🌱 Division Ave Shooting + Secret Stages Not Returning To Bham

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First, today's weather:

Warmer with clouds and sun. High: 74 Low: 55.

Here are the top three stories today in Birmingham:

1. One person was shot in a reported altercation at an apartment complex in Birmingham on Wednesday. Police responded around noon to a call of a person shot at 6648 Division Ave. at East Park Place Apartments and found a person suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was hospitalized and succumbed to their injuries. A person of interest has been detained amid the investigation. (WBRC)
2. Secret Stages Music Discovery Festival has announced it will not return to Birmingham in 2022. The two-day festival began in 2011 and has previously featured over 50 bands and musicians a year, performing on stages across Birmingham during the first weekend of August. According to organizer Jon Poor, the pandemic took its toll on Secret Stages, which was run by volunteers and was "a passion project with little to no financial reward." (AL.com)
3. Birmingham Fire Rescue crews cleaned up a fuel leak from an underground pipe on Wednesday. Hazmat crews were on the scene at 2515 28th St. SW in southwest Birmingham and were able to contain the leak, according to BFRS. No injuries were reported and there is no danger to the public. (WBRC)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Let's Get Crafty!, At Southside Branch Library (9:00 AM)
• Tinker Tales, At Homewood Public Library (9:30 AM)

From my notebook:

• Morning commutes can be tough, particularly for these Birmingham area cities which have Alabama’s worst commutes. (AL.com)
• The Birmingham Police Department is accepting donations for its women's personal hygiene drive, now through Mar. 29. (WBRC)
• Mt. Laurel Elementary held its first annual book festival this week, where students in third, fourth, and fifth grades chose a fictional chapter book of their choice and presented facts about their book on a decorated storyboard in the school lunchroom. (280 Living)

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— 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.