Birmingham, Iowa

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has led City Hall into the realm of superstition, ritual, and primitive religion.

A 16-year-old Birmingham youth has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and one of shooting into an occupied vehicle in connection with a Monday night shooting that wounded three teenagers in ...

John Katopodis will make his first appearance next week in a Birmingham federal courtroom since his arrest a week ago on fraud charges related to a children's computer charity.

Van Buren County residents will be heading to the polls between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday to vote in the general election.

John Katopodis was arrested this morning by FBI agents in the Boston area on federal fraud charges stemming from his involvement with Computer Help for Kids, federal prosecutors said this afternoon.

Halloween has more opportunities for entertainment than just trick or treating. The area will be hopping with numerous spooky venues and parties during the Halloween week.

Despite concerns that it will hurt business, most Iowa bar and restaurant owners are enforcing the new statewide smoking ban; one southern Iowa bar owner is the exception.

Lunch in the Park, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays in Central Park. Ottumwa Municipal Band summer concerts, 7 p.m. Thursdays in Central Park .

May 29: To Bethany and Mark Boyles of Richland, a boy. May 28: To Lindsay and Adam Hubbell of Ottumwa, a boy; To Melinda and Richard Montgomery of Ottumwa, a girl; To Amy and Paul Megrath of Fairfield, a girl; ...

"As far as I'm concerned, [free] bus rides start May 10. I don't know what they think. I don't think they know what they think"

The Larry Langford honeymoon is over. It's time for members of the Birmingham City Council to find their own compass for leadership and stop paying attention to the tired rhetoric and flashy spectacles that are ... via Black & White

"Neither Mr. Blount nor his firm have done anything wrong, and we welcome the opportunity to prove this in court"

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford arranged $6.7 million in Jefferson County financial business for a Montgomery investment banker who gave him $156,000 to pay a personal loan, income taxes, and clothing and ... via Alabama Live

Posted by David White -- Birmingham News April 16, 2008 10:51 AM A legislative committee today refused to pass a bill that could have let a state authority take control of Jefferson County if it defaulted on ... via Alabama Live