Police bust suspected illegal gambling operating

Associated Press - Friday 17th May, 2013

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Birmingham have shut down a recording studio and removed 33 machines they say were being used for illegal ...

Ala. Supreme Court reinstates $3.2 million verdict

Associated Press - Friday 17th May, 2013

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in ...

Possible tornado surprises Athens

ABC 3340 - Friday 17th May, 2013

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - An unconfirmed tornado has knocked down trees, flipped Dumpsters and damaged the roof of the nearby WalMart in Athens. A forecaster at the National Weather Service in Huntsville said the suspected tornado started about a mile south-southeast of Athens and moved in a line toward southwest Ardmore Friday. The unsettled weather system continued to concern forecasters as it ...

Flag mural dedicated in Jacksonville

ABC 3340 - Friday 17th May, 2013

JACKSONVILLE - AL - In 2011, Ben Tomlinson's life changed forever. The Jacksonville native was shot while serving in Afghanistan. He was paralyzed from the waist down. Now, he's working hard to make a come back. And, his community has rallied behind him. A mural of the American flag, painted to honor Tomlinson's service and the service of other veterans was dedicated Friday ...

Group to give WBC Silent Treatment

ABC 3340 - Friday 17th May, 2013

TUSCALOOSA - AL - The corner of Hackberry Lane and University Boulevard on the University of Alabama campus was extremely quiet Friday afternoon...perhaps a contrast to what it may be Saturday. It's the location where the school is permitting the controversial Westboro Baptist Church to protest. "You've got dead people. Their blood is dripping off the hands of people in that ...

Etowah Co. sheriff to hold news conference Monday on disturbing tragedy occurring weekly

ABC 3340 - Friday 17th May, 2013

An inmate is on the loose in Etowah County. The Sheriff's department says an inmate kitchen worker escaped the Etowah County Detention Center (ECDC) Friday morning. Justin Wade Hopkins, 30, escaped ...

OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam

WBRZ - Friday 17th May, 2013

spill NEW ORLEANS - A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly of Belle Chasse, had claimed to be an Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety instructor. She held classes in ...

Trinity wins fight over move to U.S. 280

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The Alabama Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in the fight over Trinity Medical Center's plan to relocate, clearing the way for the hospital to move to the unfinished HealthSouth hospital building on U.S. ...

Tuscaloosa teenagers are making a difference in their community

ABC 3340 - Friday 17th May, 2013

Making a difference in your community can be an extremely satisfying experience. A group of Tuscaloosa teenagers is learning that lesson through a program called Think Community. These students come in and build their own service projects from scratch. These are juniors and seniors from Northridge High School. They came into the organization with nothing more than ideas. From there, they ...

Authorities searching for escaped Ala. inmate

Associated Press - Friday 17th May, 2013

Sheriff's spokeswoman Natalie Barton says 30-year-old Justin Wade Hopkins, of Collinsville, was working in the kitchen when he escaped early Friday ...

Judge delays ex-BP engineers trial

San Diego Union-Tribune - Friday 17th May, 2013

NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The judge also had some stern words for attorneys on both ...

Democrats say delay wont fix Alabama tax credits

ABC 3340 - Friday 17th May, 2013

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's Republican governor isn't getting support from key Republicans or Democrats for his proposal to delay private school tax credits for two years. The Republican architect of the tax credits, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, says a delay isn't needed. The Senate Democratic Caucus and House Minority Leader Craig Ford say the tax credits should be ...

Getting to know our C-Suite Award honorees

Birmingham Business Journal - Friday 17th May, 2013

Top CFOs Bryan Barganier Upstream Rehabilitation Inc. What is the biggest lesson you have learned? In business, always sweat the details - details ...

20 Birmingham employers with the most job openings Slideshow

Business Journal - Friday 17th May, 2013

These are the 20 employers in Birmingham with the most job openings. Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) held on to its spot in April as the top employer with the most job openings in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area. Click through the slideshow to the right to see which other employers had the most job postings in April. The Birmingham bank holding company had 428 job advertisements posted last ...

Alabama construction job growth slowest in Southeast

Birmingham Business Journal - Friday 17th May, 2013

Summer is here, and construction is picking up in Alabama just not as quickly as in the rest of the Southeast U.S. Alabama's construction job creation rate was the worst in the Southeast in April, according to a new report. The number of construction jobs fell 1.7 percent to 79,000 in April from 80,400 in April 2012, the Associated General Contractors of America reported today. That job ...