01/16/10 Bailey Tabernacle CME Church: 1117 23rd Ave., celebrates its 139th anniversary at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. Speaker will be Bishop Marshall Gilmore. Call 205-758-7405. Benville Baptist Church: Cottondale, will have Dr. Barbara Spencer speaking at 5 p.m. Jan. 23. Call 205-553-8912.
01/14/10 By Patrick Rupinski Staff Writer The arctic cold spell has loosened its grip on West Alabama, but it left its mark throughout the area, bursting water pipes and water heaters. Area plumbing companies say their business more than doubled during the past week after freezing temperatures hit.
01/14/10 By Dana Beyerle Montgomery Bureau Chief MONTGOMERY | State Rep. Gerald Allen has filed a local constitutional amendment that asks voters to prohibit an occupational tax in Tuscaloosa County.
01/11/10 Compiled by Betty Slowe A circuit grand jury report cited the need and desire of Tuscaloosa County for a new courthouse and jail. A wave of burglaries swept West Alabama schools, including Brookwood High School, Kennedy High School and Vance School for the second time.
01/11/10 Benville Baptist Church: Cottondale, will have Dr. Beverly Spencer speaking at 5 p.m. Jan. 23. Call 205-553-8912.
01/11/10 Horseshoes: 1 p.m. Sunday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6022 and Ladies Auxiliary, 7001 University Blvd. E., Cottondale. Call 205-553-8040 after 3 p.m. United Mine Workers Local 1876: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 15942 Paradise Lane, Brookwood. Call 205-339-9384.
 01/05/10 COTTONDALE, Ala. -- Investigators with the Alabama State Fire Marshal's office are looking into the cause of a Monday fire that destroyed the Clements Road Baptist Church, which was unoccupied at the time of the blaze.
12/26/09 Church Programs Benville Missionary Baptist Church: 3211 McGee Road, Cottondale, watch night service at 9:30 p.m. Thursday. There will be praying, testimonies and preaching. Call 205-345-4521.
12/19/09 Benville Missionary Baptist Church: 3211 McGee Road, Cottondale, Christmas program, 'The Journey to Bethlehem' at 5:30 p.m. Sunday with musical recital and skits by the youth department. Watch night service at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Call 205-345-4521 or 205-394-8592.
12/06/09 Marriage License Applications James Bradley Barnes, 32, Tuscaloosa, and Audra Casey Redmill, 29, Tuscaloosa, Nov. 30. Matthew Brent Crawford, 23, Sulligent, and Halley Nicole Jackson, 23, Cottondale, Nov. 25. Paul Hewlett Fendley, 51, Tuscaloosa, and Serina Ann Sullivan, 40, Tuscaloosa, Nov. 24.
 12/01/09 A two-month old child has been critically injured in a local accident according to Florida Highway Patrol. FHP reports that on Nov. 30 at 11:55 am Charlotte Allen, 47 of Cottondale was driving west on Family Court Road, a dirt road west of Sapp Road...
11/22/09 ARTS Voice recital with Alysia Nailor, mezzo-soprano, and Lee Johnson, baritone: 3 p.m. in the Alabama Power Recital Hall at Shelton State Community College. The program will include arts songs, arias and musical theater selections. Susan Goode will accompany the singers. Free. Call 205-391-2344. COMMUNITY
11/21/09 Benville Baptist Church: 3211 McGee Road, Cottondale, will have Lt. Gen. W.J. Williams, U.S. Marine Corps of Washington, D.C., speaking at 5 tonight. Call 205-553-8912. Berry Chapel AME Zion Church: Berry, the male choir of Benville Baptist Church in Cottondale will sing at 3 p.m. Sunday. Call 205-689-4168.
11/19/09 By Patrick Rupinski Staff Writer Faurecia North America, a major automotive supplier, plans to build a $15 million plant in Tuscaloosa County, with construction to start in January.
 11/19/09 Automotive supplier Faurecia North America says it will build a $15 million plant in Tuscaloosa County to make parts for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance.
 11/19/09 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Automotive supplier Faurecia North America says it will build a $15 million plant in Tuscaloosa County to make parts for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance. Construction...
11/18/09 By Andrew Carroll Sports Writer Before they head to Mobile and their next college home, Shelton State teammates Josh Wirnsberger and Michael Carden want to return to Colorado, home of the JUCO World Series.
11/17/09 TUESDAY ARTS The Princess Bride- The Play: 7 p.m. in the Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave., presented by Tuscaloosa Academy. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students, $5 for faculty/staff and $12 for patron seats.
 11/17/09 Houston County officials say the manager and a dancer of a newly opened club were arrested after the sheriff's office received complaints about nudity.
11/11/09 The Tuscaloosa City Council took the following action during its meeting Tuesday: Fixed the cost of demolishing the structure at 2630½ 21st St. and authorized filing a lien. Approved ABC application of PetroAmerica to hold a lounge retail liquor license (class II, package store) at Cottondale Texaco, 13495 Alabama Highway 11 N. | 
