From the daily archives:

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Tuscaloosa County falls to Hueytown

March 3, 2010

HUEYTOWN | Hueytown rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning with a pair of RBI singles for a 5-4 victory over Tuscaloosa County in softball action Wednesday night.

Activity center plans off for now

March 3, 2010

By Lydia Seabol Avant Staff Writer Plans to construct an activity center at Faucett Brothers Park have been scrapped, for now. After heated discussion, the Tuscaloosa County Commission on Wednesday voted 3-2 against a motion to approve bids for the $8.2 million project.

Langford’s luck: $76,000 in winnings at Greenetrack

March 3, 2010

By Jason Morton Staff Writer In 2008, former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford won, on average, more than $2,000 on each of 37 trips to Greenetrack.

Teen arrested on child pornography charge

March 3, 2010

TUSCALOOSA | Tuscaloosa Police Juvenile Investigators arrested a 19-year-old Northport man on a charge of possession of child pornography.

Mayor votes for façade changes to break tie

March 3, 2010

TUSCALOOSA | Mayor Walt Maddox used his tie-breaking vote Tuesday for the first time in more than five years in office to grant approval to the façade of Moe’s Original Barbecue.

Man, 39, charged with sexual abuse

March 3, 2010

Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Police Department Juvenile Division arrested Christopher Lewis Brown, 39, of Tuscaloosa, on a charge of sexual abuse in the first degree.

Man, 23, charged with sexual abuse

March 3, 2010

TUSCALOOSA | Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Police Department Juvenile Division arrested a 23-year-old Tuscaloosa man on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse.

University of Montevallo chooses president

March 3, 2010

MONTEVALLO | The University of Montevallo has selected a president and is offering him a $300,000-a-year, five-year contract. The board of trustees voted Wednesday to offer the presidency to John Stewart III, who is vice president for institutional advancement at Flagler College in St

City schools accepting pre-K applications

March 3, 2010

The Tuscaloosa City Schools is accepting pre-kindergarten applications and kindergarten registration forms through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Applicants for pre-kindergarten must be 4 years old on or before Sept. 2. Applicants for kindergarten must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 2.

Crimson Ride drivers get back behind the wheel

March 3, 2010

TUSCALOOSA | Though Crimson Ride bus drivers are back on the job after a one-day strike, University of Alabama students will still feel its effects through the end of the week.