http://www.yourstreet.com/news/abington-green-al The latest Abington Green, AL news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us Administrators and doctors at both hospitals said a shortage of psychiatric beds in the state is causing a backlog in their emergency rooms. MONTGOMERY -- The State Certificate... http://www.yourstreet.com/4683019/state-board-oks-psychiatric-beds-at-brookwood-st-vincent-s-east St. Vincent’s East and Brookwood Medical Center received state approval Wednesday to add psychiatric beds. http://www.yourstreet.com/4683579/st-vincent-s-brookwood-win-approval-to-add-psychiatric-beds Beth Holloway also helping family of Nadia Kersh, a woman who disappeared in Homewood this month. Natalee Holloway The mother of Natalee Holloway said today that she... http://www.yourstreet.com/4674140/mother-of-natalee-holloway-new-evidence-could-come-out-in-aruba-case Two-year college 'double dipping' rule axed by judge. Siegelman case emails heralded as red flag. U.S. Sen. Sessions irate over bailout; says Congress misled. Mountain Brook's... http://www.yourstreet.com/4652422/today-s-eye-openers-highlights-from-saturday-s-birmingham-news Store brand deman up in tight economy. Langford, lawyers to meet over lender suit. Davis, UAB can't agree on their top basketball recruit. College picks. Reba McEntire comes to... http://www.yourstreet.com/4644252/friday-eye-openers-highlights-from-today-s-birmingham-news The Vestavia Hills Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday night approved the Cahaba Heights Community Plan, which will guide the future development of the community. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/4640334/cahaba-heights-long-term-plan-ok-d Vines had been in private practice as an attorney. He previously served as assistant circuit clerk, assistant tax collector and deputy probate judge in Jefferson County. Eddie... http://www.yourstreet.com/4638617/vines-sworn-in-as-district-judge-in-bessemer Natalee Holloway's father said Wednesday he believes a video that shows the main suspect in his daughter's disappearance talk about trafficking in prostitutes -- but doesn't... http://www.yourstreet.com/4630553/natalee-holloway-disappearance-suspect-joran-van-der-sloot-reportedly Photo by Michelle Williams/The Birmingham News J.D. Barnette (3) congratulates Josh Magee (11) after Magee caught a touchdown pass during Hoover's first-round playoff game... http://www.yourstreet.com/4626718/magee-adds-extra-power-to-bucs-receiving-corps The victim may have been a homeless man who was staying at the house at 2315 10th Ave. S. An unidentified man was found dead Saturday morning in a vacant house that caught on... http://www.yourstreet.com/4606738/homeless-man-killed-in-birmingham-house-fire Auburn native may be Obama's press secretary. Jeffco commission reshuffle. ATF blows things up at its future training site. LSU awaits Saban. High school football playoff... http://www.yourstreet.com/4585720/friday-eye-openers-highlights-of-today-s-birmingham-news Homewood site records 1,500 votes by mid-morning Long lines and malfunctioning machines greeted voters today as polls across the country were deluged by people wanting to... http://www.yourstreet.com/4555614/big-turnout-across-nation-brings-some-problems-but-many-voters-endure Voter turnout at many metro Birmingham polling stations continued strong into the mid-morning hours today. At the Cahaba Heights Community and Senior Citizens Center, one line... http://www.yourstreet.com/4555086/turnout-remains-good-at-many-polls-in-metro-birmingham-as-morning-advances Voters were in line at some locations at 5 a.m. Throughout the metro area, lines formed early and voting flowed smoothly at most locations when polls opened at 7 a.m. Nikki... http://www.yourstreet.com/4554238/update-early-voting-heavy-in-birmingham-area Voters began queuing up an hour before polls were to open. Bob Sims/Birmngham News Lines formed quickly outside Homewood Public Library this morning where voters waited on the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4553598/early-voting-heavy-in-birmingham-area So far, a record three million people are registered to vote in Alabama and to make sure the majority show up one city's retailers are offering voters "incentives". FOX6 News... http://www.yourstreet.com/4550018/retailers-offering-incentives-for-voters Crestline Elementary School in Mountain Brook participates in National Mock Election. http://www.yourstreet.com/4524439/local-elementary-school-releases-today-s-mock-election-results Hoover lawyer succeeds Ralph Coleman Jr. Gov. Bob Riley today appointed Eddie Vines of Hoover as a Jefferson County district judge, succeeding the retired Ralph Coleman Jr.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4514902/gov-riley-appoints-eddie-vines-as-jefferson-county-district-judge The Spain Park Dazzlers have changed their halftime dance routine in the wake of a complaint by a Mountain Brook parent that it was inappropriate for high school girls,... http://www.yourstreet.com/4513075/spain-park-dazzlers-dance-team-changes-dance-routine-after-complaint Kile must surrender chief's job to serve on Leeds City Council Moody Police Chief Johnny Kile said today he will resign as chief on Friday but remain with the police department... http://www.yourstreet.com/4503186/moody-police-chief-to-resign-but-stay-on-force Birmingham residents go to the polls Tuesday to elect their neighborhood leaders for the next two years. Voters will choose a president, vice president and secretary in the city... http://www.yourstreet.com/4496375/birmingham-neighborhoods-to-elect-new-leaders-tuesday BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — It's a long trudge off the field at Samford University's Seibert Stadium, up two sets of stairs and around the corner to the visitors' locker room. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/4483574/samford-sends-citadel-to-4th-straight-defeat The Homewood High School homecoming parade scheduled for 2 p.m. today is canceled. System officials said the parade was canceled because of rain falling in metro Birmingham.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4475198/homewood-high-school-homecoming-parade-today-canceled-by-rain The Alabama Health Planning and Development Agency approved a request for more psychiatric beds at Brookwood Medical Center. http://www.yourstreet.com/4464911/brookwood-medical-center-approved-for-new-beds If there's a singular image of the American economy in action, it's perhaps the frenzied floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The opening bell rings, traders shout and stock... http://www.yourstreet.com/4464346/stock-market-perspective Carraway hospital's demise -- a package of stories on its bankruptcy, its history and what's next for its residents. Mountain Brook schools chief to retire. Auburn's Tuberville... http://www.yourstreet.com/4437254/tuesday-eye-openers-highlights-from-today-s-birmingham-news School board prepares to search for replacement Mountain Brook Schools Superintendent Charles Mason told school employees today he intends to retire in June after 16 years... http://www.yourstreet.com/4434806/mountain-brook-school-superintendent-charles-mason-announces-retirement Writer Joe Hilley says Republican vice presidential nominee has future in national politics A former Birmingham lawyer and Cumberland Law School graduate has written a new... http://www.yourstreet.com/4423311/former-birmingham-lawyer-pens-bio-on-sarah-palin Celebration highlights variety in Hispanic cultures, customs Thousands of people filled downtown Birmingham today for the sixth annual Fiesta, a celebration of Hispanic culture... http://www.yourstreet.com/4422819/sixth-annual-fiesta-draws-thousands-to-linn-park According to Nancy Jane Dekle, Student Government Association president, the school had set a goal of only 30,000 cans. Jake Daniels/Birmingham News A science lab at Vestavia... http://www.yourstreet.com/4417006/vestavia-hills-high-students-collect-37-000-plus-cans-of-food by ASHLEY DAVIS Sports Editor New Southern Conference member Samford University experienced a rite-of-passage Saturday afternoon in Birmingham, Ala. as Appalachian State... http://www.yourstreet.com/4381427/mountaineers-take-second-conference-win-35-24 BIRMINGHAM (AP) — A recruiting drive has boosted the ranks of reserve officers joining Alabama state troopers on patrols and in administrative work. The Department of Public... http://www.yourstreet.com/4374508/alabama-trooper-reservist-numbers-grow To see a visual representation of how your public elementary or middle school in Jefferson and Shelby counties compares with the rest of the state, click one of the links below... http://www.yourstreet.com/4372490/alabama-reading-and-math-test-compare-your-schools Jefferson County hopes for a bailout, Bessemer residents ask what's in a name, and Auburn licks its wounds HOT TOPICS Jefferson County Commission and Gov. Bob Riley are hoping... http://www.yourstreet.com/4368640/sunday-highlights-from-today-s-birmingham-news The Rev. Rachael Martin had her eye on commodities last week. Coffee. Sugar. You can't run her business without them. And demand, in the last few weeks, put a dent in supply... http://www.yourstreet.com/4367106/people-find-hope-in-people Richard Arrington pens a memoir, deputies find an urban pot farm and U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus says economy needs time to mend HOT TOPICS Deputies busted what is being called... http://www.yourstreet.com/4363683/saturday-highlights-from-today-s-birmingham-news CLASS 6A 1. Prattville (6-1) beat Stanhope Elmore 33-19 2. Tuscaloosa Co. (7-0) beat Hueytown 38-20 3. Mountain Brook (6-1) lost to No. 6 Hoover 28-21 4. Davidson (6-1) lost to... http://www.yourstreet.com/4361324/prep-football-top-10-fared Highlights from Hoover’s 28-21 win over Mountain Brook on Oct. 10. http://www.yourstreet.com/4361481/hoover-28-mtn-brook-21 25-year-old accused of kidnapping his daughter following standoff with police earlier this week.. Special to the News Jerone Murphy A 25-year-old Birmingham man is charged... http://www.yourstreet.com/4346873/birmingham-man-charged-in-kidnapping The story of Natalee Holloway's disappearance in Aruba is slated to become a television movie, Lifetime Movie Network announced Tuesday. The women's cable channel has started... http://www.yourstreet.com/4335030/lifetime-movie-network-working-on-the-natalee-holloway-story Timothy Mann, who resigned as the Shades Crest Baptist Church music minister earlier this year, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to committing child... http://www.yourstreet.com/4330930/former-local-minister-of-music-pleads-guilty-to-child-abuse-in-maryland A man had taken his 3-month-old daughter from Tuscaloosa to his Birmingham apartment after a dispute with the child's mother. The tactical squad was called and the man surrended... http://www.yourstreet.com/4321570/birmingham-police-standoff-ends-without-injury