Greg Garrison writes news and feature stories for AL.com, covering religion, Birmingham City Hall, Southern culture, civil rights history, state politics, sports and entertainment. He joined The Birmingham News as a staff writer in 1986 and his stories have been published at AL.com since it was founded in 1997. A 1985 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, his awards include a Hearst College Journalism Award, APA Best News Feature, APME Deadline Reporting and APME Sport...| www.al.com
City officials promise to address past mistakes where contractors paved over gutters, causing neighborhood flooding issues| al
Decision aims to prevent traffic from new Tidal Wave Auto Spa from impacting residential area on 20th Avenue South despite company's legal right to build.| al
After losing more than half their congregations in Alabama, United Methodist leaders are rethinking how they measure success beyond just counting heads in pews.| al
Dr. John Scott Redd Jr. will deliver his first sermon on August 3 after receiving unanimous approval from Evangel Presbytery.| al