🌱 Dog Adoptions Resumed + U.S. Civil Rights Trail Market + Body IDed

Morning, everybody! It's me, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Birmingham Daily — back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening in town. Let's do it.

First, today's weather:

Showers, heavy thunderstorms. High: 80 Low: 70.

Here are the top three stories in Birmingham today:

1. After several weeks of being shut down, the Greater Birmingham Humane Society has resumed dog adoptions. Due to an outbreak of canine flu this summer, the shelter had to shut down dog adoptions at the end of July for several weeks; however, adoptions resumed yesterday with a line of people waiting to adopt when the shelter opened at noon. Currently, the shelter is offering $15 adoption fees for canine and feline adoptions. (AL.com)
2. The first-ever U.S. Civil Rights Trail Market has opened at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Birmingham city leaders, state leaders, and others helped open the first-of-its-kind store, which features the Official U.S. Civil Rights Trail Book by author Lee Sentell, a mural highlighting the national and local civil rights movements, and branded Civil Rights Trail merchandise. The store is now open in Terminal C. (WBRC)
3. On Wednesday, the Birmingham Police Department announced that a body found in a burned home two weeks ago has been identified as a man who went missing earlier this month. The victim, identified as 42-year-old Nathan Gemeinhart, went missing on Aug. 8 while checking on rental properties in west Birmingham. Youit De Witt Jones, 35, of Birmingham, is charged with capital murder and arson in connection with Gemeinhart's death and the fire at the house where Gemeinhart's body was found. (WVTM13 Birmingham)

Today in Birmingham:

• National Hiring Day in Birmingham At 2380 Center Point Pkwy (3:00 PM)
• Anime-nia, At Birmingham Public Library (3:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Birmingham Zoo is in the final stretch of its Adopt an Animal goal of $2,500 and needs your help! Become the proud parent of an animal at the Birmingham Zoo and help provide food, welfare, and vital care for the Zoo’s animal family by symbolically adopting. (The Birmingham Zoo via Facebook)
• Birmingham City Schools's Literacy Townhall is set for Aug. 30 at Boutwell Auditorium for K-3 students and parents. Local literacy groups, current and retired educators, faith communities, and residents are invited. (Birmingham City Schools via Facebook)
• Birmingham Children's Theatre's Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star opens this weekend! (Birmingham Children's Theatre via Facebook)

That's it for today! I'll see you soon.

— 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.