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Counseling, community help tornado victims cope

Melissa Brown April 27, 2012

Long after the tornado receded and the rubble settled, the April 27 tornado continued to tear through people’s hearts and minds. Many students and residents affected by the tornado have dealt with ongoing...

Rosedale 'mayor' has kept watchful eye on residents scattered across town

Rosedale ‘mayor’ has kept watchful eye on residents scattered across town

Katherine Martin April 27, 2012

Doug Wedgeworth is no stranger at the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority. He walks through the double doors, tips his blue cap to the receptionist who greets him by name and hands him a visitors’ pass, then,...

UA professors question return to historic neighborhood

UA professors question return to historic neighborhood

Adam Greene April 27, 2012

By Jordan Cissell Staff Reporter [email protected]   It’s Saturday morning, and Linda and Robert Parsons are inside the Starbucks at Midtown Village, each carefully sipping a steaming cup...

The lessons of past destruction

The lessons of past destruction

SoRelle Wyckoff April 27, 2012

Throughout history, towns affected by tornadoes have rebuilt from among the rubble. Tuscaloosa now faces the same task of redevelopment and can draw from the past for hints to the future. “By looking...

Harrisons, Tuscaloosa work on moving on after last year's storm

Harrisons, Tuscaloosa work on moving on after last year’s storm

Jonathan Reed April 27, 2012

When tornadoes ripped through Dallas, Texas, on April 3, Darlene Harrison and her husband David knew they needed to find shelter. Their home didn’t have a basement, so they raced with their dog through...

Local artists pick up wounded family

Local artists pick up wounded family

Nathan Proctor April 27, 2012

David Bayode and his two boys, Dontydrick and Devaris, lost their wife and mother, Jennifer, their Crescent Lane home and trucks from a 15-year old ice cream business. All suffered from serious injuries....

Letter: After roaring through town, tornado brought a silent change

Letter to the Editor April 27, 2012

When I think about April 27, 2011, I am back in the laundry room huddled with two of my roommates, praying and trying to contact my family to tell them I love them. We had just heard what we thought was...

Joplin, Tuscaloosa share kindred spirit in recovery

SoRelle Wyckoff April 27, 2012

Less than one month after Tuscaloosa’s clash with Mother Nature, a small city in the Midwest met a similar foe. Joplin, Mo. was hit with an EF5 tornado on May 22, 2011, which claimed the lives of 161...

Service plays major role in city's regrowth

Service plays major role in city’s regrowth

Taylor Holland April 27, 2012

In one of his first press conferences following the storm, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox told residents the recovery process wouldn’t take days or weeks. It would take months and years. Since that time,...

Tuscaloosa Forward lays groundwork for recovery

Mazie Bryant April 27, 2012

After the storm destroyed or damaged 5,300 homes and 350 businesses in 12 percent of the city, city officials created the Tuscaloosa Forward Strategic Community Plan to Renew and Rebuild. Meredith Lynch,...

Counseling, community help tornado victims cope

Melissa Brown April 27, 2012

Long after the funnel receded and the rubble settled, the April 27 tornado continued to tear through people’s hearts and minds. Many students and residents affected by the tornado have dealt with ongoing...

Maddox, Witt discuss city past, future

Maddox, Witt discuss city past, future

Taylor Holland April 27, 2012

In the minutes and hours that immediately followed the April 27 tornado's devastating path through Tuscaloosa, one city leader would become the public face of recovery efforts while the other worked tirelessly...