commission’s 66-page report aimed at providing a strategy to reduce gun violence in the city. In October, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham officials say a sharp decline in homicides is tied in part to prevention efforts happening long before police are ever called. City leaders and the Urban League of ...

In the first nine months of 2024, at least eight people were killed in domestic-related shootings in Birmingham, a number that is double for all of 2023. A month earlier, 38-year-old Andre Derrel ...

This story was produced in collaboration with Birmingham Watch, a nonprofit news site. Support them here. The hustle and bustle of the Five Points South neighborhood belies its recent history, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — There was a time, not so very long ago, when this city earned the nickname “Bombingham,” renowned for senseless violence and its strength in confronting the racial hatred that ...

This is another installment in AL.com’s series “Beyond the Violence," which explores solutions that could make Birmingham safer, healthier and happier. Sign up for the newsletter here. After once ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. − Authorities in Birmingham arrested a man in connection with a mass shooting in September that killed four people and injured 17 others in the city's entertainment district. Police ...