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Birmingham Grant Fuels Hope for a Stronger West Side
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A $2 million state grant intended to help Birmingham prepare major industrial sites for redevelopment is giving new momentum to hopes for a stronger future across the city’s west side, where neighborhoods including Bush Hills have spent years pressing for investment, preservation and community-led improvement. The City of Birmingham received the funding…
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Birmingham VA Tests Psychedelic Treatment for Depression
BIRMINGHAM, Ala — Veterans in central and west Alabama may be eligible to participate in a new federal clinical trial testing whether psilocybin, a psychedelic compound, can help treat major depression that has not responded to standard treatments. The Birmingham VA Health Care System and Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center are among five sites nationwide in…
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Alabama Prisons Enter ICE Partnership
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Corrections has entered a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorizes the state prison system to help identify and process incarcerated noncitizens for possible deportation, adding an immigration-enforcement role to an agency already facing federal litigation over violence, unsafe conditions and staffing failures. The agreement,…
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Youit Jones Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Killing of Birmingham Father
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Youit Jones has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2022 killing of Nathan Gemeinhart, a 42-year-old husband and father of four whose dismembered remains were found in a burning vacant Birmingham house. A Jefferson County jury convicted Jones, 39, on Aug. 7 of capital murder…
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Birmingham Tops Nation in Investor Homebuyers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham ranked as the nation’s hottest major housing market for investor homebuyers in 2025, according to a new Realtor.com analysis, as investors bought homes faster than they sold them and continued to add to their local portfolios. The Birmingham metropolitan area had the largest net investor-buying share among the country’s 50 largest…
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Judge Orders Collegeville Religious Encampment Cleared After Months of Neighborhood Concerns
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Jefferson County judge has ordered a traveling religious group led by Phalander Boyd, known to followers as “Lando,” to leave a Collegeville property after finding its encampment violated Birmingham zoning and habitability rules and constituted a public nuisance. Circuit Judge Charles “Chuck” Price II ordered Boyd, other defendants and anyone staying…
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