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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Mayor’s order bans guns at all city facilities

March 2, 2010

By Robert DeWitt Senior Writer Mayor Walt Maddox has issued an executive order banning guns at city facilities, including City Hall. The mayor issued the order last week. It closely mirrors an ordinance that passed through the city’s Public Safety Committee but hasn’t cleared the full City Council

Noted writer with Tuscaloosa ties dies

March 2, 2010

By Mark Hughes Cobb Staff Writer Although he left Tuscaloosa almost 30 years ago, escaping an artistically fertile but personally tumultuous time, writer Barry Hannah still felt part of the Druid City.

House approves two Tuscaloosa bills

March 2, 2010

By Dana Beyerle Montgomery Bureau Chief The state House of Representatives passed two local bills Tuesday, one authorizing a vote in Tuscaloosa on Sunday alcoholic beverage sales and the other allowing Tuscaloosa to install automatic cameras to catch motorists who run red lights.

Board studies appraisal methods

March 2, 2010

By Jamon Smith Staff Writer The city board of education’s Tuesday work session focused on finding the most effective tool to evaluate the performance of the superintendent of the Tuscaloosa City School System.

Local students participate in national event

March 2, 2010

By Cory Pennington Staff Writer Tuscaloosa elementary school students on Tuesday joined the nationwide Read Across America Day celebration.

Church scrambles to save building set for demolition

March 2, 2010

By Lydia Seabol Avant Staff Writer About 40 people have been worshiping in a small, brick community building at Green Village trailer park for more than a year as part of the Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Jesus Christ.

Court appears ready to make gun ownership a national right

March 2, 2010

By David G. Savage Tribune Washington Bureau Supreme Court justices, hearing a Second Amendment challenge to Chicago’s ban on handguns, signaled Tuesday that they were ready to extend gun rights nationwide, clearing the way for legal attacks on state and local gun restrictions.

No action from Bessemer council on paying exonerated Louise Alexander’s legal bills

March 2, 2010

Alexander incurred more than $365,000 successfully defending herself against criminal charges that she solicited money and used that money for personal gain. The Bessemer City Council tonight?did not act on a resolution to pay more than $365,000 in attorney fees for City…

Alabama native visits Haiti, urges continued support from Americans

March 2, 2010

An Alabama native went to Haiti and shared her story with us.

Applications available for community grants

March 2, 2010

The Community Foundation of West Alabama is accepting grant applications for its spring grant cycle. Applications for community grants are available for 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations. They must be submitted and postmarked no later than April 1.

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