Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue sent a 16 member Swift Water Rescue team to Atmore to stage.

The only change to the previous order is the maximum allowed capacity for ABC lounge licensed establishments has been increased from 100 to 150.

Students who are already working in jobs that include plumbing, electrical, HVAC and others can take classes here to get better at what they do. In turn, they’ll earn more money.

Beasley said teachers would like a 4 to 1 split where they teach in class four days a week and do remote learning on one day.

Alabama has 294 positives over the last week but that’s down from 846 from the previous week.

This week the University announced it has issued 639 individual student sanctions since September 8th for violating social distancing rules.

The number of positive coronavirus cases at the University of Alabama appears to be dropping according to the Dean of the College of Community Health Sciences.

Saban said the team has had a minimal amount of players test positive, but they have had some. Saban said numbers may have increased when school started, but not significantly.

DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa is getting on board to try this method, and potentially help save lives.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox’s order allowing Session and other Tuscaloosa bars to reopen at 6:01 p.m. was based on a decline in daily coronavirus averages from data released by the University of Alabama system.

Mayor Walt Maddox is updating an executive order that shut down all Tuscaloosa bars almost two weeks ago in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Agents said approximately nine firearms were stolen from Pawn Royale on McFarland in Northport on August 30.

R&R Cigars owner Reagan Starner says he believes Tuscaloosa bars are committed to doing their part.

The group is worried about exposing themselves and their loved ones to COVID-19. They lined up near an entrance holding signs and chanting they want more done to protect them and patients who get care here.

Late Friday afternoon, the University of Alabama system reported 846 positive cases between August 28th and September 3. That brought the total number of students, faculty and staff at the University to test positive for COVID to more than 2,000 people since classes started.

More than 800 students at the University of Alabama tested positive for Coronavirus in the last week. This comes as Tuscaloosa bars are preparing to re-open in two days after being closed for nearly two weeks.

The University of Alabama System now reports 2,240 positive COVID-19 cases among students since August 19, up from the 1,177 as of August 28.

The Tuscaloosa City School Board took another step forward this week to find a plan to safely bring kids back to in-person teaching.

Police at the University of Alabama hope the training they received this week will keep personal bias or problems at home from affecting how they do their job.

The Tuscaloosa city school board of education is working to return students to in-person instruction and reviewing a different plan to make it happen.

Hundreds of people were in the huge group that walked from Mal Moore Athletic Facility to Foster Auditorium.

Rapid testing for COVID-19 is being used to identify and test University of Alabama students who may have been exposed to the virus.

Kristie Ragland was last seen on August 23 on Microwave Road in Coker.

The crash happened on U.S. 82 near the 60 mile marker, approximately seven miles east of Tuscaloosa city limits.

The University of Alabama System now reports 1,063 positive COVID-19 cases among students since August 19, up from the 571 as of August 24.

TPD Criminal Investigations Division officers said the man is Thomas Dewayne Long, 44, of Tuscaloosa.

The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Kayla Elizabeth Jean Burnett.

According to Wilder’s niece Renota Harris , this case was presented a grand jury earlier this week and they chose not to indict the Pickens county sheriff deputies on manslaughter charges, for Wilder’s death.

The 18-member team, which includes firefighters and paramedics will assist with search and rescue operations, evacuations and damage assessments. They are specially trained to respond to severe flooding.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department has arrested a 25-year-old man for the shooting death of a 19-year-old Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa.

The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m.

A handful of frustrated bar owners are asking the city to find some common ground after an executive order that shut down nearly 30 bars in Tuscaloosa

Returning early from remote learning could come up next week’s school board meeting on Tuesday.

One parent said that students having to be relocated so soon, is an ominous sign.

A driver captured a monkey in a car at a red light.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Maddox says he’s working on a plan to help bars that he ordered closed Monday through his executive order.

The Tuscaloosa County School voted Monday night to buy 400 WIFI hot spots from T-Mobile.

It was a quiet Monday evening on the Strip in Tuscaloosa because Mayor Walt Maddox ordered bars closed at 5pm for two weeks to slow the spread of COVID-19. Some popular bars sat empty.

The University of Alabama has 531 positive COVID-19 cases for students, faculty and staff according to a new dashboard.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and Dr. Ricky Friend, the Dean of the College of Community Health Sciences, joined Bell in stressing immediate action needed to be taken.

The COVID-19 testing will be available by drive through, so you’ll never have to leave your car.

Meals will be available at nine locations.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department and the local Fraternal Order of Police raised nearly $14,000 for an officer who was injured in an off-duty motorcycle accident in July.

University of Alabama president, Stuart Bell, released a statement Sunday, saying there has been an increase in positive cases of Coronavirus on campus.

These added directives place stricter access restrictions and prohibit gatherings at on- and off-campus residences and place a 14-day moratorium on all in-person student events.

A man was arrested today for attempted murder, after officials say he shot the man charged in his brother’s killing multiple times

Bibb County EMA Director Kirk Smith described what worries state health officials.

“We can make sure that they feel supported. Because in the end, we want our students to be successful,”

The Alabama Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, announced The Alabama Book Store in Tuscaloosa is now on the register.

Officers said as a result of the investigation, probable cause was found to charge Hosea Taylor Watson-III with 10 counts of Possession of Obscene Matter of Someone under the age of 17.

Childcare has become a problem for some families as several school system begin fall classes with remote learning.

Several people within the community have shared their stories to encourage others and highlight the impact the virus can have on individuals and families.

Those students who tested positive, and others who were in close proximity to them, are now in quarantine for two weeks.

The University of Alabama spent more than $2 million to install health and safety upgrades around campus to stop COVID-19 from spreading among people on campus. Tuesday, WBRC saw what some of them are.

Sunday’s events on the Strip, just off the University of Alabama campus and beyond, left some people feeling concerned.

No foul play is suspected and the person was alone at the time of the incident.

Chief Brent Blankley called officers in to work after numerous social media posts circulated depicting large crowds violating COVID-19 regulations at bars along the Strip.

A series of tweets coming out of Tuscaloosa Sunday exposes a large group of young adults standing in line without masks or efforts to social distance.