The state of Alabama’s department of mental health has decided that the psychiatric hospital intended to replace Bryce Hospital as a mental health facility will instead become a facility for the criminally...

bama universities came together in Montgomery on Thursday, March 1, for the Higher Education Day. A day devoted to advocating greater funding for Alabama public and private institutions of higher learning,...

“O courage, my soul, and let us journey on” were the lyrics sung by the Holt High School Choir during Saturday’s first annual Holt Black History Celebration, a ceremony meant to honor the growth...

The artwork of special needs students from the Tuscaloosa area will be sold in a silent auction hosted by the Sprayberry Education Center at the Northport Civic Center on Thursday, Feb. 23, from 6 to 7:30...

Hobby Lobby The grand reopening of Hobby Lobby in Northport took place on Feb. 6 and was a huge success, said co-manager Lionel Waldrop. The decision to relocate the store was made by the company’s...

For Tuscaloosa aficionados and laymen alike, Reagan Starner has brought something that area cigar smokers have been waiting for – a local lounge. Owned by both Starner and his father, R&R Cigars is a...

Wayne Urban, associate director of the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama, said the plan Gov. Robert Bentley presented in last week's State of the State speech for education policy might...

Although it is a part of the Tuscaloosa County, nearby Holt is an unincorporated area, which means it is self-governed. In Holt’s case, the same authority that governs Tuscaloosa does not run them. Therefore,...