Skip to Main Content
Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Holt 'a little bit forgotten'

Holt ‘a little bit forgotten’

Jonathan Reed May 1, 2011

  Wednesday night, Margaret Brown saw her house fall around her and her business destroyed. Sunday, she vowed to pick up the pieces. Brown, who owns Brown Greenhouses on Crescent Ridge Road in Holt,...

Animal shelter in need of supplies, volunteers

Animal shelter in need of supplies, volunteers

William Evans May 1, 2011

Besides searching near and far for loved ones unaccounted for in the aftermath of the tornado, owners have been scrambling to locate lost pets that may be housed in animal shelters across Alabama. Owners...

In Rosedale: 'What little we have left, they took'

In Rosedale: ‘What little we have left, they took’

Hannah Mask May 1, 2011

Losing a little may not seem that bad. Unless that’s all you had to start with. As Wednesday’s tornado neared Rosedale Court, a poverty-stricken Tuscaloosa housing authority community located on...

Funds and supplies pour in for storm victims

Funds and supplies pour in for storm victims

Stephen Walker May 1, 2011

Supplies and donations continue to pour in for victims of the deadly tornado that destroyed parts of Tuscaloosa last Wednesday. Organizations such as the Red Cross and United Way have seen a continuous...

Wood Manor community ready to move on

Wood Manor community ready to move on

Jason Galloway May 1, 2011

Neighbors Sam Rombokas and Modell Hawkins used to wave at each other across the street and talk about why Rombokas’ grass always looks better than Hawkins’. “As soon as the weather looks good, you’ve...

City death toll expected to rise

City death toll expected to rise

William Evans May 1, 2011

The city has confirmed 39 deaths, 455 missing people and more than 1,000 injuries, said Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox in a press conference Sunday afternoon. The names of the 39 confirmed deaths in the...

Seven children, five elderly among thirty-nine dead in Tuscaloosa

CW Staff May 1, 2011

The City of Tuscaloosa released details about the 39 reported Tuscaloosa County deaths as a result of Wednesday's tornado. Among the dead were seven children below the age of 9 and five adults above the...

Power almost completely restored to Alabama Power customers

Power almost completely restored to Alabama Power customers

Taylor Holland May 1, 2011

Since Wednesday night’s peak power outage across the state, Alabama Power Company has been able to restore power to more than 357,000 people, said Fredey Padilla, an external affairs official for the...

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...

‘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...

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...