The University of Alabama held its commencement ceremonies last week, and major road work projects are beginning across the Tuscaloosa area to take advantage of the yearly mass exodus of its students.
A murder trial stemming from a shooting that happened more than five years ago will begin on Monday after a Tuscaloosa County judge denied several motions to dismiss the case or change its venue.
Families and administrators at a private school north of the Black Warrior River gathered in front of hundreds of students Thursday morning to break ground on a new $7 million athletic center.
The heavily armed Tuscaloosa Police Department special response team was briefly deployed to West Tuscaloosa on Thursday morning to assist federal agents seeking to arrest a fugitive who eventually surrendered.