Tuscaloosa County School System

Multiple cars caught fire Wednesday morning at Hillcrest High School according to a release from the Tuscaloosa County School System.

The Alabama Department of Public Health reported Friday that Tuscaloosa County School System ranks as the district with the second highest rate of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Five Tuscaloosa County schools and all schools within the Tuscaloosa City Schools system will close Friday amid an ongoing shortage of critical staff.

TCHS Principal Darrell Williams confirmed that the school is seeing an increased police presence Monday after a threat was made online to students over the weekend.

The Tuscaloosa County School Board unanimously voted to spend over 6 million dollars on two improvement projects at Hillcrest High School.

Police confirmed that 17-year-old Kylee Whitson, a senior at Tuscaloosa County High School, was the victim of a fatal wreck Tuesday in Northport.

A Tuscaloosa mother was arrested last week after she allegedly forced her way onto a school bus and threatened students she believed had bullied her own child.

The Tuscaloosa County School System reported more new cases of COVID-19 among its students than almost any other district in the state last week.

The Tuscaloosa County School System released its first COVID-19 data of the school year, and 10% of the student body of Northside High has tested positive for the virus within two weeks.

A Tuscaloosa County elementary school has issued a temporary mask mandate after COVID-19 infection rates in two classrooms peaked at 30%.