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From left: Scott Adams, Executive Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Strategy and Innovation at Protective Life; Dr. Mark Sullivan, Superintendent of Birmingham City Schools; Mayor Randall Woodfin; Justin Williams, University of Alabama student/Birmingham Promise scholar; Koko Mackin, Vice President, Corporate Communications and Community Relations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama; C.T. Fitzpatrick, CEO and Founder of Vulcan Value Partners; Rachel Harmon, Executive Director of Birmingham Promise. (Provided Photo) By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham Promise, which prov...

Special to the Birmingham Times “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Erica Wright ewright@birminghamtimes.com. Include the couple’s name, contact number(s) and what makes their love story unique. CORDELL AND CHERITH FLUKER Married: October 6, 2000 Met: Fall 1989, at Winterboro Elementary School. Cherith was in fourth grade and Cordell was in fifth. “We were just friends up until [Cherith’s] sophomor...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times The City of Birmingham’s mask ordinance officially expired on Monday and city officials have shown no interest in extending it. City Councilor Hunter Williams, who has consistently opposed the ordinance, calling it ‘government overreach’, said expiration of the ordinance is the right thing. “I think the fact that the CDC, state health officer and county health officer are all not recommending the masks, I think it is appropriate to not have the city recommending it when the three medical experts are not recommending it,” he said. S...

The Birmingham Times  Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday unveiled a proposed $455.5 million FY 2022 spending plan, the largest in the city’s history, that makes ‘everyone whole’ again, he said.  The fiscal year begins July 1. In his address to the City Council, Woodfin said the city is standing “at a moment of recovery and restoration” and the budget invests in people. “It represents our shared priorities of neighborhood revitalization and fiscal responsibility with an eye toward investing in our future . . . this plan supports our departmentsâ€�...

Brothers From Another Mother: Ben and Skin (Sort Of) In Their Own Words Ben Rogers and Jeff "Skin" Wade have had the most unlikely rise to radio fame in Dallas history. Now they're ready for their next challenge: to overthrow Prestige Worldwide. Any full account of the spectacular rise of Ben “Kenobi” Rogers and Skinny “Skin” Wade to North Texas radio dominance during the weekday hours of 2 pm to 5 pm in the demographic of men aged 25 to 54 must necessarily begin on the storied hardwood of Richardson’s Huffhines Recreation Center. It was there, in the early ’80s, that the two midd...