On CNN Wednesday night, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford tried to explain how the now-viral video of police brutality in Birmingham escaped the attention of the city's top brass for more than a year.

In April 2007, I was at the Jefferson County courthouse, preparing to leave after covering a county commission committee meeting. Just as I was about to step into the elevator, I heard a voice from ar

For the first time since federal investigators exposed a massive accounting fraud at HealthSouth six years ago, the former CEO Richard M. Scrushy testified in court today, telling his version of what

Jefferson County Commission President Bettye Fine Collins has asked county department heads to prepare cuts of 33 percent for the remaining three months in the 2009 fiscal year. These cuts are in addi

Six years ago, $40,000 for boob jobs could be chalked off as a business expense. It could and it was — just one more of the bizarre expenses HealthSouth incurred during the leadership of former CEO

The Jefferson County Commission voted again Tuesday to withdraw from the Storm Water Management Authority, a regional agency that monitors storm water runoff and keeps communities compliant with the C

In the second day of Richard Scrushy’s civil trial, the court heard from HealthSouth CEO Jay Grinney, who has led the company since 2004. On the stand, Grinney testified about the conditions of the c

What if they threw a Scrushy trial and nobody came? On Monday morning, the lawyers in Jefferson County, Ala., Circuit Court outnumbered the media, family and spectators combined. Nothing unusual ab

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and his wife took a homestead exemption on their Fairfield home in 2008, despite the mayor’s claims that he lives in the City of Birmingham. [caption id="attachment_

State authorities last week seized more than $300 million worth of assets from four banks, chief among them JPMorgan Chase, Jefferson County’s primary creditor. Prosecutors have accused bank employees