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  “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. JAMES AND LAWANA TYUS Married: December 26, 1992  Met: Summer 1978, in Titusville at James’s house. Lawana’s best friend Cheryl was dating James’s best friend, Jerry, and they stopped by to hang out and introduce Lawana to Jame...

From left to right: Jackie French, Housing Authority Birmingham District; Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson and Tiffany Osborne (at mic), UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center director of community engagement in the Smithfield community during a canvassing event to increase awareness about the COVID-19 vaccines. (Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times) Times Staff Report Door knockers about the COVID-19 vaccine hung on over 3,000 doors around the Smithfield community on Monday thanks to the work of some local entities. Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, the...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Those shot have ranged from age five to adulthood, including the killing of a 32-year-old, in a deadly week of bloodshed, that even Birmingham police are calling “unimaginable acts of violence.” Since Saturday, seven people have been lost to gun violence and more than 10 wounded, according to police.  On Thursday, Police Chief Patrick Smith said in a briefing that the “the city has been completely devastated as we’ve witnessed unimaginable acts of violence committed against members of our community.” Smith said he stood before ...

Cory Pettway, with the Jefferson County Millennial Democrats speaks during a press conference held at W.C. Patton Park in East Birmingham. Pettway is among those calling for justice in the shooting death of 32-year-old Areyelle M. Yarbrough that happened at the park on Sunday. (Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times) By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Comedian and Birmingham native Rickey Smiley, the Birmingham Urban League and the Jefferson County Commission are among entities offering a total of more than $24,000 for information about a shooting at W.C. Patton Park on Easter Sunday that clai...

Met: November 2011, at ‘The Shop’ barbershop on 1st Ave North, in Birmingham.  It was love at first cut for these two. LaToya was a recent divorcee and had just moved back to Birmingham after having lived in Alaska on military assignment with her ex-husband. LaToya said she was feeling blue but was in need of a good cut so she headed to the shop where she knew she could find a great barber. When she sat in Felando’s chair there was an instant connection, LaToya said.  “I was going through a hard time and I guess he could kind of feel that I was down, and he [was able...