'Spider' Martin's work helped to shape American history

'Spider' Martin's work helped to shape American history

"And the moments that Spider Martin captured in these images were a real turning point for Alabama and a real turning point for the country as a whole." Carlotta Hill of Birmingham was recently at the archives and stopped to take in the exhibit. "Wow …

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Woman hurt in hit-and-run accident; Birmingham police still looking for driver

Birmingham , AL -. It will be months before a Homewood woman is able to get out of her wheelchair. Police still don't know who is responsible for driving a car into her outside Workplay a few weeks ago. Craig Smalley says it's going to be a long recovery.

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Traffic climbs at Montgomery airport

Those numbers buck a trend of declining air travel at larger Alabama airports. Passenger traffic fell 2.3 percent last year at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Huntsville International Airport also has reported declines. Montgomery …

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I'll be in Birmingham tonight: Remembering – or is it mourning – the city of …

The adult theater in the K-Mart shopping center in Roebuck is long closed, as is Cinema City 8. I think one's a payday loan place now and the other is a discount grocer. There's a Wal-Mart nearby. Pizitz and Loveman's are gone. Sgt. Jack is dead …

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