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From The Tribune staff reports ROEBUCK — The City of Birmingham’s Department of Public Works is conducting a large-scale, two-day sweep to collect debris from the March 25, 2021 tornado, in east Jefferson County. The work will primarily focus on the hardest hit Birmingham neighborhoods of South East Lake and Roebuck Springs. The sweep will take place Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17. Due to the focus on storm debris cleanup, the city’s Bulk Trash and Brush Pick-up schedule will be delayed by one work day starting Friday, April 16. The scheduled pick-up for West End Manor, Ensley ...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For the Birmingham Times Shelia Finney remembers her father encouraging her to always reach for the next rung of the employment ladder. “He just always instilled in [my siblings and me a desire] to go as far as we can anywhere and make the best of any career,” she said of her late father, Billy Frazier Sr. “He said, ‘Don’t ever just stop. Go as high in an organization as you can. That’s always been my goal.’” Finney is a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) captain. That’s not unusual. Several other women have risen through the ranks of the department, ...