Tuscaloosa News

Tuscaloosa restaurants were preparing for crowds ahead of the Alabama-Georgia football weekend as Hurricane Isaias threatened the area.

Hotels in Tuscaloosa continue to see bookings, with some at full capacity, as the city tracks the impact of Hurricane Isaias ahead of a weekend football game.

City leaders said they easily expect 100,000+ for the game on top of Tuscaloosa’s population of around 115,000.

In recent years, College GameDay has aired from The Quad on UA’s campus.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox said it’s an ‘all hands-on-deck’ assignment this weekend.

College GameDay has only had to take shelter once so far this year.

The mother of a 9-month-old that allegedly died after being left home alone for 8 hours has died herself while in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

Head Coach Pauline Love says the event is a chance for fans to get to know her and the team. Just four players return from last season, and the program has a new coaching staff.

The Tuscaloosa City School System says the schools were the only ones in West Alabama to receive Be Healthy School grants this year.

Deputies in Pickens County helped investigate a kidnapping last week that led to a suspect in Tuscaloosa County being charged.

Tuscaloosa city leaders have given Mayor Walt Maddox authorization to begin negotiations on purchasing additional properties for a new section of the Northern Riverwalk.

University of Alabama (UA) Athletics confirmed Aden Holloway will return to the men’s basketball team in November, but the guard will miss part of the start of the season.

Special Agent in Charge at the FBI Birmingham said the sentence underscores the FBI’S unwarvering resolve.

Once they crochet about 20 of them, they’ll hand the over to a group that works with the unhoused.

Teachers were informed about the problem by email last Monday.

The driver left the scene after the crash.

The event takes place Saturday, Oct. 3, in Government Plaza in downtown Tuscaloosa. Admission is free.

School leaders celebrated the revival with a campus pep rally, officially announcing the program will return for the Fall 2027 season.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a provision of Alabama’s sex offender law is unconstitutional as applied to a Tuscaloosa County father, deciding the state cannot permanently bar him from living with his young son.

Hundreds of people gathered in the Alberta community Monday evening for a Celebration of Life honoring longtime Tuscaloosa City Councilman Kip Tyner, who died earlier this month.

Monday’s memorial service will take place at 6 p.m.

A Tuscaloosa County detention deputy was arrested Wednesday on charges of rape, sodomy and sex abuse, according to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox said the city will have a special election for Tyner’s successor in Nov.

Starbucks locations in Alabama are scheduled to close this weekend as part of the company’s plans to shutter 250 locations nationwide.

Tyner’s long running public affairs show Great Day Tuscaloosa continued this week after its founder died.

A man has been arrested after 911 calls were made Sunday, claiming a man was knocking on doors and tapping on windows to homes, according to police.

Tuscaloosa County district leaders said they have 22 candidates training to become school bus drivers.

Changes and upgrades happened at three access points along the Black Warrior River.

Downtown Tuscaloosa should be a little brighter soon as the city council plans to approve a contract to improve lighting in some key spots.

Friends and neighbors across Tuscaloosa are reacting to the death of longtime city councilman Kip Tyner.