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Renowned artist who grew up in Tuscaloosa presents exhibit, lecture
Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:05 a.m. William Christenberry graduated from the University of Alabama 50 years ago and moved to New York City and Washington D.C. to achieve fame as an artist, but he still gets home every year.
Savior sought for Cedarwood home
Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. HAVANA JUNCTION Bob Gamble of the Alabama Historical Commission calls them 'buffalo houses.' CEDARWOOD HOME It is known as a 'buffalo house,' the name given to structures that pre-date Alabama's statehood in 1819 because 'they are going the way ...
Tonight as part of the AIA Architecture and Design Festival, the Center For Architecture will be screening a documentary about the late, great architect Samuel Mockbee .
The Case of the Inappropriate Alarm Clock
James Curtis, a professor emeritus at the University of Delaware, in 1991 published a revisionist history of FSA photography, "Mind's Eye, Mind's Truth: FSA Photography Reconsidered." Curtis's thesis was simple.
The Alabama Forever Wild Program's addition of 3,007 acres adjoining the Old Cahawba State Park "may just become a model for recovery in America," one official said Tuesday at the ceremony announcing the land purchase.
Museum honors one of the South's greatest living artists
Few people might agree with William Christenberry that Alabama is the place to be in August.
State troopers to clean up 'Foot Wash' in Hale County
Some of the vendors preparing for this weekend's 121st annual "Foot Wash" wore waders and boots to slosh through the mud that covered their locations Tuesday morning.
Local pastors hail election of new National Baptist Convention president
For the first time in 10 years, the National Baptist Convention USA - among Baptist denominations, second only in size to the Southern Baptist Convention - has a new president: the Rev.
Forever Wild buys land in Black Belt region
BIRMINGHAM -- Forever Wild, the Alabama land preservation group, has bought 4,350 acres of land in the Black Belt as part of an effort to help the economically struggling region.
Forever Wild buys Ala. land in Black Belt
BIRMINGHAM - Forever Wild, the Alabama land preservation group, has bought 4,350 acres of land in the Black Belt as part of an effort to help the economically struggling region.
Students donate books for Black Belt
Beginning this week, students, faculty, staff and Tuscaloosa community members are invited to take part in "Books for the Alabama Black Belt," a campaign designed to put a book in the hands of the more than 30,000 children in the Alabama Black Belt.
Ala. firefighters coming home from Texas
Much needed rain in the extremely drought-stricken southern part of Texas cut short a 14-day assignment for 12 wildland firefighters from the Alabama Forestry Commission .
co-founder of rural studio, d.k. ruth, dies
When longtime Auburn University architecture professor Dennis K. "D.K." Ruth, 65, passed away last Wednesday, August 26, his death was mourned well beyond the campus.
Greensboro woman pleads guilty in voter fraud case in Hale County
A voter fraud investigation in Hale County has led to a guilty plea by a Greensboro woman.
Self-proclaimed 'Teacher's Advocate' calls for change in education
Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 6:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 9:28 a.m. Known to her colleagues as the 'Teacher's Advocate,' incumbent Tuscaloosa Board of Education District 6 representative Ginnye Capps is wholly committed to advancing education.
Tinker seeks second consecutive term on Tuscaloosa City Council
Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 8:05 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. District 7 Councilman William Tinker III wants to make sure projects get finished that he has already started.
Governor Celebrates National Catfish Month with Farmers
August is Catfish Month in Alabama and the celebration includes a new law that lets consumers know if the fish they eat in restaurants was grown by U.S. farmers.
Take Pie Lab for example, a new shop in Greensboro, Ala. that serves up pie in "a neutral space where folks can visit -- and begin to heal." Hale County, where Greensboro is located, is one of the poorest in the country, and a place where racism still divides the community Iconoculture says.
Take Pie Lab for example, a new shop in Greensboro, Ala. that serves up pie in "a neutral space where folks can visit -- and begin to heal." Hale County, where Greensboro is located, is one of the poorest in the country, and a place where racism still divides the community Iconoculture says.
Ala. judge reprimanded for not leaving case of kin
An Alabama court that hears complaints against judges reprimanded Hale County Circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins on Thursday and suspended his pay for three months for not stepping aside promptly from an investigation involving three of his relatives.
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