Jefferson County

Jefferson County’s suspended District Attorney has been found guilty of first-degree perjury.A jury returned that verdict late last week in the trial of…

A trial is set to begin today for a Jefferson County prosecutor currently suspended amid accusations of perjury.Charles Henderson is accused of giving…

Plaintiffs in a more than half-century old desegregation case are asking a federal judge to keep Gardendale, Alabama from establishing its own school…

Alabama House Democrats used a procedural maneuver last night to delay a vote on new legislative districts that they argue fail to correct race-based…

A new report says travelers spent more than $13 billion in the state of Alabama last year.The study was conducted for the state tourism agency by an…

The incoming District Attorney for Jefferson County, Charles Todd Henderson, was scheduled to take office today. But he’s been automatically suspended due…

Jefferson County and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for North and Central Alabama have come to a settlement on voting access for the disabled.An…

Authorities say a Jefferson County man who had been a longtime suspect in his wife's disappearance recently confessed to her killing and led police to her…

An EF-2 Tornado ripped through parts of Birmingham last night. APR student reporter Parker Branton has more…Two tornados ripped through parts of Jefferson…

A man convicted in the shooting death of an off-duty Birmingham police officer has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. APR’s…