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After 11 years leading the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, outgoing CEO Jim Page said Tuscaloosa's best days are ahead -- but only if area leaders put ego aside and will work together to realize them.

A former Alabama football player got his big break after being casted on NBC's hit TV show, Law and Order, after switching his focus from the field to acting.

A man who was shot by police in Tuscaloosa last spring committed suicide before they opened fire, according to an autopsy report released 20 months after his death.

Low incomes, skyrocketing construction costs and a labor shortage all contribute to a troubling statistic in the Tuscaloosa area -- almost no one can afford a new home here.

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As he enters his eighth year as President of the University of Alabama, Stuart Bell is looking ahead at a bright future, not backward at what his legacy might be.

An engineer who had a hand in building some of Tuscaloosa's most iconic places died Sunday, his family has confirmed to the Tuscaloosa Thread.

Paige Fields said she is desperate to locate her son, Preston Peeks, who has been missing from Pickens County since February 2021.

A nonprofit organization in Tuscaloosa is celebrating a small victory after rescuing a handful of feral cats from the McFarland Mall demolition site this week.

Serious, fundamental change must come to the DCH Health System for its three hospitals to survive, area leaders agreed in a spirited discussion Thursday.