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The Magic City Classic is an 85-year football tradition between Alabama State and Alabama A&M that drew 69,372 fans to Legion Field in 2025 and generated more than $25 million for the region, and city leaders want to grow recruiting, business, and cultural programming around the annual weekend.

Construction to widen and improve South Shades Crest Road in Hoover is expected to begin this fall, with costs rising from $4.3 million to $7.2 million and funding coming from Jefferson County's Roads and Transportation Department, infrastructure funds, and the Rebuild Alabama program.

The Alabama Trucking Association board voted unanimously to name Chris Cooper interim president, effective Dec.

1, after Mark Colson will leave to lead the American Trucking Associations; Cooper will serve while the board sets a long-term plan to fill the vacancy.

Rebecca Hall was told in 2018 she had weeks to live, became the first patient in Dr. Erica Stringer-Reasor's 2019 UAB clinical trial that helped extend her life, and this month she was nominated as the O'Neal Iron Strong Award recipient honoring trial participants.

Birmingham Talks, an early-childhood program now part of Small Magic, is featured in the new book Do What Works and Mayor Randall L.

Woodfin wrote a chapter about its expansion; the initiative (launched in 2019) serves about 1,600 kids a year and reports higher reading and classroom engagement.

Yum Yai Street Thai announced it will take over Magnolia Point's restaurant space at 2234 Magnolia Ave after Magnolia Point closes on Nov.

2. Yum Yai says the Southside location will open in early 2027.

UAB and UAB St. Vincent’s offer maternal mental health services now: the Perinatal Consultation Clinic provides psychiatric care through 12 months postpartum (referrals from UAB OBGYN or primary care), St. Vincent’s hosts a free Postpartum Support Group Tuesdays 11 a.m.-noon, and perinatal palliative care is available via OBGYN referral.

Find 20 Halloween weekend events happening Oct.

29–Nov. 1 across Birmingham, from family-friendly Dino Safari at the Birmingham Zoo to the Magic City Classic at Legion Field, with many free and ticketed options listed with times, locations, and prices.