🌱 Birmingham's 121st Homicide + USPS Prepared For Holiday Season

Hello all. It's me, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Birmingham Daily — here to tell you everything that's fit to print about what's happening in our community.

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Here are the top three stories in Birmingham today:

1. A Birmingham man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for gun and drug charges. The sentence was passed down by U.S. District Judge Madeline Haikala to Kendrell Maurice Bell, 28 years old. He had pleaded guilty to the charges in July, according to the Northern District of Alabama. (AL.com)
2. The teen that was shot on Monday night on Sunrise Lane has died. Ty'nez Lloyd Durden, 17 years old, was a student at Woodlawn High School. He was transported to Children's of Alabama for treatment. He died on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. This is the 121st Birmingham homicide in 2022 so far. (AL.com)
3. The Birmingham USPS office is prepared for the holiday season, according to the Birmingham Postmaster. The United States Postal Service expects 60 million packages a day during the busy holiday season. To prepare for the massive package influx, USPS has added additional package processing machines. (WBRC)

Today in Birmingham:

• Japanese Garden Tour At Birmingham Botanical Gardens (11:00 AM)
• I, Too, Am Alabama At Abroms-Engel Institute For The Visual Arts (12:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Are you in the market for a new home? Click for a list of 45 new Birmingham area homes that have recently hit the market. (Bham Now)
• The U.S. National Weather Service reports that it is changing its frost and freeze warning policy. The agency will no longer reissue the warnings once the majority of the country reaches 30 degrees. (US National Weather Service Birmingham Alabama via Facebook)
• The City of Birmingham is still delivering new trash carts. The carts will be distributed in phases of 20,000 at a time. The City asks residents for patience during this process. (City of Birmingham Government via Instagram)

Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all Monday for another update!

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.