Alabama’s Magic City Classic different this year, but rivalry the same
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. April 14, 2021
Many of the festivities that usually surround the Magic City Classic, including tailgating, will be missing this year. But Legion Field will still be the site of a spirited football game between arch rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter)
It’s more than a game.
That is the standard description of the McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca-Cola. The annual fall gridiron meeting at Legion Field between Alabama State and Alabama A&M universities is the marquee event of at least a week of activity in and around Birmingham.
The Birmingham Times
Thousands of eligible Jefferson County residents began receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, March 29, as a new vaccination site opened at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM).
The vaccination site is a collaborative effort by the Jefferson County Department of Health, Doctor Celeste MD, Bruno Event Team, the City of Birmingham, Birmingham Airport Authority and Kaiser Aircraft Industries. The vaccination site will allow for administering up to 4,500 COVID-19 vaccinations each week over the next 60 days to eligible Jefferson County residents under the guidelines set by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
“This site is an ideal location to serve all of Jefferson County,” said Dr. Mark Wilson, Jefferson County Health Officer. “This collaborative effort will help move us more quickly toward the herd immunity needed to end this pandemic.”
Several events return to Birmingham this spring
Several events returning this year By Chasity Maxie | March 4, 2021 at 5:43 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 8:13 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Itâs the news sports fans have been waiting on for months.
Several events are coming back to Birmingham after being cancelled last year because of the pandemic.
âWeâre going to be involved with four major sporting events this spring in the greater Birmingham-Hoover area,â said CEO of Bruno Event Team, Gene Hallman.
He said the Indy Car event, the SEC Baseball Tournament, the Regions Tradition Golf Tournament and the Magic City Classic will return this spring.
Agencies, Facebook groups helping people register for the COVID vaccine
Vaccine help communities popping up on social media By Randi Hildreth | February 26, 2021 at 8:01 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 8:02 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - We continue to get concerned calls from folks about having trouble finding available COVID vaccine appointments and how to register for the COVID vaccine.
Older Americans are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but it doesn’t mean the process has been quick..or easy. Especially for those having trouble getting through on hotlines or those who aren’t tech savvy and have trouble registering online.
Bruno Event Team now staffing COVID-19 vaccine hotline in Jefferson County wbrc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbrc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.