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Shooting in Alabama park leaves 5 injured, 1 dead Share Updated: 2:52 AM CDT Apr 5, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 2:52 AM CDT Apr 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript But at approximately seven PM, our officers responded to patent part. Uh, while hundreds of people were in the park gathered on this Easter Sunday, there were silver shots fired in which we responded to. We believe during our preliminary investigation that an incident or altercati...

Updated: 10:26 AM CDT Apr 6, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital UPDATE: The victim killed in the Easter Sunday shooting at W.C. Patton Park in Birmingham has been identified as 32-year-old Areyelle Yarbrough, of Bessemer.More details released by Birmingham PD on Twitter Monday night say Yarbrough was found on the ground outside of the passenger door of her vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.BPD says one adult and four children ranging from five years old to 17 years old were...

Alabama miners at Warrior Met Coal Inc. striking Share Updated: 11:25 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021 Share Updated: 11:25 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MISS AN UPDATE. SHERI: MORE THAN 1000 ALABAMA COAL MINERS ARE PLANNING A STRIKE FOR WHAT THEY CALL UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AT WARRIOR MET COAL INCORPORATED. WVTM 13’S BREA DOUGLAS IS LIVE AT ONE OF THE MINES IN BROOKWOOD. BREA, WHAT DO WE KNOW? [CHANTING] BREA: SHERI, THE STRIKE IS UNDERWAY. THEY ARE CHANTI...

Black women at the forefront of fighting for civil rights Share Updated: 9:34 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Share Updated: 9:34 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript JEFF: WELCOME BACK ON THE SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL MONTH LONG, WE ARE HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN. BRITT DOUGLAS TELLS US THE ROLE THAT BLACK WOMEN PLAY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THEIR FIGHT TODAY. REPORTER: AT JUST 21 YEARS OLD, SHE FOUND HER PURPOSE. ACTIVISM. AFTER THE DEATH OF YOUR FLOYD...

Local civil rights activists protesting House Bill 445 Share Updated: 10:48 PM CST Mar 8, 2021 Share Updated: 10:48 PM CST Mar 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript SOME CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN ALABAMA FEEL INTIMIDATED BY A BILL PROPOSED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE ACCORDING TO A COUPLE OF LOCAL ORGANIZERS THE MEASURE CRIMINALIZES THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST WVTM 13’S BREA DOUGLAS. SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. NEARLY A YEAR AGO. WE SAW PROTESTS IN DO...

UAB Hospital chaplain on the frontlines of COVID-19 Share Updated: 10:37 PM CST Mar 7, 2021 Share Updated: 10:37 PM CST Mar 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AND DOCTORS AND NURSES AREN’T THE ONLY ONES ON THE FRONT LINES FIGHTING COVID-19 HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS ARE TOO WVTM 13’S BRIA DOUGLAS SHOWS US WHAT ONE UAB HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN FACES WHILE TREATING PATIENTS SPIRITUAL NEEDS. WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST BEGAN REVEREND MONICA THOMPSON COULDN’T FULLY PRACTICE HER...

Residents appreciating new upgrades in west Birmingham Share Updated: 10:39 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 Share Updated: 10:39 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript STUDENTS WORKING INDEPENDENTLY AT HOME. THE WEST SIDE OF BIRMINGHAM IS GETTING A NEW LOOK NEW SIDEWALK STREET LIGHTS AND LANDSCAPING ARE NOW IN PLACE WVTM 13’S BRIA DOUGLAS GOT REACTION FROM FOLKS WHO LIVE THERE. PEOPLE ON CENTER STREET ASKED FOR GRAYMONT AVENUE TO 3RD AVENUE WEST TO BE MORE WALKAB...

A Fultondale restaurant hosting charity concert for tornado victims Share Updated: 10:46 PM CST Feb 18, 2021 Share Updated: 10:46 PM CST Feb 18, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript >> YOU ARE WATCHING WVTM 13 NEWS. GUY: JAMMING OUT TO MUSIC FOR A GOOD CAUSE IS HOW ONE FULTONDALE RESTAURANT IS GIVING BACK TO THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT TORNADO. SHERI: WVTM 13’S BREA DOUGLAS SHARES HOW BUSINESSES ARE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY STILL REBUILDING AFTER THE DESTRUCTION. BR...

Snow adds to dangerous conditions in Marion County Share Updated: 12:12 PM CST Feb 16, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 12:12 PM CST Feb 16, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HAS BEEN IN HAMILTON. WE STILL SEE SOME SNOWFLAKES AROUND YOU THIS MORNING. BRITTANY: BEAUTIF WITH BIG SNOWFLAKES, BUT BRUTAL COLD AND BRUTAL CONDITIONS IN MARION COUNTY, THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE. THERE ARE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. BECAUSE OF THE ICE THAT IS WEIGHING DOW...

WVTM 13 team coverage of the snowfall in central Alabama Tuesday morning. Click here for the latest forecast.