🌱 6 Killed In Weekend Homicides + Pop-Up Schools Career Fair

Happy Tuesday, Birmingham! Patch editor Gabby DeBenedictis here, filling in for Michael Seale. Tragically, Birmingham saw six homicides over the weekend — four on Saturday and two on Sunday. Read about them, and about more city happenings, below:

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and cooler. High: 52 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories in Birmingham today:

1. Six people were killed in a string of Birmingham homicides over the weekend, marking the city's 101st through 106th murder investigations this year. (Birmingham Patch)
2. A Birmingham man died after he was hit by a car along I-59 while checking on another driver involved in a car accident with him. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. Birmingham City Schools are hoping to fill critical vacancies by hosting two pop-up career fairs this week. (WBRC)
4. Comedian John Mulaney will make a stop at Birmingham's Legacy Arena on April 3 as part of his new stand-up comedy tour, "From Scratch." (WIAT - CBS42.com)
5. An 18-year-old missionary serving with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was shot while serving in Vestavia Hills. His condition is "serious, but stable and improving." (Vestavia Hills Patch)

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Today in the Birmingham area:

• Learn how the financial choices you make today might could affect your financial future at a "Maximize Your Personal Wealth" seminar at the Birmingham public library.
• Counselor Carrie May will guide participants through examining the hills and valleys of their year and strategies they have employed to navigate them during a "Self Care Studio" session at the University of Alabama — Birmingham.
• Catch the classic Christmas movie "Home Alone" at the Alabama Theatre this afternoon.

From my notebook:

• City of Birmingham Government: "City Hall received the ultimate holiday glow up tonight with the lighting of our menorah and Christmas tree. Thanks to everyone who made our downtown Holiday Extravaganza such a fun night. #HolidaysInTheHam" (Instagram)
• Birmingham City Schools: "Congratulations to 5th grade ELA teacher Ms. Alike Johnson on receiving the honorary title of Wylam Elementary’s Teacher of the Year! She also has made it to the semi-finals for BCS Teacher of the Year! #bcsstrong" (Facebook)
• Greater Birmingham Humane Society: "Shopping at Hollywood Feed in Cahaba Village? Don't forget to snag a GBHS ornament! 100% of the profits from ornament sales come right back to saving the thousands of homeless, abused, and neglected pets that GBHS serves every year!" (Facebook)
• Birmingham Police Department, Alabama: "On Friday, December 10th, 2021 at 1:00 p.m, the Birmingham Police Department will be presenting our 2021 Swearing-In Ceremony to welcome new appointees to our command staff: Assistant Chief La’Quaylin Parhm-Mack and Deputy Chief Michael ..." (Facebook)

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— Gabby DeBenedictis