Josh Gauntt

1 week ago | wbrc.com | Josh Gauntt

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - With just a few taps, you can find hundreds of Black-owned businesses in Birmingham in the Black Business Traffic app. Jamaine Stanton is the entrepreneur behind it. He’s born and raised in the Magic City. “I wanted to find our top rated Black-owned businesses and put them in one location and then a person can go there and use that as a tool to support businesses,” Stanton said.

2 weeks ago | waff.com | Josh Gauntt

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Small business owners in Birmingham are sounding the alarm over a new law with strict regulations on Alabama’s hemp industry. Some business owners feel regulating it, especially with kids, is a good thing. But they believe the new law will do more harm than good. For the past three years, there’s been a steady stream of business at Alibomb House of Hemp in East Lake. However, now that House Bill 445 is law, owner Denise Ali may have to reshape her business.

2 weeks ago | wbrc.com | Josh Gauntt

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Small business owners in Birmingham are sounding the alarm over a new law with strict regulations on Alabama’s hemp industry. Some business owners feel regulating it, especially with kids, is a good thing. But they believe the new law will do more harm than good. For the past three years, there’s been a steady stream of business at Alibomb House of Hemp in East Lake. However, now that House Bill 445 is law, owner Denise Ali may have to reshape her business.

2 weeks ago | wbrc.com | Bryan Henry |Josh Gauntt

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - The Tuscaloosa City Council decided to carry over a vote on a new Sports Illustrated hotel at their meeting Tuesday night, June 10. City council delays final vote on 'SI' resortThis follows weeks of public hearings and debatesabout the resort. Tuscaloosa homeowner Sally Reel lives about a mile away from the proposed site of the Sports Illustrated Hotel. “This is not a resort community,” said Reel.

2 weeks ago | wbrc.com | Josh Gauntt

WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A national school resource officer organization is reacting to Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith and his chief deputy being indicted and arrested. The indictment alleges in part that Smith knowingly employed four school resource officers who are not certified with the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission or APOSTC.