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Alberta one of communities hardest hit by tornado

Alberta one of communities hardest hit by tornado

Kelsey Stein April 30, 2011

Kirkland Enterprises on University Boulevard in Alberta opened in 1935 as just a filling station and a garage.   Eventually, it grew to include several auto repair businesses run by different family...

City coping with 434 missing persons

Katherine Martin April 30, 2011

The number of fatalities in the city of Tuscaloosa remains at 39 and the number of injuries at 1000 or more, Mayor Walt Maddox said Saturday night in a press conference at city hall. Currently, there...

Stillman, Shelton State plans differ from UA

CW Staff April 30, 2011

The University of Alabama’s neighboring colleges, Stillman College and Shelton State Community College, have released different plans for the remainder of their school years. Stillman has canceled classes...

‘This too shall pass’; Survivors reflect on past three days

William Evans April 30, 2011

“My house is broken,” 3-year-old Wyatt Miller told his grandmother Wednesday night after the tornado passed through. “I just cried when he told me,” Wilma Miller, 76, said. Three days after...

Students from other schools discuss coping with disasters

Patty Vaughan April 30, 2011

After the devastation that hit Tuscaloosa on April 27, The University of Alabama is not alone in reviving from a natural disaster.Universities such as Tulane, Loyola, San Diego, San Diego State and The...

Summer term to begin as scheduled

Stephen Walker April 30, 2011

The powerful storms that swept through Tuscaloosa on Wednesday left many students with questions and uncertainty about their University-related summer plans. University administration cleared up many...

Gas shortage scare receding, prices remain high

Jason Galloway April 30, 2011

Gas shortages are disappearing in Tuscaloosa just three days after a massive tornado hit the city. The Chevron station on Lurleen Wallace Boulevard, which was bombarded late Wednesday night being one...

“Goodness! Good thing you are not in Tuscaloosa!”

Letter to the Editor April 30, 2011

by Austin Bettis That was the first text I received from a friend while I was at work Wednesday evening. I was not really sure what she was referring to. And then a little later, this came from another...

Stillman College student killed by tornado

Kelsey Stein April 30, 2011

A former Stillman College baseball player was killed by the deadly tornado that came through Tuscaloosa Wednesday afternoon.At an assembly Friday at 4 p.m. in Birthright Auditorium on Stillman’s campus,...

Student died in storm a week before scheduled graduation

Stephen Walker April 30, 2011

Friends and acquaintances mourn the death of Ashley Harrison, a senior who was just a week away from receiving her degree in economics from the University.According to Fox 4, Harrison’s body was discovered...

Shelton State student dies in apartment during storm

CW Staff April 30, 2011

The daughter of former Crimson Tide football player Shannon Brown is among the victims of the deadly storm that swept through Tuscaloosa on Wednesday.Loryn Brown was killed when her apartment was leveled...

Tornado kills three in Cedar Crest home

Kelsey Stein April 30, 2011

Three people were killed when Wednesday afternoon's tornado destroyed a home in the Cedar Crest neighborhood off 15th Street.Morgan Sigler and Scott Atterton, both UA students from Bryant, Ala., and Sigler's...