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Apr 3rd, 2025 👍 1311

Birmingham nonprofit Daniel Payne Legacy Village Foundation will launch its Daniel’s Meal Subscription Service to help low to moderate-income families by selecting 100 winners to receive 32 to 36 free meals weekly after paying a $50 fee at Daniel Payne Village Plaza. The lottery is open online today & a launch event will take place on April 5 as the program is funded by a $255,000 city grant to combat food insecurity.

Apr 3rd, 2025 👍 3329

A 21-year-old woman, Montrease Yvonne Booker, was fatally shot in the 1300 block of 7th Place in Pleasant Grove just before 5:30 a.m. on March 31—she died at the scene and Pleasant Grove Police are investigating.

Apr 3rd, 2025 👍 2015

Three attorneys appealed sanctions set by Judge Liles Burke in a lawsuit over the state's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. They refiled the case in another court to avoid their assigned judge — a move the judge said undermines a fair legal process.

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