Mayor Randall Woodfin reserved the majority of his State of the City message to detail recommendation from the city’s crime commission to curtail record-breaking homicide numbers and tell what the city is already doing.

Birmingham Mayor is already heating up as incumbent Randall Woodfin launches an offense against his earliest critic and challenger. Activity is ramping up, even though Woodfin has not formally announced his run for a third term - at least not in the traditional sense.