Tuscaloosa County News

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Three Tuscaloosa City schools and one Tuscaloosa County school received a failing grade under the Alabama Accountability Act today.

Conecuh Springs Christian School is the only private option in Bullock County, where Bullock County High was listed as failing.

After a series of Crime Stoppers tips helped identify him, Keondrae Devon Long, a 23-year-old Tuscaloosa man, was arrested Monday morning and charged with robbing the Tuscaloosa Teachers Credit Union Thursday afternoon.

State Health Officer Don Williamson today introduced a proposed map dividing the state into five regions for Medicaid services under a new managed care system.

Prentice fared better than the other 19-year-old would-be robber, who was non-fatally shot in the leg by the owner of the home as they tried to enter and rob him.

Some residents in north Tuscaloosa County said that thieves are targeting expensive flower arrangements placed in rural cemeteries.

This Could Become The Norm And Not The Exception - Abernant Fire Department will cease emergency operations at the end of the mon Chief Brian Scott said Tuesday that there isn't enough financial support or qualified firefighters to serve that area of eastern Tuscaloosa County.

JUNE 10, 1963 -- A coalition of the nation's top lawyers, including six past presidents of the American Bar Association, urged Gov. George Wallace to reconsider his stand against the integration of The University of Alabama.

The mining company employee who died at a mine in Tuscaloosa County on Thursday evening has been identified as 36-year-old Christopher G. Brown, of Pleasant Grove, according to a statement from Walter Energy.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is searching for three juveniles from Texas accused of wrecking a stolen vehicle and trying to steal another Friday.

A 70-year-old Tuscaloosa man succumbed to his injuries and died Thursday after a drunken driver struck the riding lawn mower he was operating last Friday.

TV reports that the death happened Thursday evening at Jim Walter Resources Mine No.

NORTHPORT, Alabama -- The Kentuck Art Center will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Drive-in Movie Theatres with a showing of vintage intermission ads and a Drive-In themed photo booth during Art Night tonight in downtown Northport.

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- According to a NWS special statement , a significant thunderstorm was tracked six miles east of Holt, moving east at 30 mph.

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Tuscaloosa is set to host its third "Celebration on the River" July 4 at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, culminating with a fireworks spectacular.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department is asking for help identifying the suspect in debit card fraud case.

The Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit is investigating the stabbing of a man in Duncanville Saturday but has not yet made an arrest in the case.

The Vicksburg Warren School Board will hold a meeting June 6 to get the public's comments on its search for a new schools superintendent.

The George Searcy House is one of 10 Alabama sites on the "Places in Peril" list.

The former commander of the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force has been charged with stealing about $125,000 in drug proceeds that were seized by the agency.