 03/06/10 By Ashley Boyd Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | Champions of Tuscaloosa is the new theme for Easter Seals West Alabama's annual spring benefit.
 03/06/10 By Jamon Smith Staff Writer HOLT | This morning, students from Holt High School and the University of Alabama will clean up and renovate Rochelle Park.
 03/06/10 TUSCALOOSA -- Former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison for taking clothes, Rolex watches, loan payments and cash worth more than $240,000 as bribes in return for lucrative bond work.
 03/06/10 When Auburn head coach Jeff Lebo looks at the Alabama basketball team, he sees several similarities between the Tide and his Tigers.
 03/06/10 TUSCALOOSA - Mikhail Torrance admits it "went by too fast," but he doesn't want anyone thinking he's waxing nostalgic over his final regular-season home game at Alabama.
 03/06/10 By Stephanie Taylor Staff Writer Michelle Hallman felt something wasn't right when an elderly man pulled up next to her at a stoplight in Northport last Friday and asked her for directions to Georgia. Instead of returning to work from her errand at Walmart, Hallman decided to follow the man after noticing the Georgia tag on his truck.
 02/26/10 By Jason Morton Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | Forkland Mayor Eddie J. Woods has been arrested on a 47-count indictment alleging theft and forgery. Woods, 38, was arrested Wednesday at the Greene County Jail, where he had been incarcerated since Jan. 21, when Greene County Circuit Judge Eddie Hardaway ordered him jailed for allegedly failing to comply with a court order.
 02/26/10 TUSCALOOSA -- Mississippi State ruined Alabama's senior night Thursday as the Bulldogs topped the Crimson Tide 71-47 at Coleman Coliseum.
 02/26/10 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Forkland Mayor Eddie J. Woods has been arrested on a 47-count indictment alleging theft and forgery and accusing him of embezzling $19,950 from the Alabama Conference of Black Mayors.
 02/26/10 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Crimson Ride bus drivers at the University of Alabama have rejected the offer of a slight raise from the firm that manages the campus bus system and a union representative for the drivers says no decision has been made on whether to strike.
 02/26/10 Charges involve money taken from Alabama Conference of Black Mayors
 02/20/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer When he takes the field today and digs his worn spikes into the familiar red dirt surrounding third base, Jake Smith will do so a blessed man.
 02/20/10 By Wayne Grayson Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | Arms and legs wrapped in bandages made from torn T-shirts and bed sheets, they rode. More than 20 bandaged bike riders pedaled their way on University Boulevard on Friday afternoon to the steps of City Hall in an effort to raise awareness about accidents involving cars and bicycles in the area.
 02/20/10 By Lydia Seabol Avant Staff Writer In 2006, some residents in the city of Moundville and the City Council protested a group home for the mentally ill that had been planned at a vacant assisted- living facility. At the time, then-Mayor Jack Morrison said no one wanted people with mental illnesses in Moundville.
 02/20/10 TUSCALOOSA - In the grind of SEC play, Alabama's players embraced the fact the Crimson Tide had a bye this week. "We needed it a lot," forward JaMychal Green said. "Our bodies were tired."
 02/20/10 TUSCALOOSA - Like the rest of Alabama's pitching staff, sophomore ace Adam Morgan has been showing up at Wednesdays at 6 a.m. as the initial participants in what has been dubbed "The ninth-inning program."
 02/13/10 Benville Missionary Baptist Church: 3211 McGee Road, Cottondale, celebrating the 23rd anniversary of its pastor, the Rev. Simon Hunter at 3 p.m. Sunday. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Jessie W. White Jr., pastor of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church. He will be accompanied by his choir and congregation. Call 205-553-1777.
 02/12/10 WASHINGTON -- Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker has become the key Republican negotiator in a new effort to reform the country's financial system to improve oversight, protect consumers and avoid massive taxpayer bailouts of failing firms.
 02/10/10 TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) - In west Alabama, the Red Cross that serves the area says helping fire victims has seriously drained their funding. Red Cross staffers say they have come to the aid of the victims of nearly 50 house and apartment fires in recent months.
 08/12/09 New Alabama coach Anthony Grant touched on an area of need when he brought in point guard Ben Eblen as his first recruit. |