🌱 Spring Shows + Alabama Auto Show + Law Enforcement On Flight

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First, today's weather:

Partial sunshine. High: 65 Low: 44.

Here are the top three stories in Birmingham today:

1. Get ready for a spring full of shows in Birmingham! This season, a lot of great artists will be traveling through The Magic City, such as Bob Dylan on Apr. 5, Modest Mouse on Apr. 24, and The Hu on May 25. Check out the full list to see 145 shows coming to Alabama this spring. (AL.com)
2. The Alabama Auto Show is returning to Birmingham this year. Beginning Mar. 31, the show will be held at the BJCC East Exhibition and will run through Apr. 3. The event will feature 2022 and 2023 model year domestic and import cars, light trucks, SUVs, hybrid vehicles of all sizes, and vans. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. Two law enforcement members were among those kicked off a Birmingham flight last month for allegedly causing a disturbance and not wearing masks. New information has come out about the event, which took place on Feb. 26 at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. According to Sgt. Rodarius Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department, BPD’s Airport Precinct Division had to de-escalate the situation and escort four passengers off a plane — two of which were law enforcement members — after they refused to follow mask-wearing guidelines and appeared to be intoxicated on a flight headed to Tampa, FL. (WRBL)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Celebrate Spring With Zines, At Birmingham Public Library (9:00 AM)
• Get Your Career Moving With Ferguson's Career Guidance Center, At Birmingham Public Library (11:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Birmingham police officers are demanding better pay. (WBRC)
• Watch Sheriff Mark Pettway and Greater Birmingham Humane Society CEO Allison Black Cornelius on Talk Of Alabama earlier this week talking about how individuals can report suspected animal abuse by calling the Animal Cruelty Prevention Hotline at 205-325-1450. (Facebook)
• Hop on over to Birmingham's biggest Easter Egg Hunt! Join the Birmingham Zoo at its Easter Egg-sperience on Sunday, Apr. 10, from 10:00-1:00 p.m. (Facebook)

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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.