3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (338+ words) Dr. Daniel Boyd, chief administrative officer for Bessemer City Schools, addressed recent controversies during a school board budget hearing, including mold concerns at Abrams Elementary and claims surrounding the resignation of the principal at Westhills Elementary. A pre-K facility at…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (116+ words) Your weekend forecast in video above: Samford University opened its fall semester with a record 6,522 students, the largest enrollment in the school’s 185-year history. The university welcomed a record 1,271 first-year students, a 9.8% increase from last year. Undergraduate enrollment also reached an…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (382+ words) A Birmingham mother is demanding accountability after she said scorching hot coffee spilled on her 5-year-old son at school and left him with severe burns. Now, he’s facing skin graft surgery. Jasmine Campbell said her son, Ja’Kari Horton, is autistic…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (381+ words) A Hoover family is calling for the installation of cameras in special education classrooms, citing concerns about transparency and accountability under Tyler's Law, which was passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2023. Tyler's Law, named after a nonverbal boy in South…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (166+ words) Watch the graduation ceremony in the video player above The U.S. Coast Guard held a ceremony Friday to commemorate the first graduating class at its new training center at the former Birmingham-Southern College campus. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell and Birmingham Mayor Randall…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (381+ words) A principal at Westhills Elementary in Bessemer resigned Thursday following an alleged confrontation with Daniel Boyd, the chief administrative officer appointed nearly two years ago after the state took over the Bessemer school board, according to the local teachers' union…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (137+ words) Southside High School in Etowah County has been rebranded as Southside-Rainbow City for athletic events, schedules and rankings. The change was approved Aug. 18 by the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) at the request of the Etowah County Board of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (121+ words) Yea Alabama's former content director has pleaded guilty to solicitation of prostitution. Robert "Aaron" Suttles was given a one-year jail sentence on the misdemeanor charge, but the sentence was suspended for two years. If he violates probation or commits a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (340+ words) The community is demanding answers after Bessemer City Schools closed its pre-K center at Abrams Primary School amid concerns about mold exposure. Parents of students said their children became sick after the school reopened last month. Many now told us…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (483+ words) New York City's public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment of how children in…...