Bessemer News
ABC 33/40 - Mon Nov 17
Bessemer's Jefferson County Courthouse took extra precautions to keep accused murderer Lakendall Sims in custody as the court prepared for trial.
Jeffco personnel suit legal fees exceed $10MAlabama Live - Mon Nov 17
Years of legal work on a discrimination case against the Jefferson County Personnel Board are coming due, with a New York law firm expected to present a bill of more than $10 million, a blow to some of the ...
Bessemer judge declares mistrial in Lakendall Sims caseWVTM - Mon Nov 17
NBC13HD News reporter Jon Paepcke reports the judge ended proceedings after lunch Monday, November 17, 2008.
Longtime Birmingham city councilman will need all his experience and...Birmingham News Online - Sun Nov 16
Longtime Birmingham city councilman will need all his experience and consensus-building skills to help repair the frayed Jefferson County Commission.
Birmingham congressman says Federal Reserve has power to help Jefferson County's financial crisisAlabama Live - Sun Nov 16
A Depression-era power of the Federal Reserve, dusted off recently to bail out an insurance company, could provide a salve to Jefferson County's financial crisis, according to a Birmingham congressman who works ...
Illegal immigrants face life-or-death dialysis dilemmaAlabama Live - Sun Nov 16
Luis Perez, 23, is living in a hospital Monday through Friday, and then checking out to spend weekends with his wife and 3-year-old child.
captured a jail escapeeBirmingham News Online - Sat Nov 15
Good old-fashioned police work led to the capture of an escaped Jefferson County inmate who was taken into custody early Friday after lawmen stormed a Tuscaloosa motel room, authorities said Investigators, many ...
questions about suit against lendersBirmingham News Online - Sat Nov 15
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and city attorneys met Friday with lawyers that Langford said filed an unauthorized lawsuit against mortgage lenders on the city's behalf.
The Birmingham City Council should choose William Bell's replacement carefullyBirmingham News Online - Sat Nov 15
THE ISSUE: The Birmingham City Council should choose William Bell's replacement carefully, because that person will have the inside track on winning a full term next year.
JEFFCO Escape CapturedWERC-AM Birmingham - Fri Nov 14
The 37-year-old inmate escaped from the Birmingham courthouse while awaiting a court hearing.
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