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Amid anniversary plans, students learn to cope

Ashanka Kumari April 19, 2012

For two University of Alabama students who lost their homes and friends to the April 27, 2011 tornado, the anniversary memorials are a chance to continue to move forward. Chelsea Thrash, a junior majoring...

Athletes help rebuild Tuscaloosa

Jasmine Cannon October 26, 2011

It’s been six months, and Tuscaloosa has made progress toward rebuilding. Volunteers came from across the state and from across the nation to clean up and piece back together a city that was ravaged...

Mayor reflects on storms, progress

Mayor reflects on storms, progress

Taylor Holland October 26, 2011

While reflecting on the six months that have passed since April 27, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox said he would most remember Tuscaloosa’s citizens and their actions immediately following the tornado....

Residents hopeful for Alberta

Residents hopeful for Alberta

Hailey Grace Allen September 28, 2011

The community of Alberta was one of the areas hit hardest by the April 27 tornado. The storm left hundreds of families without homes, business owners without businesses and students without a school. But...

15th Street still on the road to recovery

15th Street still on the road to recovery

Hailey Grace Allen September 15, 2011

Making its way from Rosedale Court to Alberta City and then on to Holt, the April 27 tornado tore through Tuscaloosa and ripped out its heart, claiming the lives of more than 50 residents. Of all of the...

Roots of Recovery

Roots of Recovery

Caroline Murray September 7, 2011

A walk through the Tuscaloosa neighborhood of Forest Lake isn’t what it used to be. The April 27 tornado took what once was once a lush neighborhood of oaks and maples and made it a bleak landscape....

City passes recovery plan

Stephen Walker September 7, 2011

Despite opposition from business owners, the Tuscaloosa City Council unanimously passed the Tuscaloosa Forward plan on Tuesday night. Some business owners, citing the plan’s lack of direction, took...

Volunteer Expo Preview

Jessica Stewart September 7, 2011

The Community Service Center will hold it’s annual Volunteer Expo this week, for the purpose of providing students with the opportunity to connect with local nonprofit agencies. The Volunteer Expo will...

APR professor recounts Red Cross

APR professor recounts Red Cross

Rich Robinson September 1, 2011

The trying times that have gripped Tuscaloosa in the past few months have unmasked the true identity of many in our community. On April 27, most did not know the strength and ability of many unnamed heroes,...

Forget Us Not Tuscaloosa creates volunteer program

Heather Lightsey August 31, 2011

After an EF4 tornado devastated areas of West Alabama in late April, Tuscaloosa News reporter Chase Goodbread created a Facebook group to raise long-term volunteerism for Tuscaloosa tornado relief. The...

Tuscaloosa looks to other disaster sites for guidance

Tuscaloosa looks to other disaster sites for guidance

Alyssa Locklar August 29, 2011

When it comes to recovery, it is no secret that Tuscaloosa has never faced devastation as vast as the aftermath of the April 27 tornado. Therefore, when it came to moving forward and taking steps toward...

Tuscaloosa plants seeds of revitalization

Tuscaloosa plants seeds of revitalization

Taylor Holland August 24, 2011

Just eight days after the April 27 tornado struck Tuscaloosa, the city’s mayor, Walt Maddox, signed an executive order that created the Tuscaloosa Forward Task Force, a group of community members and...