Lieutenant Gov. Kay Ivey will speak about “new beginnings” and the positive changes occurring in her office at the Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce’s 89th Annual Banquet Thursday.

The Citizen of the Year award will also be presented at the meeting at the Bessemer Civic Center at 6:30 p.m.

Ticket are $40 each, or $300 for a table of eight.

Oreo cookie lovers worldwide united Tuesday to put the chocolate cookie with the creamy inside on the books as the first brand to hold a Facebook Guinness World Records title.

The company's Facebook page asked fans to "like" a single post in order to earn the title of "World's 'Most-Liked' Cookie." Beginning at 10 a.m. CT, the fan page has 24 hours to generate more than 45,000 "likes" on a specific post. By 1 p.m. CT, the page had more than 50,915 "likes," so the "World's Favorite Cookie" should be well on its way to making history and setting a new record!

An area that was once an eyesore will be lit up Monday night after a multi-million dollar renovation project.

Mayor William Bell, along with members of the Birmingham City Council will celebrate the re-opening of a shopping center located at 404 Hollywood Blvd. with the lighting of The Hollywood—a new iconic Hollywood sign that is a vintage throwback to an earlier area.

The property, which links the city of Birmingham to Homewood and Mountain Brook, remained vacant for many years before real estate group Shannon Waltchack acquired the section of buildings. The renovated area will feature a bank, two restaurants and other retail establishments, according to Derek Waltchack, principal of the real estate group.

“We think this is an outstanding location for retail, within the Birmingham city limits and adjacent to Homewood and Mountain Brook,” Waltchack said in a release.