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05/22/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer Rep. Ken Guin is unopposed in his re-election bid in the Democratic primary for state House District 14, but the two candidates for the Republican nomination are already campaigning against him.
05/12/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer Although his law partner entered politics and eventually reached the judicial bench, John Bivens remained an attorney. Until recently, he was one of the region's most prominent defense attorneys.
05/10/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer On Monday, Archibald and Woodrow's Bar-B-Que opened a Greensboro Avenue location nearly three months after the Northport City Council voted to revoke the restaurant's business license.
05/09/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer When President Robert Witt recently announced that there would be a new enrollment goal for the University of Alabama, he said the school would grow with focus, something the campus has done under his watch.
05/04/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer R.L. Guffin, the longest serving professor at Stillman College, is retiring this week. However, when pressed to do just that for his 44 years at Stillman, Guffin said it was the students that kept him going.
04/12/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer Through 175 years, the University of West Alabama evolved from a run-of-the-mill girls school in antebellum Alabama to a critical player in the education of Alabama's young people.
04/12/10 By Adam Jones Staff writer By 1967, the name of the school was changed to Livingston State University, and a year later to Livingston University, or LU.
04/12/10 By Adam Jones Staff writer In 1915, the last remnants of Julia Tutwiler's educational philosophy were swept away as uniforms were abolished and frills such as music and foreign language classes ended. An outside study of the state normal schools implored state leaders to train teachers to teach, nothing more.
02/23/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer The sentencing of Roy Johnson, former two-year college chancellor and Tuscaloosa legislator, was delayed for the fifth time Friday.
02/15/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer A University of Alabama researcher developed a starter fuel for cars that could reduce harmful exhaust.
02/08/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer The University of Alabama will offer a doctorate degree at the University of North Alabama, joining a handful of UA programs offered on other campuses.
02/01/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama added another part to the well-oiled machine of academic recruiting.
01/29/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | University of Alabama officials and some student leaders say no rules were broken at a Student Government Association-sponsored charity event that provoked an outcry on campus.
01/24/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer Like a New Year's resolution, it didn't take long to break my commitment.
01/19/10 By Adam Jones Staff Writer The Shelton State squad won the University Cheerleaders Association National College Cheerleading Championship in the junior college division in Orlando, Fla. over the weekend. It was their third straight national title.
12/31/09 By Adam Jones Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | The Wednesday announcement that Bryce Hospital would remain in Tuscaloosa is what local elected leaders wanted, but a lawsuit the city filed to keep Bryce here won't be withdrawn right away.
12/31/09 By Adam Jones Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | Under a deal announced Wednesday, the University of Alabama will grow by roughly a third after taking over most of the Bryce Hospital campus.
12/21/09 By Adam Jones Staff Writer New apartments and dorms built this decade have severely weakened the rental market, and more construction means a grim outlook for property owners, according to a market survey.
12/20/09 By Adam Jones Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | New apartments and dorms built this decade have severely weakened the rental market, and more construction means a grim outlook for property owners, according to a market survey. Overall, one of every 10 rental units is vacant, and the situation has some owners asking the city for stricter measures on future developments.
12/09/09 By Adam Jones Staff Writer University of Alabama administrators scrapped the first three days of classes for the upcoming spring semester after the football team secured a spot in the national title game.
12/02/09 By Adam Jones Staff Writer The University of West Alabama is considering adding academic programs in the face of declining state money, but university leaders say any additions would bring in more students - and their tuitions. | 
