Louie E. Smoke was a Vietnam veteran. Hired by Sheriff Mel Bailey, Smoke served under three sheriffs before retiring in 2002.

Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a robbery report on October 4, 2025, at a food truck on the ...

Construction of the new Pumphouse Road bridge over Highway 280 will require a temporary closure of the road one weekend in ...

Longtime deputy and narcotics investigator Jude Washington is running for Jefferson County Sheriff, against the man who once fired him. Washington led narcotics operations at the county for a decade ...

The 63-year-old heating and air company owner envisioned using his property along Pocahontas Road near Bessemer to install ...

A man injured in amass shooting in Jefferson County earlier this month has been arrested.According to jail records, ...

The Alabama Department of Transportation said all lanes of U.S. 280 at Pumphouse Road will close for several hours starting ...

Plans for a massive data center in Bessemer are facing challenges due to a conflict with the Alabama Department of ...

Shamonte D. Lanfair, 34, of Birmingham is charged with two counts of first-degree assault. She has been placed on ...

An off-duty Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when she crashed a ...

For the first time, the mother of two people hit by an off-duty Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was allegedly ...

Two Birmingham-area women are under arrest by state prison officials on drug charges. A search warrant at a Hoover home on ...