Two separate infrastructure failures spilled more than 40,000 gallons of wastewater around and into creeks in Tuscaloosa Tuesday, the city reported to the ADEM.
The city of Tuscaloosa will no longer accept plastic film to be recycled, meaning residents will need to begin throwing away grocery bags, dry-cleaning bags, cereal-box liners and more.
Sokol Park has been receiving improvements recently and the City of Tuscaloosa plans to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony soon to commemorate the new work.
The Tuscaloosa City Council voted Tuesday to rename three roads after two late business leaders and a still-living icon of the local civil rights movement.
Mayor Walt Maddox was quick to defend city staff Tuesday in the wake of a lawsuit that seeks to punish Tuscaloosa for years of issues in its wastewater systems.
New parents in crisis will soon have a safe, anonymous way to surrender infants at a Tuscaloosa fire station, thanks to funding from an anonymous donor.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management sued Tuscaloosa Friday, seeking to punish the city for allegedly discharging more than 41 million gallons of sewage into local waterways since 2018.