Birmingham Runoff Results + New Mental Health Facility

Morning, Birmingham! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today. Let's begin by getting you caught up on the Birmingham municipal runoff elections last night. Two incumbent Birmingham City Council members lost their bids for re-election, while one school board member lost his bid for re-election. Also in the news yesterday was the announcement of a new mental health facility in Jefferson County, opening in 2022. Read on, neighbors!

First, today's weather:

Showers and a heavier t-storm. High: 77 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. Here are the unofficial results of the municipal run-off elections in Birmingham Tuesday, with projected wins by J. T. Moore and Latonya Tate for council seats, and Jason Meadows and Sherman Collins, Jr. for school board seats. (Birmingham Patch)
2. As I was saying earlier, Jefferson County will be home to a new mental health facility that will be funded by the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Mental Health. The center is expected to open in May of 2022. (Birmingham Patch)
3. Alabama hot dog legend Sammy Graphos, longtime owner of Homewood’s Sam’s Super Samwiches died Tuesday at the age of 79. (AL.com)
4. A really sad story to report: Two women died and a child was injured in a crash Tuesday morning in Fultondale. (WBRC)
5. The Birmingham Parking Authority has hired new CEO, six months after its last CEO hire decided not to take the job. (AL.com)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Thinking of graduate school? Check out the Graduate Program Recruitment Fair at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. (10 a.m.)
• Crafts aren't just for kids. Jon the Avondale Regional Branch Library for Grab & Go for Grown-Ups. (2 p.m.)
• Weather permitting, cheer on UAB Men's Soccer as they take on Florida Gulf Coast. (5 p.m.)
• Get your 90s nostalgia on at the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre with a live performance by Stone Temple Pilots and Bush. (7 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Check out the lineup for the 2021 Holiday Film Series at the Alabama Theatre. (WBRC)
• Here are four wicked Witches Rides to join this October near Birmingham. (Bham Now)
• Chef Frank Stitt explains why this Beaujolais Salad, recently added to the Chez Fonfon menu, is the perfect dish and the inspiration behind it. (Instagram)
• Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Department wants to thank our North Side fire crews for extinguishing this apartment fire on yesterday. (Facebook)
• The City of Birmingham wants you to know how its Public Works crews served you last week. (Instagram)
• The Alabama Symphony Orchestra returns to live concerts for Its centennial season. (Over the Mountain Journal)

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— Michael Seale

About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.

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