In our Backseat Conversation with Mayor Randall Woodfin, we uncovered a neighborhood eyesore near the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in the Eastwood Community. Mayor Woodfin called the site unacceptable. Since the special aired, the Birmingham Airport Authority has taken steps to clean up the area. They've also shared their plans for the property with CBS 42.
Eight people including four children in the Fruithurst community in Cleburn County were diagnosed with cancer, and the community believed the cases were related. Now, researchers have found something.
The family of Birmingham's youngest shooting victim, two-year-old Ron’Narius Austin, who they affectionately called Duke, opened up to CBS42 News about the tragedy of losing an innocent child.
Among the eight cases, several cases are children, six have leukemia. These common threads, all in a small community, made Auburn University researchers take a look at the case.
