An Alabama community facing pushback from residents over a proposed data center has just made the path easier for other future data center projects. The Bessemer City Council voted Tuesday night in ...

BESSEMER, Ala. --The school year was over, but classes were in session on a recent June morning at Jonesboro Elementary School in Bessemer. In one room, a small class of third graders practiced ...

BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - Leaders and residents in Jefferson County are weighing in on a proposal that could reshape hundreds of acres in Bessemer, including plans for a massive data center described as ...

BESSEMER, Ala.—The reverend knew what was coming. As Tuesday’s City Council meeting began, The Rev. Thomas Thrash delivered a prayer that set the stage for the dynamic that would play out in the ...

BESSEMER, Ala.—They all came here for peace, and so far, the land has given it to them. For Marshall Killingsworth, the peace comes from the owls whose hoots echo across the valley as he sits in his ...

Bessemer City Schools is hosting its annual Pete Wilkins Special Olympic event celebrating students with disabilities through competition and inclusion. The event takes place on Friday, April 17, from ...

BESSEMER, Ala. (WBRC) - It might be the largest private investment in state history, but when Bessemer’s city council voted to approve rezoning 700 acres of land from agriculture to light industrial ...

BESSEMER, Ala.—Do not move forward without more information. That’s the advice representatives of the Center for Biological Diversity have provided to Bessemer City Council members ahead of a Tuesday ...

Bessemer, Alabama, has landed in the national spotlight, but not for reasons residents might hope. A new report by personal finance site WalletHub ranked the city as the worst small town to live in ...

BESSEMER, Ala. — When a representative for a hotly contested development began to speak inside City Hall here Tuesday evening, the lights went out. A packed room of zoning commissioners and upset ...

Texans coach DeMeco Ryans honored by City of Bessemer with dedication of sign on street he grew up on: Fairfax Ave. (City of Bessemer , Copyright 2025 by KPRC ...