Birmingham News
The latest Birmingham news: city council, schools, police and fire, development and business, each story linked to the record it came from.
Top story
UAB joins AAU, a first for any Alabama university
UAB accepted an invitation to join the Association of American Universities, the first Alabama school in the research group. Its research spending is now over $915 million.
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Schools
Birmingham City Schools wins national reading award
Birmingham City Schools is the 2026-27 Richard M. Robinson Literacy Champion. One elementary school gets 6,000-plus new library books this spring, and every student there gets 10 to keep.
Civil Rights
AWAKEN 2026 honors 1963 foot soldiers Oct. 30 at Carver
The city's AWAKEN 2026 tribute to the foot soldiers of 1963 was set for Friday, Oct. 30, at the Carver Theatre, with Carolyn McKinstry and Janice Kelsey on the panel.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 30: County, Schools
Oct. 30: 3 items from Birmingham's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 29: Schools
Oct. 29: 4 items from Birmingham's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 28: Public safety, Schools
Oct. 28: 4 items from Birmingham's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 27: Schools
Oct. 27: 3 items from Birmingham's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Restaurants
Michelin 2026: Birmingham keeps 11, Little Betty wins award
Birmingham has 11 of Alabama's 18 restaurants in the 2026 Michelin Guide American South, four of them Bib Gourmands. Mountain Brook's Little Betty won the service award.
Schools
Parker band wins All-City Marching Band Festival
Parker High's Mighty Marching Bison won the Grand Champion Award at the All-City Marching Band Festival at Carver. All seven city high school bands earned superior ratings.
Sports
Alabama beats Auburn 87-85 in Legacy Arena exhibition
Alabama beat Auburn 87-85 before 13,184 fans at Legacy Arena on Thursday, the first Feud exhibition. Box score, the late run and when the rivals meet next.
Magic City Classic
Flying a drone over the Magic City Classic can cost $500
Flying a drone over Legion Field on Oct. 31 can now cost up to $500 under a new state law. Birmingham is moving to let police ticket it on the spot.
Schools
Jackson-Olin High opens JO Studio for podcasts, 3D printing
Jackson-Olin High's library now holds JO Studio: a podcast booth, music console, green-screen video suite, 3D printers and T-shirt presses, built with Ed Farm.
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Institute exhibit unites Alabama's 14 HBCUs
Historically Black, at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute through Dec. 12, gives each of Alabama's 14 HBCUs its own installation of artifacts and photographs.
Transportation
Birmingham, Trussville pick firm for Woodlawn rail fix
Kimley-Horn will design the plan to close nine Woodlawn-to-Trussville rail crossings and build an underpass and a bridge. Design and review take about two years.
Schools
Woodlawn basketball gets $50,000 from Hibbett and Nike
Woodlawn High's boys and girls basketball teams received a $50,000 First String check from Hibbett and Nike, plus new shoes, at Boutwell Auditorium on Tuesday.
City Hall
Birmingham council backs blight tax, housing fund in 2027 asks
Birmingham will ask lawmakers in 2027 for a blight tax, a registry of neglected property, a housing trust fund and wider land bank powers. Here is the full list.