Northport News

Published: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. TUSCALOOSA With one week remaining in 2009, the number of homicides in Tuscaloosa County was down from recent years, nearly matching the 2005 total of 13.

Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:35 p.m. NORTHPORT The muddled chatter coming from the small radio strapped to a Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy's hip ceased for a moment as a message - clear and precise - replaced it.

Police say a murder charge is pending against the as-yet-unidentified 24-year-old man believed responsible for a head-on collision last week in Northport that killed a 28-year-old woman on her way to work, according to a Tuscaloosa News report.

Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. A murder charge is pending against the 24-year-old man involved in a fatal head-on collision last week on Rice Mine Road in Northport, according to police.

Published: Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. NORTHPORT - Five and a half years ago, the Church at Tuscaloosa was built on Watermelon Road.

Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. The U.S. Department of Defense has bought a 15.22-acre tract of undeveloped land on Alabama Highway 69 South for a new Armed Forces Reserve Center.

Published: Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. TUSCALOOSA Investigators charged a man with rape after a victim sought treatment at Northport DCH on Tuesday night.

Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 9:25 p.m. THURSDAY ARTS 'Christmas Belles': 7:30 p.m. in the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College, 9500 Old Greensboro Road.

Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 11:24 p.m. MONTGOMERY A Montgomery County circuit judge on Monday dismissed an appeal by Northport, Tuscaloosa and state legislators over the way the Alice M. Kidd nursing home was closed last summer.

Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 11:26 p.m. TUSCALOOSA Even though the low bid was nearly $2.5 million less than anticipated, the County Commission on Wednesday postponed approval of funding for the proposed Faucett Brothers Park activity center until next month, amid concerns about ...

Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 9:17 p.m. NORTHPORT One hundred acres of commercial and residential property at U.S. Highway 43 N. and Union Chapel Road will be sold at auction beginning at 2 p.m. today.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. TUESDAY ARTS Mannheim Steamroller: 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, 2100 Richard Arrington Jr.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. NORTHPORT The Northport City Council unanimously approved the 2010 city budget Monday night, less than three weeks before it takes effect.

Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:52 p.m. While serving in Operation Desert Storm, Walter Turner and his fellow soldiers felt like kids on Christmas morning whenever they received a care package.

Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 9:33 p.m. TUESDAY, Dec.

People in Northport and Tuscaloosa gathered Tuesday night on Main Avenue in Northport for Dickens Downtown.

Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 11:09 p.m. NORTHPORT Beneath the steady drone of bagpipes playing 'Amazing Grace,' the faint sound of children laughing began to grow.

Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 11:43 p.m. TUSCALOOSA A line of parents gathered Wednesday outside the Santa's Elves shop at McFarland Mall, waiting to find the perfect gifts for their child.

Two Northport men pleaded guilty today in Birmingham federal court to charges connected with a July 29 truck bombing in Parrish in Walker County that injured Frank Weems Jr.

Charles Dickens, a sentimental writer with a social reformer's backbone, practically invented Christmas as we know it.