Mayor Walt Maddox

Tuscaloosa County voters are deciding whether to let the city's mayor enroll in Alabama's state pension system, a question that has been on absentee ballots since September 9 and reaches the polls November 3.

Thanks to a tiebreaking vote from Mayor Maddox, Tuscaloosa's executive director of public safety will remain eligible for overtime pay, after a proposed raise to the position's pay grade died in committee Tuesday.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has recommended a $356 million budget for fiscal year 2027, which raises pay for every employee and directs more than $100 million to public safety, while trimming the operating budget of every city department.

Mayor Walt Maddox is recommending the city take ownership of six local parks currently managed by the Tuscaloosa County Park and Recreation Authority to close the gap between the parks the city already maintains and the ones it doesn't.

A Tuscaloosa city program funded by a penny sales tax has helped more than 600 students earn college credit for free, and that's just one piece of the story.

Epsilon Industries broke ground Friday morning on a 65,000-square-foot expansion of its Tuscaloosa manufacturing facility, a more than $15 million capital investment expected to create 26 new jobs in West Alabama.

Tuscaloosa has a new police chief after Michael Baygents took his oath of office on Monday morning, capping a nationwide search that ended with the city promoting from within.

Tuscaloosa welcomes its new police chief, a familiar face who's been dedicated to keeping the streets safe for decades.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox is asking the city council to consider shutting down a decade-old learning center in Alberta and transforming it into a new public safety hub for all the city's mental health professionals.

Mayor Walt Maddox is proposing a new, city-built parking lot that would add 120 parking spaces in downtown Tuscaloosa, but added that it may be time to consider charging people to use public parking spots in the area.