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Alabama Republican Party Votes In Opposition To Gas Tax Increase

Alabama’s state gasoline tax has been 18 cents a gallon since 1992. Advocates for an increase say heavier vehicle traffic, inflation in the cost of road maintenance and construction and more fuel efficient cars...

Bibb Republicans Attend State Meeting

Saturday February 23, 2019 The Alabama Republican Winter Conference was held this afternoon at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center. Chairman Terry Lathan reported  that 65% of all state partisan elected positions are now Republican. There...

Incident At Bibb County Jail Results In Arrest of Jailer

  An assistant jailer for the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Thursday after an investigation involving an incident that arose following a DUI arrest. Sheriff Jody Wade stated that he asked the Alabama Bureau of...

BCHS Boys Basketball 5A Southwest Regional Champions!

A good turnout of fans helped boost the energy Thursday morning as the Choctaws took the court to face down Central-Tuscaloosa. A slow start soon turned to a solid lead as Bibb did a...

University of Montevallo Announces Spring Dean’s List

  UM announces spring 2018 Dean's List  The University of Montevallo is proud to recognize 356 students named to the Dean’s List for the 2018 fall semester. To make the Dean’s List, a student must earn...

Alabama Navy Vet Returned For Hometown Burial After 74 Years

An Alabama veteran of World War II is coming home for burial this spring after his remains were identified 74 years after he died in action. Navy Reserve Seaman 2nd Class Ira N. Slaton of...

Football Movie Filmed in Bessemer Area Opens This Weekend

  A high school football movie that filmed at Bessemer Academy and other locations in the Birmingham area in 2016 opens today nationwide, including showings at Birmingham-area theaters. “Run the Race” stars actor Mykelti Williamson as...

Gary Wade Rowland Sentenced in Bibb Murder Case

(AP) — An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to helping his cousin elude police officers who were searching for him in the slaying of one woman and the kidnapping of another. The Tuscaloosa News reports...

Choctaws Beat Wolves 46-44 in Last Second Nail Biter

The Bibb County Choctaws took the hardwood in Montgomery at the Alabama State University's Dunn-Oliver Acadome on Monday to face the Vigor Wolves of Prichard. The win in this first round of the Regional...

More Heavy Rains Coming – More Flood Damage?

Forecasts show rain potential of 2"-4" here in Bibb through next weekend. That can be a good bit on its own in that amount of time, but what of the Birmingham area getting even...