Double Homicide In Birmingham + Missing Woman Found Safe

Happy Monday — wait, I mean TUESDAY — Birmingham! Hope everyone had a nice Labor Day weekend and we are all looking ahead to a great week. Here's your Birmingham Daily, with the stiff you need to know for the day.

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First, today's weather:

Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 86 Low: 70.

Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. REV Birmingham is planning to put on a retail pop-up market in Woodlawn. The pop-up, called Woodlawn Marketplace, will host 12 vendors from Woodlawn Street Market from Sept. 9 to Oct. 3. (Birmingham Business Journal)
2. Two men were killed and two more hospitalized in a shooting in east Birmingham Saturday afternoon. Three men are in custody and one suspect remains at large. (Birmingham Patch)
3. A woman who was reported missing in Birmingham over the weekend has been located. Onelia Soraida Alavez Gonzalez was reported missing Saturday and was found safe Monday. (WVTM13)
4. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the 2019 conviction of former Birmingham Water Works Board member Sherry Lewis on felony ethics charges. (AL.com)

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Today in Birmingham:

• There's a ribbon-cutting event at MoveWell Mobile Therapy & Performance in Mountain Brook Village this morning. (11:00 a.m.)
• UAB will join with the Alabama Hospital Association in observing a statewide moment of silence to remember the more than 12,000 Alabamians lost to COVID-19. (Noon)
• Come party with Ensley High School alumni at Platinum of Birmingham. Enjoy a free dinner buffet, drink specials, and great people! (5 p.m.)
• Do you dig some Bluegrass music? Better yet, do you PLAY Bluegrass music? If so, the Shelby County Arts Council's Blugrass Jam hosted by Allen Tolbert is for you. (6 p.m.)
• The Birmingham Barons host their final homestand of the season this week against the Rocket City Trash Pandas. Tuesday night is $1 hot dog night! (7:05 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Check out this gorgeous sunset at Lake Martin, posted by James Spann and taken by Heather Davis. (Instagram)
• COVID-19 vaccinations will be available at Wenonah High School on Friday, September 10 from 2 - 4:30 p.m. (Twitter)
• Birmingham City Councilor Darrell O’Quinn (@bhmdoq ) gives us a look at the pedestrian tunnel that goes under the railroad tracks in District 5 and some work that needs to be done to make it functional and safe. (Facebook)
• Recovery efforts are underway across the country following the devastation left in Hurricane Ida’s wake in the Northeast and parts of the Gulf Coast. (Twitter)

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— Michael Seale

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