The Birmingham Times
1871 –City of Birmingham founded; now the state’s most populous city, Birmingham was founded at the crossing of two rail lines near one of the world’s richest deposits of minerals.
1873 Birmingham becomes seat of Jefferson County.
–First Colored Baptist Church founded. Birmingham particularly hard hit by cholera due to the lack of urban infrastructure and the poor housing conditions. At least 128 people died from cholera, which struck in the height of summer and persisted for several weeks. The outbreak caused about half of Birmingham’s 4,000 residents to flee.
1874 – Birmingham Iron Age newspaper in publication.
Sloss Furnaces. (Birmingham, Ala. Public Library Archives)
2021 Alternative Music Festival Guide
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Since most bands halted their touring in and around March 2020, we, the concertgoers, have been chomping at the bit to get back to live music!
Chomping so hard that BONNAROO and Aftershock are sold out! (Hence why they aren t listed here.) If you re up for a road trip, here s as extensive a list as I could get together.
Hosted each year by bluegrass band Pert Near Sandstone, Blue Ox is an outdoor Bluegrass, Roots, and Americana music festival. Highlights this year include: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Shaky Graves, Leftover Salmon, Sam Bush, and others.
BIRMINGHAM Birmingham police are cracking down on street racing.
According to Sergeant Rodarius Mauldin, the Birmingham Police Department conducted a street racing operation on Saturday night, resulting in one arrest and 28 citations. Mauldin says a coordinated operation, which consisted of tactical officers, detectives, patrol officers, task force officers and Star One air support, played out in two Birmingham locations Saturday night.
Officers responded to both George Ward Park and Sloss Furnace where authorities believe large groups of street racers and spectators have gathered in the past. During the operation, BPD recovered a firearm and a Corvette stolen out of Georgia. The suspect was arrested for receiving stolen property, violation of state firearms act, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Birmingham police crack down on illegal street racing in massive Saturday-night operation
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 27, 2021
Teams of Birmingham police officers fanned out across the city Saturday evening in a massive operation aimed at cracking down on illegal street racing.
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Teams of Birmingham police officers fanned out across the city Saturday evening in a massive operation aimed at cracking down on illegal street racing.
Numerous complaints from residents both downtown and on Southside, and the belief that some traffic fatalities in recent months stemmed from the illegal racing, led to Saturday night’s targeted enforcement.
“We have been having an ongoing issue with illegal street racing throughout the city and we’ve received a large number of complaints,” said South Precinct Capt. Harry Greenberg. “Officers have been addressing it, however they’re usually only able to stop a handful of cars and then everyone else scatters.”