Jefferson County contracted crews pick up more than 39 tons of litter in less than 6 months
The County is partnering with the Sweeping Corporation of America to help clean up the county. The Commission approved a $500 ...
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Anatomy of a deal: Jefferson County, Alabama's Southeast winner
Sewer treatment plant in Jefferson County, Alabama. County leaders combined long-term discipline and planning with short-term risk-taking to successfully sell their warrants in an initial foray ...
Jefferson County bets on Amwaste again with GPS tracking to solve trash troubles
Despite trash pickup issues across Jefferson County, the Jefferson County Commission has approved another contract with ...
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Mother charged in blunt force trauma death of 4-year-old son in Jefferson County
The child died at 4:15 a.m. Aug. 2 at Children’s of Alabama. The assault is believed to have happened in Forestdale. Efforts to obtain additional information from the Jefferson County Sheriff ...
2 charged with drug trafficking in Jefferson County
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. ( WIAT) — Two men are accused of trafficking drugs in Jefferson County after two search warrants were ...
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Mother, boyfriend charged in 4-year-old’s boy death in Jefferson County
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrived at Children’s of Alabama on Aug. 8 to investigate the death of a 4-year-old boy. Detectives presented case information to ...
New Cooper Green clinic in Birmingham to offer comprehensive care in Jefferson County
A newambulatory care facilityYes sarah the clinic will be able tO provide services to all in jefferson county regardless of ...
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Drought presents dire threat to NYC's street trees, arborists say
Local arborists said street trees — which are peed on by dogs, mostly ignored by humans and occasionally surrounded by litter — are suffering during the ongoing historic drought. While trees ...
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20-year-old man found fatally shot as Jefferson County deputies investigate car wreck
An investigation is underway after a 20-year-old man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in Jefferson County. Sheriff’s deputies were working a traffic crash just before 3 p.m. in the area 23rd ...
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Alabama A&M Football Player Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, Dies Over a Month After In-Game Injury
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office confirmed that the college football player died on Wednesday, Nov. 27 Alabama A&M Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old Alabama college football player who was ...
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Jefferson County squeezes brakes, rejecting first-of-its-kind bike park with lift access in Conifer
The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners gave the thumbs-down Tuesday to a Conifer downhill bike park that proposed 16 miles of winding trails descending an 830-foot vertical drop — all of it ...
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Jefferson County, UAB Health System to open ASC
Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority, an affiliate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, is opening a new Birmingham-based ambulatory care facility in December. The ...