A former University of Alabama student who was arrested in Tuscaloosa almost four years ago has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the sexual extortion of nearly 20 children.
Leaders from several sectors of the Tuscaloosa metro drank from the proverbial firehose as the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama's Benchmarking Trip to Mobile continued Monday.
Leaders from west Alabama traveled south this weekend and are in Mobile for an annual trip designed to bring good ideas from other cities back to the Tuscaloosa area.