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ACA student to be featured on American Idol

February 7, 2012

Most of Alabama’s “American Idol” competitors hail from Birmingham, but tomorrow Tuscaloosa steps up in the form of 16-year-old Justin Oliver, an American Christian Academy student who got passed on to Hollywood after auditioning in San Diego last summer.

Paint the Town Red raises money for Children’s Hospital

February 7, 2012

Red bows are popping up on mailboxes, at churches and even garbage trucks around town, in honor of a Tuscaloosa boy who has leukemia. It’s part of the Paint the Town Red for Fuller event, which is raising money for Children’s Hospital in …

Tuscaloosa crime reports for February 6, 2012

February 7, 2012

The crime reports from the Tuscaloosa Police Department for February 6, 2012.

Washington Post investigates earmarked projects near lawmakers’ property: Sen. Richard Shelby is a focus

February 7, 2012

Report includes look at earmarks to revitalize downtown Tuscaloosa near Shelby’s commercial building

Legislators say city needs help with recovery

February 7, 2012

Legislators on Monday promised city officials their support for additional aid to help the Tuscaloosa area recover from the April tornadoes. Mayor Walt Maddox showed legislators at the city’s legislative breakfast Monday morning that while the 2,375 homes destroyed in Tuscaloosa comprised 30.4 percent of …

Bryce Hospital will lay off 34 staffers due to budget woes

February 7, 2012

MONTGOMERY | The Department of Mental Health said Monday it will be laying off staff at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa but the final number of jobs lost will partly be determined by attrition.

Group hammers out plan to allocate storm shelter funds

February 7, 2012

TUSCALOOSA | After an exhaustive and sometimes contentious discussion, applicants for $7.55 million in community storm shelter grant money resolved their differences in a meeting Monday afternoon.

Three remain hospitalized after birthday party shooting

February 6, 2012

Three people shot at a birthday party in Cottondale Friday night remained hospitalized Monday morning. A 17-year-old man who was shot in the chest and an 18-year-old woman shot in the abdomen were in critical condition at DCH Regional Medical Center, said Tuscaloosa County Metro…

Tuscaloosa immortalized in new book of photos

February 6, 2012

Tuscaloosa will never look the same as it did even a year ago. But over the past centuries, more than storms have altered the West Alabama landscape time and again. Many of the landmarks are immortalized in the new photo book “Tuscaloosa” — the homes, …

Meeting to address bingo, sales taxes, tornado recovery

February 6, 2012

The Tuscaloosa City Council is hosting the city’s state legislative delegation today to address its position on bills that could come before the Alabama Legislature this session.

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