The United Soccer League has reached a multi-year deal with ESPN and its affiliates.
The pilot of a boat carrying Birmingham school teacher Kelsey Starling has pleaded guilty to boating under the influence.
Dorian was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday afternoon, as it heads to Florida.
A woman accused of shoplifting at a Walmart in Hueytown led police through a chase into some nearby woods, holding her young child.
One suspect in a murder last week was arrested over the weekend, while the second turned himself in Monday morning.
The funding gap - as well as the achievement gap - has widened between the top school systems in the state and everyone else.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines on Patch during the week of August 19-24.
A 14-year-old boy was killed after being shot at a gas station in Tarrant Friday afternoon.
Two suspects have now been charged in the August 5 death of Brandon Rasario.
Have you tried knitting or crocheting with a group of people instead of doing it all alone?
A new report ranked the fifty cities that had the highest number of mosquito services last year. See where Birmingham landed.
A shooting in the Grayson Valley area left one victim dead and another hospitalized.
An autistic player on the Central Clay County High School football team scored a touchdown Thursday night.
A new report ranked the 50 states based on highway system. See where Alabama finished.
High school football season begins in Alabama Thursday and continues through the weekend. Keep up with all the scores on Patch.
A woman who worked for the Homewood Jail has been charged with a felony for allegedly stealing from an inmate.
Birmingham has allotted $3.6 million for multiple street paving projects set to begin in September.
Two people have now been charged in the death of Birmingham elementary school teacher Kelsey Starling.
Ground has been broken for a new charter school in Woodlawn, which will be the largest charter school in Alabama.
An outbreak of Hepatitis A has been reported in 21 counties in Alabama, and now includes Jefferson County.
One victim is dead after a shooting in Birmingham's Southtown housing community Tuesday night.
A 15-year-old led Birmingham police on a high-speed chase from Tarrant through Birmingham Tuesday before crashing.
Jackson-Olin High School has the state's top football recruit, according to one national recruiting poll.
An 18-year-old male was killed in the Wylam neighborhood of Birmingham Monday night.
A couple of Alabama colleges were listed among the top 200 in the country in a Forbes study.
University Hall, the first LEED-certified building at UAB, will celebrate its grand opening Aug. 22.
The Legion Field Stadium and the west side of Legion Field Park will be closed for a public safety exercise this week.
After a vehicle and foot chase through Zion City Friday, The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office arrested an 18-year-old burglary suspect.
Take a look at some of the stories that made headlines on Patch during the past week.
Here’s how to snag a free ticket to one of the Alabama museums participating in “Museum Day.”
Rama Raj “Sonny” Erramraju was convicted of paying a woman to bring her daughter to him for sexual purposes.
Skeletal remains found in west Jefferson County have been identified as a missing Georgia man.
A Birmingham psychologist has been charged with defrauding the Alabama Medicaid Agency of more than $1 million.
A new study published by The Washington Post has found where temperatures have risen dangerously fast across the United States.
Birmingham's world-class independent film festival is coming up, and here is what you need to know.
The Birmingham City Council will provide funding for up to 15 new buses for the Bus Rapid Transit system known as Birmingham Xpress.
A man was shot by a relative after the homeowner mistook him for a an intruder Wednesday night.
A 3-year-old who was discovered unresponsive in a Birmingham swimming pool died at Children's of Alabama Tuesday.
2018 stands as a deadly reminder of the importance of obeying school bus stop-arm laws in Alabama.
An investigation into the death of a Bessemer 20-year-old concluded the man was killed in self-defense.