Scott Minshall

3 weeks ago | whnt.com | Scott Minshall

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Eminent domain is the power of the government to take private property for public use, even if the owner does not want to sell. Jimmy Smith, a 92-year-old Birmingham resident, said he knows more about eminent domain than he ever wanted to. Smith has called the Collegeville neighborhood home for over nine decades. Smith was raised in a house that used to belong to him and his mother. But in 2005, Smith got a knock on the door from a Birmingham city official.

3 weeks ago | whnt.com | Scott Minshall |Drew Taylor

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A member of the Brighton City Council was arrested Monday and charged with tampering with evidence, specifically relating to a video showing two people who were shot dead in the town last winter that he allegedly released to the media while police were investigating the case. Jerome Edward McMullin Jr. was arrested after 10 a.m. Monday, where he was charged with tampering with evidence, a Class A misdemeanor, and obstruction of government operations.

2 months ago | whnt.com | Scott Minshall

PIEDMONT, Ala. (WIAT) — Palm Sunday marks the beginning of week of reflection for Christians around the world. In the town of Piedmont, the holiday also serves as a reminder of a deadly tornado. 31 years ago, an EF-4 tornado hit the Goshen United Methodist Church. Twenty people, including 6 children, were killed. Three decades later the community says they are still healing. Keith Word was at the Goshen United Methodist Church on Palm Sunday in 1994 with his wife and children.

2 months ago | cbs42.com | Scott Minshall

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — This week is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. To commemorate the week, the Alabama chapter of Voices of Black Mothers United held a Youth Summit in Birmingham. The organization’s goal is to find solutions to gun violence. Sunday, a room full of families who have lost loved ones to gun violence came together to advocate for change and find ways to end shootings in their communities. Marqurita Treadwell lost her son in 2023.

2 months ago | cbs42.com | Scott Minshall

MIDFIELD, Ala. (WIAT) — For three years, an industrial plant in Midfield has been closed. Those who live near the plant said when work stopped, waste and equipment were left behind. One woman reached out to CBS 42 News saying she was worried about the effect the materials were having on her health. The plant was closed in 2022 after what records describe as a catastrophic fire. At that time, McCabe Industrial Minerals, who was leasing the plant from Dunn Construction, operated the plant.