Bessemer, Alabama

• Bessemer church closes after 123 years
  

  By Arielle Clay BESSEMER, AL - A 123-year-old church in Bessemer held its last service Sunday.

• Bessemer Cutoff bingo halls plan reopening in wake of Vance's ruling
  

  The BAMACO Bingo hall in Fairfield Sept. 25. The president of an alliance of Bessemer Cutoff bingo halls said the businesses could open in less than a week because of Judge Vance's ruling.

• Bingo Hall Operators Form Alliance to Raise Support
  

  Some Jefferson County bingo hall operators are happy about the failure of Senator Roger Bedford's electronic bingo bill because it would have the potential to help multi-million dollar operations, not some ones.

• Fatal wreck in Fairfield now being investigated as Murder
  

  A fatal wreck in Fairfield that occurred Thursday morning is now being investigated as Murder.

• Our View: Greed and self-interest killed a bill to legalize...
  

  Some mourned Wednesday, and some celebrated, when Alabama senators failed to get enough votes to even consider a bill legalizing electronic bingo.

• Fairfield police nab man accused in multiple copper thefts
  

  Antonio DeCarlos Mallory stole copper coils from air conditioners in at least six locations, police said.

• Bessemer Bingo Lawsuit
  

  Members of the Bessemer City Council and Mayor Edward May are still butting heads about electronic bingo.

• 123-year-old First United Methodist Church of Bessemer will close
  

  The 123-year-old First United Methodist Church of Bessemer, at Arlington Avenue South and 19th Street, will have its final service on Sunday, March 7, at 10:30 a.m. The Rev.

• Bingo Battle Not Over For Bessemer Cutoff
  

  A consortium of 14 bingo halls in the Bessemer cutoff hope filling petitions with signatures will help their fight in Montgomery to reopen their electronic gaming operations.

• Mayor pitches retail incentives
  

  Published: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:52 p.m. TUSCALOOSA Developers of large retail centers soon could get help from City Hall.

• Bingo Halls Empty. Crack Houses Open.
  

  "If you want to raid something I got three crack houses that I'd welcome any help we could get.." Police Chief Pat Mardis would love to see those crack houses as empty as Bamaco bingo is right now, but he needs help.

• Your Views: Legislature's gambling bill seen as favoring special interests
  

  I was born and raised in Alabama, and, except for 14 years when business took me out of state, I've watched our Legislature "tackle tough problems," like gambling, for more than 50 years.

• One burglary suspect captured, one at large, after Jefferson County chase
  

  One man was captured and another is still at large this morning after a chase by Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies following a burglary at a convenience store early today, according to a sheriff's report.

• Safe bet or not? Electronic bingo in Bessemer
  

  Some Bessemer City Council members believe lobbying state lawmakers and establishing a new ordinance are the best bets for having electronic bingo in their city.

• Alabaster police arrest three men in string of burglaries
  

  Jameson Finley of Bessemer, Lionel Bates of Birmingham and Dandre Hughes of Hoover were charged Sunday with a string burglaries in Alabaster.

• Our View: The strangest thing to come from a Bessemer City...
  

  Bessemer City Councilwoman Louise Alexander is innocent. So a jury said, and so it is.

• Families Saved from 2 House Fires
  

  Two houses were damaged in fires early Friday morning. The first was at 901 Fairfax Ave.

• Help to Pay the Heat
  

  Laquitta Palmer couldn't believe it when she opened her Alagasco bill last week.

• Bessemer, Ala. city council member acquitted
  

  A Jefferson County jury has acquitted Bessemer City Councilwoman Louise Alexander on charges of solicitation of funds and using her office for personal gain.

City Description

Bessemer is a Birmingham suburb in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States eight miles west of Hoover. The population was 29,672 at the 2000, but by the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had fallen to a population of 28,641. Bessemer is located at 33°23′29″N 86°57′24″W / 33.39139°N 86.95667°W / 33.39139; -86.95667 (33.391343, -86.956569), about 18 miles southwest of Birmingham, a little north of the center of the state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 40.8 square miles (105.6 km²), of which, 40.7 square miles (105.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.17%) is water. Bessemer is situated in the midst of the iron ore and limestone district of Alabama, in the southern part of Jones Valley (about 3 miles wide). Iron ore was mined on the hills on the city's southeast side, coal was (and still is) mined to the north and west, and limestone deposits were also nearby. All three ingredients were necessary for steelmaking, which led to the area becoming a major steel center from about 1890 through the twentieth century. Steel is no longer made within the city limits, but is still manufactured in its northern city

City Contained By:

• Jefferson County
• Alabama
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Alabama Adventure Theme Park
• Dr. Thomas McAdory Owen House
• Thomas McAdory House

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 105.671514902 km squared

City Featured in Films:

• The Dhamma Brothers
• Night and Day
• Rebel Love

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