Teach for America, an organization focused on eliminating educational inequality by placing highly effective teachers in disadvantaged public schools, announced last week it will expand into Alabama. ...

Since 1985, Mercedes-Benz built a plant in Tuscaloosa County, park and recreation services have expanded, and most recently, the city of Tuscaloosa has seen the construction of a local amphitheater. All...

The sound of hip-hop violins, saxophones and drum beats will fill the gymnasium of the Charles A. Brown Elementary School in Ensley today as the University Union takes one of its cultural programs on the...

More than 150 students participated through three schools in the Open My Eyes Foundation’s “I Cannot Tell a Lie” contest. Fourth- and fifth-graders from Tuscaloosa’s Holt Elementary and two Mississippi...

UA System officials say the campus shooting by a professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville will not affect the tenure policies across the system for the three institutions. Amy Bishop, a biology...

Conrad Hollis’ first homecoming at the Capstone was memorable for all the wrong reasons. On Oct. 28, 2006, after a night spent with friends at a homecoming concert, Hollis was shot and killed in his...

With the recent 50 inches of rain and 60 rainout days, the weather has been the factor that will delay the opening of Tuscaloosa’s new amphitheater, Mayor Walt Maddox said. He said the city will know...

Joey Oliver and his daughter Lydia Oliver drove about an hour and a half from Hayden, Ala., to see Neil Gaiman speak at the Bama Theatre Thursday night. At the beginning of the event, ushers picked up...

Fourteen Alabama football players will exchange their jerseys for suits Saturday as they usher 14 contestants competing in the 36th annual Miss University of Alabama competition. The competition will...

For the observers of Lent, Wednesday marked the beginning of the 40-day fast. For Christians, Lent is the 40 days, not counting Sundays, during which something of personal importance is sacrificed in...

“Shhh!” That phrase is the most common one associated with libraries across the country, and some students just can’t seem to keep quiet. Silence can be as loud as The Million Dollar Band blaring...