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Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, right, listens to a news conference, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Family attorney Ben Crump is calling for the Kentucky attorney general to release the transcripts from the grand jury that decided not to charge any of the officers involved in the Black womans death. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  What’s left to say about 2020 except that it’s over. But what a year with the well-chronicled coronavi...

UpdatedSun, Dec 20, 2020 at 8:02 am CT Reply Here are a few of the stories that made headlines this past week. (Kristin Borden/Patch) BIRMINGHAM, AL — This past week started out with a statewide story involving the firing of Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn. The firing was announced Sunday after the Tigers beat Mississippi State. Also in the news this week, the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Alabama to front line workers throughout the state. Another round of shots are expected...

The complete article can be found at AlabamaNewsCenter.com. By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Local, city and state leaders on Friday announced the first phase of the Birmingham Xpress Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system during a groundbreaking ceremony in Five Points West. Birmingham Xpress will connect 25 neighborhoods along a 10-mile corridor between Five Points West and the Woodlawn community. This is the first bus rapid transit system in Alabama, according to city officials. Construction wil...

Birmingham’s rapid transit bus system breaks ground on terminal Updated Dec 18, 2020; Posted Dec 18, 2020 Birmingham Xpress, the city’s planned rapid transit bus system, held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to announce upcoming construction on a West Terminus Station near the CrossPlex at Five Points West. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin stands beside the first of what will be at least 11 orange Birmingham Xpress buses. The bus was on display in a parking lot at 47th Street West, acros...

Birmingham begins work on rapid bus transit system, first in Alabama By Erica Wright December 18, 2020 Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin in Five Points West during announcement of the Birmingham Xpress Bus Rapid Transit system. (Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times) Local, city and state leaders on Friday announced the first phase of the Birmingham Xpress Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system during a groundbreaking ceremony in Five Points West. Birmingham Xpress will connect 25 neighborhoods along...

Reply Birmingham Xpress bus (City of Birmingham) BIRMINGHAM, AL — Birmingham city officials broke ground Friday on the Birmingham Xpress project, a rapid bus system that spans 10 miles and run from Five Points West through downtown Birmingham to Woodlawn. According to city officials, the project will connect 25 city neighborhoods and will be the first bus rapid transit system in Alabama. "Simply put, Birmingham Xpress will be a connector for eastern and western neighborhoods to jobs, servic...